I had a stall at my first every wedding expo last weekend. I didn’t really know what to expect so I think I probably over prepared.

 I took lots of mud cake samples as well - chocolate, white chocolate, white chocolate/lemon/coconut (yummy) and jaffa. My big winner were the cupcakes of course. Everyone loves cupcakes.

 I was running out of time the day before so I quickly did this bow on top of the cutting cake. Thank goodness for Planet Cake their great ideas!!

How gorgeous are these white paper cases for cupcakes. I think they are just beautiful.

The black ones are really lovely and so delicate.

I loved making this cake, especially the little ballerina!. It’s a first birthday cake. You can’t tell from this photo but she has sparkles in her hair and sprinkled over her tutu. The cake is vanilla buttercake layered with buttercream - pink of course.

I had some trouble though working out how to do ballet shoes. I think they might be a bit big but hopefully a one year old won’t notice.

I’m a big fan of buttercream icing. I could eat it by the spoonful. I have really only ever made the butter and icing sugar variety but have been keen to try something else. So I tried to make Italian buttercream (I think). It is a bit fiddlier and takes a bit more time - but I have to say it was delicious.

I will try it again soon.