No. 98 - Try Stamp Carving

Another item has been crossed off the 101 in 1001 list. This time I had a go at stamp carving! I have been wanting to do this for a while and eventually got around to buying the materials about 2 months ago. Then finally the other night I decided to give it a go.

I started out strong with some simple designs and then I got a little cocky and decided to try something a bit fancier. Silly me forgot that if I wanted a word to stamp out correctly I would have to carve it so the word was backwards. Woops! Oh well, we live and we learn. These were fun to make but I am wanting to try and find some bigger lots of carving blocks. Using erasers limits the size of your stamp and I actually thing a bigger stamp might be easier to make. If anyone knows where I can get some big blocks of stamp to carve let me know!

An Engagement Anniversary

Exactly 1 year ago today after a hard days snowboarding Corey and I got engaged! I can't believe it has been a year already since we became engaged. We have been planning our wedding for exactly a year. It scares me a little because it means this last 4 months before the wedding is going to super duper fast.

To celebrate the occasion I decided to bake cupcakes. Cupcakes are my go to for any celebration! I used this tutorial from Little Betsy Baker as my inspiration.

After using fondant on dad's burger cake I was really keen to try using it again. This time I made a trip to the local cake decorating shop and bought myself some gel paste colours. They were so much easier to work with than the liquid colouring I used last time.

I used a vanilla cupcake recipe from my Planet Cake book and I must say I love this recipe. I am not sure what they taste like yet because I am waiting for Corey to get home from work before I eat one but they are the most perfect looking cupcakes I have ever made.

I covered the cupcakes in buttercream which I set let set in the fridge before hot knifing smooth. Then I covered them in fondant. For all you cake decorators out there do you use buttercream under your fondant or ganache? I have heard you can use both but is one better than the other. What do you prefer?

I am so happy with how these cupcakes turned out. They are not perfect by any means but they are a good start. I am excited to keep trying and keep learning and hopefully one day my cupcakes will look as good as the Planet Cake ones.