Corporate Cupcakes at Crumbs Couture

Now that wedding season is winding down, we have been rather busy with corporate orders! I thought I would post some pictures of the latest ones we have done!

Enjoy! 

Wedding Cupcakes!

Hi Crumbs Fans, 

Fancy taking a look at a picture of some wedding cupcakes we have been making in the kitchen?

Oh, go on then... here you go!

Hope you like them! :)

Harpreet

Ben 10 Omniverse Cupcakes for The Cartoon Network

Hi Cake Lovers, 

Last month we were commissioned to do an order for Turner Broadcasting. The Cartoon Network is one of their brands and they were having a corporate event to launch Omniverse, which is the 4th installment of the Ben 10 series.

They asked us to provide some bespoke cupcakes for them, each to feature the Omnitrix design.

Here are the results:

Feedback from the client was fantastic. We look forward to doing many orders for Turner Broadcasting in the future.

The Cupcaker x

"I've got 21 hundred to go...."

Hello Cake Lovers!

A little while ago, we received an order from the Financial Ombudsman herself for 2100 cupcakes. She wanted each of these to say "Thank you", as they were to be placed on the desk of each of the Financial Ombudsman Service's 2100 employees for them to find when they arrived at work! 

Producing this order was great fun, despite the 6am collection from the kitchen. Huge thanks to the wonderful Anne for all of her help with this one! 

In case the title of this post has taken you back to your uni days (and memories of UCL Cocktails), here is a terrible video for you to watch.

With love,

The Cupcaker x

The Great Glitter Debate

Hi Cake-Lovers!

As many of  you will know, the FSA have recently issues guidelines on the use of glitter on cakes. 

Some glitters have always been deemed edible. Others have been deemed "non-toxic" but not suitable for consumption. This basically means that the product can come in contact with food, however it is not recommended that we actually eat it. What are we supposed to do? Admire our glittery cakes and then attempt to blow all of the glitter off before we actually eat it?!

Some craft shops have been keen to distance themselves from any potential issues and have simply taken all of the non-toxic glitters off their shelves. I cannot say I blame them at all. 

In the Crumbs Kitchen there is enough cakey madness going on without us having to produce decorations on our cakes which cannot be eaten! I cannot imagine the looks on our clients faces if we said "you see all of those gorgeous fondant roses? Well you can look at them but not actually eat them, unless you get every speck of glitter off". As a result, we have made our own edible glitter. YES, it is true, in fact it is actually quite easy to do. Take that, cake trolls who scold me after each glittery picture is posted on Twitter!

All you need to do is get hold of "Magic Sparkles" and crush these up very very finely ( a mini food processer helps here). What you will produce is a totally edible and luscious sparkle to sprinkle all over your goodies. 

Enjoy!!

The Cupcaker x

Cupcakes, The Olympics and Trademarks.

Hello Cake Lovers! 

A fortnight ago, we were called with a request to make cupcakes for a party which had an Olympics Theme. The Birthday Boy is performing in the Olympics opening ceremony, and so he specifically wanted all of his cupcakes to feature the Olympics rings on them. 

We had a quick look on the web and saw that many cupcake companies had done this, and so off we trotted to make 500 rings out of coloured fondant! After sending the cupcakes off, we tweeted a few pictures to show our followers what we had been up to. Cue barrage of tweets regarding trademarks!! 

Many of the tweets, which sent us links to a story about warnings sent to the British Sugarcraft Guild, were genuine warnings about possibly getting into trouble with the IOC. A number were less friendly, and send from the cake-makers who seem to patrol my timeline for material to discuss in cake forums and only ever get in touch to criticise!

There are many cake decorators who recreate popular characters and logos on their cupcakes. I very much doubt that each cupcake maker who has ever made a Hello Kitty cake or Angry Birds cupcakes have sought prior permission from Sanrio or Rovio Mobile. The difference seems to be that, when it comes to the Olympics rings, the trademark is enforced in a more vehement fashion. 

It seems as though we will have to stick to making Union Jacks for the Olympics. It's not such a bad thing; those rings were ridiculously fiddly!!

The Cupcaker x 

Bespoke Couture Cupcakes: Guitars and Lovebirds...

Last week we were contacted by the lovely Banita from Premier PR who told us about a client of their who was launching an exciting new product. For the product launch, Premier PR wanted lots of our little boxes containing 2 of our cupcakes, one of which was to feature a guitar, the other to feature a lovebird. An unusual combination, but as you know, at "Crumbs!" we are used to all sorts of requests, so off we went. Here are the results: 

We think these cupcakes are rather "tweet" :)

Feedback from the client was fab, which was "music to our ears"... 

Ok...Enough of my awful jokes!

The Cupcaker x 

Valentines Day in the Crumbs Couture Kitchen

Hello Cake-Lovers! 

The last week has been absolutely manic in the Crumbs! Couture kitchen. 

Whoever sang the song "Romance is Dead" clearly hadn't taken a look in our order book! 

We hope you all had a fantastic Valentines Day!

The Cupcaker x 

Pretty in Pink!

Hi Cupcake Fans,

With Valentine's Day looming, I thought I would post a pic of some pretty pink cupcakes that we made for a couple last weekend.

In March 2010 we were contacted by a chap who wanted us to make 15 cupcakes spelling out "Will you marry me?" for him to propose to his girlfriend. You know how we love a good proposal story! (evidence: click here ) A few days later he got in touch to let us know that they both loved the cupcakes and that she had said YES!!

They then got in touch to ask us to do their wedding cupcake tower this June, how exciting! The picture above shows the sample box of cupcakes that we made for them, containing vanilla, chocolate, lemon and chai cupcakes!

A feast for your eyes :)

The Cupcaker x

Welcome to the Crumbs! Couture Boudoir!

Hello Cake-Lovers!

Today's little bit of pretty comes from the "Crumbs! Couture" Boudoir...

Spice up your life with some of our cheeky cupcakes!

Enjoy, 

The Cupcaker x 

Lovely Jubilee!!

Greetings, Cake-Lovers!

Now that plans are under way for The Queen's Diamond Jubilee, we thought we would post a pic of our famous Union Jack cupcakes! We think that they would be the perfect addition to The Queen's festivities!! What do you think?

Glad you agree.... We are expecting a call from Buckingham Palace any minute!! 

The Cupcaker x 

Come and get 'em!

Hello "Crumbs!" Fans!

Last week we were contacted by a company called HiDrive who were exhibiting at ExCel and wanted to have some cupcakes at their stand in order to entice the masses over! Their website can be found here and they are on Twitter (@HiDriveFree).

They opted for mini cupcakes, and wanted their mascot, their logo and their catchphrase to be on the cupcakes. These pictures show what happened next!

The client was chuffed with the cupcakes, reporting that "They are amazing and are going down a storm!"

The Cupcaker x 

Spooktastic Cupcakes!

Hi Cupcake Lovers!

As Halloween fast approaches I just thought I would write a little blog post about why I love Halloween so much.

I love holidays which allow people to get creative. Yes, you can also get creative at Christmas/Valentine's Day, but in my opinion, there is more pressure on those holidays. There is still 2.5 months to go until Christmas and already the shops are full of Christmas goodies and people have begun to plan menus!! It is insane!

Halloween, on the other hand, is a more low-key holiday, however it really brings out your imagination. Costumes, decorations, you can really let your creativity run wild without the stress of shopping and wondering if you have got the perfect gift for your loved ones!!

At Crumbs we are doing Halloween Cupcakes at £1.50 each this year, meaning you can get a box of 4 cupcakes for just £6. They will be the perfect sweet treat for any Halloween Party! Our diary is already getting fairly booked up so if you would like to place an order, do get in touch ASAP.

Spreading love and spooky sprinkles,

The Cupcaker x

Crumbs! Couture Cupcakes make another appearance in Cosmopolitan Bride Magazine

Hello Crumbs! Fans, 


I am really rather pleased to report that our cupcakes can be seen in a Reception Feature in the latest (August/September 2011) issue of Cosmo Bride magazine. This issue is on sale now! 

The Cupcaker x 

Crumbs! Couture and Bespoke Baby Bundles

Hi Crumbs! Fans,

We are delighted to let you know that we are supplying Bespoke Baby Bundles with cupcakes for Baby Showers and Baby Gifts.

They have recently launched their new company, with their website just going live this week. To see what they can do, have a look at http://www.bespokebabybundles.co.uk/

As part of the beautiful basket that they can make for you, they offer you the option of including a box of cupcakes! We of course theme the cupcakes to match the basket (pink/blue/neutral).

All in all, we think it's a rather SWEET idea!

The Cupcaker x

Bold Bright Beautiful Photo Shoot

Dear Crumbs! Couture Fans, 

In March we were asked to contribute some cupcakes and cakepops for a photo shoot organised by the lovely Louise from Bow Occasions (www.bow-occasions.co.uk/). Her theme was Bold and Bright and we were asked to provide cupcakes in Cerise, Turquoise and Purple.

The photos below were taken by the amazing Dasha from Exhibit Emotions (www.exhibitemotions.com/). We have been so so busy so an absolute age has passed since the shoot, but the pictures are so great that I thought they must still be blogged about!

Enjoy the pictures!