Party People

Life contains so many opportunities for cake. I love cake. Like, I really love cake. It is like my ultimate indulgence. The best excuse for creativity. An exciting way to create something incredible that is also edible and thus enjoyed twice as much as just art or food alone.

Since we have moved back home, I have had several excellent opportunities to make cakes - though I am really a novice in a lot of ways. It has been great to get so much practice - and after Chelsea's second first birthday party several people mentioned that I should become a party planner. I had been toying with the idea of starting my own cake business but with all this moving I just haven't had time! So now the wheels are in motion and the possibility of party planning as a job is something I have been thinking about a lot lately. We will see how things go. Does anyone have any ideas/advice? Words of support and encouragement or a warning that starting a party planning business is a terrible idea? Anyone?...

Anyway, I thought I would share some pictures of the cakes that I have been making and some of the parties I have thrown in the past. Enjoy!

much love,
frankie.pleure

Cakes!


The first fondant covered cake I ever made - a slightly dodgy superhero cake!


That is me with my superhero cake - I am the Silk Specter from the Watchmen movie.


And some Spiderman cupcakes for good measure...


Second attempt at a fondant covered cake - a camo print explosion cake for my boyfriend's birthday (yep, the same guy that I am now engaged to! Cake really is the way to a man's heart).


Something a little different - a cheese and bacon cake for my fur baby's birthday party. The canine guests loved the cake, but even though it was safe for human consumption, the human guests were a little wary. Being a vegetarian I had not tasted this one and couldn't guarantee it's deliciousness...


This cake was for our engagement party, it was a white chocolate sponge on the top layer, and moist chocolate sponge on the bottom layer. We had already been engaged for 9 months when we got around to having our engagement party because we wanted to wait until we were in our home town.


Sushi, rice paper rolls, red velvet macarons, and a lime syrup cake with meringue crumbs and custard were on the menu for afternoon tea with the girls.


This Batman cake was a double chocolate mud that I made for my friend Lizzy's Hen's Party that I hosted. It was a great night!


This salted caramel macaron cake was for my dear friend Roz's birthday. This creation was born from the need for a chocolate free dessert, so it is a caramel mudcake with caramel cream cheese icing and salted caramel macarons. The restaurant where we went for dinner asked us where we had got the cake from!


This cake was for my Nanna's 80th birthday party. Inside was a triple layer white chocolate mud, caramel mud, and chocolate mud cake with chocolate mousse filling and dark chocolate ganache.


My Nanna's 80th birthday buffet - the cake (as above) was joined by lavender macarons, peanut butter and chocolate macarons, fruit salad sticks, scones with jam and cream, both vanilla and chocolate cupcakes, toffee capsicum dip, a variety of sandwiches, and a cheese platter. We also had mini sausage rolls and quiches. It was quite the feast!


This Elmo cake was for my friend Bree because it was her birthday party on the same night as a Christmas party we were all going to.


It was a chocolate gingerbread cake with spiced rum (Bree is a rum drinker!).