Now Available...

My cupcakes (I Bake Babycakes t/a Class Cupcake) are now available at the award winning Red Rhumba Cafe Restaurant, 98 Waverley Road, Malvern East... Drop by, have a coffee, say hello to Kevin the owner and sample my very own cupcakes!! Vida x

Red Rhumba doesn't have a website but you can still look it up and here's a link to the cafe on Your Restaurants. (Thanks Thanh.

http://yourrestaurants/redrhumba"

Vida x

Big in the Country and lots of Country Hospitality!

Oooops, I bragged about being on page 3 when in fact, on seeing the paper again, it's page 8, which really kinda looks like 3!!! Anyway I done good, just to get there at all!!!! This is the Ararat newspaper and lady furthest to my left (your right) is Jenny, a dear and wonderful friend who helped me and my family settle into a new neighbourhood more than a decade ago... she lost her father just three short months after I lost mine... the lady closest to myself is Judy (her mum) and the wife to Bill who lost his life to cancer. Judy wanted to raise $5,000 in Bill's honour and I am proud to have been asked to help and proud to say she more than achieved her goal!!!! Not bad considering how hard the country has been hit by draught etc.

The money will go to The Cancer Council for research/and or whatever their needs may be. A plaque will be put up in Bills memory... Both my parents suffered from cancer and I was also doing this very much for them both...

These cute "cupcakes" are made of soap and were gifted to me by Jenny in recognition of my support of this fundraiser... The quince is from Judy's tree, also gifted to me as well as eggs, chutney, chocolates and so much more...

I do so love fresh produce, free range eggs and lovely homemade goods... I really appreciated all my gifts... oh and did I mention I was taken to a lovely lunch in a sweet cafe in Ararat too!! I cannot tell you the number of people that thanked me for my cupcake efforts too, I felt very appreciated and cared for...

Judy held a fashion parade for over 100 people, a morning tea for more than 30 (I went up twice over the last month to help with the food for both), a relay and a garage sale... she worked so hard to show her love and respect of her husband of over 50 years... I met Bill on many occasions and he was a good, honest man... they both were very avid fundraisers in their community and again it was a pleasure to give back to them both...

Thank you to all of you who take the time to share my experiences...

My living room is perfumed with the sweet fragrance of quince... time for sweet dreams and rest... Vida x

Classes & Catering...

Thank you to those of you who told me my website sucks... it's ok... I am learning and it is a work in progress clearly... I will get there and it will be great... feels good to know what is wrong because then I can fix it or more to the point get someone more capable to fix it...

On the other hand the catering aspect is going along in leaps and bounds... it started with an order for 2 dozen and then it became an order for 10 dozen and this week again an order for 10 dozen...

This picture shows the latest order for 10 dozen... they look like little soldiers... this one was never going to be too intricate as it was for a fundraiser and I was wearing all the cost (not the way to do good business) but they still look cute and hopefully I will get a student or two come my from it... wish me luck, I am travelling to Ararat with these babies in tow... Vida x

Class Cupcake Begins in a Few Weeks...

Well I have done it... I have put up a website advertising my classes and now I hope people will be interested enough to attend...

Supplies have started to arrive and I hope I am ready!!!!

I will (as the website tells you) share all my knowledge about cupcakes... I have spent almost two years researching all I can and I will not be holding back any information... I will give you a goodie bag to take home which includes piping bags and nozzles, cupcake liners in assorted colours, also 4 food colourings to get started with, I will show you techniques, I will give you many recipes and it will all be done in under 3 hours and hopefully it will be comfortable and welcoming in my own home... I will provide cupcakes to decorate and take home... You only need to bring yourself and nothing else...

My website is http://www.classcupcake.com.au/

Let me know what you think... If you think I could add more to the experience please let me know!! Vida x