I have some Terrific news!
Sugar sugar has a NEW improved website, with much easier navigation clearer images and much more to come!
Head on over to Sugar Sugar Cake Art’s NEW Website by clicking the hyperlink in the name.
The new site also has a much easier to use order and Enquiry form as well as a comprehensive FAQ section and an all new Gallery!
I hope to see you there soon!!
To all my wonderful customers thank you for making 2012 such a wonderful year, it was a delight meeting you all and so lovely to be able to create beautiful cakes for your special occasions, may 2013 bring much love, laughter and many more good times!
OH!… and cakes…. many many more cakes !!! 😀
This one was definitely a labour of love, for someone very special… who you ask?
My wonderful Mum!!
My sister and I had organised a sneaky surprise Birthday party with all the family which we very successfully managed to hide from the Birthday Girl by pretending it was just a small night out for Dinner.
It was held at Old Government House in Parramatta in a private dining room to compliment the ‘Vintage theme’ (not that my mum is THAT old yikes) but she did say that if I made a cake NOT to broadcast her age by having 70 plastered all over it.
OOPS… sorry Mum…..hehe.
The look on her face as she entered and saw everyone gathered there was priceless! The room looked lovely with flowers and candles in a suitably rustic setting, it was absolutely freezing outside but the room was lovely and toasty.
Now about the cake, it was a triple tier chocolate mud cake covered in white fondant, trimmed with lace and matching ribbon, I added handmade pink fondant roses with falling petals and ‘vintage’ gold photo frames with edible images of the Birthday Girl at age 7 which was apparently acceptable to broadcast to all and sundry unlike mentioning it was her 70TH Birthday!! *evil grin*
It looked very pretty and went well in the setting, best of all I know she loved it because I am sure I saw a little tear when she was shown the cake and I loved making it for her, my only regret was that I did not have quite enough time to put as much detail into the photo frames as I would have liked.
My only real concern at the time was that it was very warm in the room and I worried about the cake softening in the heat & one corner of the top photo frame got bumped and slightly bent which drove me nuts because I am so fussy lol….. not that I should have worried too much as the cake disappeared very rapidly, I swear some of the guests were inhaling it lol
I also made some matching pink iced sugar cookies with the added edible images and piped tiny pearls around the border, I then placed them in small clear bags and tied them with pink ribbon, unfortunately in all the excitement I forgot to take any close photos of the cookies (which people refused to eat and took home as keepsakes)
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I also compiled some matching invitations using an original scrapbook design image from Kimberly White of Wonderland Scraps http://freequickpage.com which were secretly sent out to the guests! and Yes I mentioned the 70 again!! Hah!
Some of the details as you can see from the space on the lower right have been omitted for privacy reasons.
Cheers!!!
This cake was for Jess’s 18th Birthday!
It is obviously a Smirnoff bottle cake, (a HUGE Smirnoff bottle, the actual bottle was 42cm long!!)
The cake Inside is Red velvet (chocolate with beetroot juice added to make it look really red)
Everything you see you can eat although I don’t recommend eating the actual cake board. 
I hand made the ‘ice cubes’ then tinted them slightly with edible blue lustre dust so they looked ‘Icy’ and drizzled them with pale blue royal icing so they looked like they were melting from the red lettering on top, the Bottle cap was all hand sculpted fondant which was then painted with confectioners glaze to look like red metal.
The ‘fabric’ was fondant mixed with a gum to make it elastic and rolled very very thin which was then draped on the board which was finished along the edges with a thin white ribbon.
The images are printed on edible paper with edible ink then carefully cut out and placed on the cake.
Everyone seemed delighted with the outcome!
I hope all the Mum’s out there have a wonderful day with their loved ones.
This cute Vintage inspired Ombre Petal Cake was a lot of fun to make even if I finished at 2am !! 
Ombre is the graduation of color in a garment, like when a fabric is very dark at one end and gradually lightens or in this case a cake!.
It was a layered rich Brazilian chocolate mud cake covered in fondant petals that got lighter in colour as it rose up the cake topped with a handmade fondant shoe.
The recipient refused to cut the cake as they deemed it too pretty and wanted to look at it a while before cutting it up! 😀
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It ’twas indeed the luck of the Irish on this particular order which was for ‘irish themed’ cupcakes and cookies.
The cupcakes I was looking forward to, the cookies….. well they had me sweating bullets as I had never made a cookie before let alone flooded them with royal icing..arghhhh panic set in!
I figured what the heck, I can do it! and so I did, I made a double batch and ran them past some discerning taste testers… Success!!! They loved them!!
Now for the Royal icing, I had scoured the ‘Interwebs’ for hints and tips and set about tackling the daunting task.
Pffttttttt… What was a worried about they worked perfectly with no flaws, tears or fiery explosions, I had made my first cookies and was feeling pretty pleased with myself, I can only go up from here lol
Will I be making cookies again? To be sure, to be sure!!!
What do you think??
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These adoreable little cupcakes were also made for the St Patricks day Fundraiser!
They were a lot of fun to make and despite their simplicity a lot of work was involved!
The little coins are hand painted fondant which I then cut out into tiny circles, the hats were made from Green fondant (Electric Green) with an added fondant hatband with handpainted gold ‘buckle’.
Lastly the shamrocks were a series of little hearts which were veined and painted with peony lustre dust then assembled to look like… well you get the picture. lol
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These adorable cupcakes were ordered by a lovely lady for her Baby Shower.
I love the blend of colours and the little sleeping babies perched on pillows of pink buttercream!
Each of the decorations were hand made from fondant and let me tell you with all the rain this week getting them to dry was a lesson in patience, the weather has been playing havoc with the completed sugar decorations, one day it’s hot and humid, the next it’s cold then right back to wet and humid… rinse and repeat. Arggghhhh 🙂
Just when I thought they were all dry it rained and they reabsorbed moisture from the air causing them to go soft again…very trying indeed lol
Fortunately the end result was what counted and they worked out perfectly, I had to bring a delivery helper with me on this one as the venue was at a lovely home which sat on top of a large hill with a VERY steep driveway, way too steep to drive up and hope they wouldn’t topple sitting in the back by themselves, so my assistant had to hold the cake boxes and pivot them to keep them level as we ascended.
The rain slicked driveway was a nerve wracking experience carrying boxes of cupcakes while repeating “don’t fall, don’t fall” under my breath, but they made it to the table unharmed and looking gorgeous, pity the same could not be said of me in all my rain sodden and wide eyed glory 😀
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I received an order for some cupcakes from a lovely lady as a thank you to a large medical practice, so I suggested a Vintage theme because they are always popular and lets face it, who doesn’t like Vintage cupcakes!!
I know I do!
I had run out of the large inserts that hold the cupcakes steady in their box and had a distance to drive so I was being very,very,VERY careful, the last thing you want is to open the box at the destination and see a mess of icing!
Driving 10km under the speed limit did not make the other drivers happy and I was cursing myself for not putting the “cake on board” sign on my car, I’m such a perfectionist, that if one little bit of icing is out-of-place I feel compelled to redo it, not possible in transit though 🙂
Of course it was raining….again (where is our Aussie summer?) and I had to drive through traffic, over road works round several roundabouts, but all was well in the end, fortunately they arrived unscathed and pretty as ever, after delivery I then headed straight to the packaging supply store for more cupcake inserts..no more delivery stress, I am locked and loaded for the next cupcake journey 😀
These little cuties were Vanilla Butter cake, with Vanilla butter cream icing and hand made fondant Bows, Roses and flowers, that had been highlighted in edible petal dust, they turned out beautifully and were very much appreciated by the recipients.
As I mentioned I particularly like Vintage themed cakes, there is something so timeless in their pretty elegance and the combinations are endless.
I can’t wait for the next ‘Vintage’ order so I can try something new!
Here they are below!
Feel free to comment on any of posts, feedback is always welcome.
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Summertime and the living is easy…..
So is taking a huge mouthful of this Gluten Free chocolate Frangipani cake made especially for a Dear friend’s Birthday!
The entire cake is completely edible (except for the ribbon)
The Flowers and Shells were hand made and painted with various petal and lustre dusts, the sand was made from Gluten Free shortbread crushed to simulate sand on the beach.
The cake itself was GF Chocolate cake layered with rich dark chocolate Ganache, covered with white fondant.
I think it captured that summery tropical feel perfectly!
Ironically, delivery day was cold,wet and foggy….go figure 🙂
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I know it is a little past due (blame good friends, good food and a long overdue rest!!!)
I Hope Everyone had a Very Merry Christmas!
I would also like to wish you all a Wonderful New year to come.
Thank you to everyone who ordered cakes in 2011, I loved every minute of it, I hope to be able to create more magic for you in 2012, all ordering will resume after January 20th****
( I really need a little break!! ZzzzzZZZzzz ).
Christmas present cake 2011
This was a cake I made for a Christmas table centerpiece.
Red velvet cake on the inside.
I deliberately gave the fondant a slightly ‘baggy’ look to simulate paper wrapping.
(Yes, it fooled quite a few who didn’t look closely enough!) Hah!
The ruse was discovered when an inquisitive guest gave the cake a gentle poke to check.
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Last-Minute New Years Eve Cupcakes (and I do mean ‘last minute’) 🙂
I had a last-minute call for a NYE batch of cupcakes (literally just under 1 hour) Yikes.
Red velvet cupcakes with Vanilla butter frosting.
(A quick visit to the fridge cooled those cakes in record time while I created the all edible glittery fondant lettering with the speed of an African swallow in a tail wind, so forgive me the less than perfect rush job!) 😀
I’m usually a diligent perfectionist but there was NO time to fuss!!
Then it was a mad dash out the door into the car and off I went, it was a hard task fending off sticky fingers till midnight at the party and no they were not children *grin*
Come Midnight and they all vanished like the memory of 2011!!!
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