January 2012 Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone, I hope you had a wonderfull Christmas and New Year.

This year I have many beautiful cakes to create and thank you for the support from all my brides and grooms to be.

I am also lookign foward to travelling to the U.K in May for the cakes international show that is hosted in Birmingham. I am also travelling with a group of other cake decorators from Brisbane and Toowoomba and together we will be visiting other cake makers too. Including Mitch Turner and Peggy Porschen in their cake studios in London. I am also looking foward to seeing my family and my 2 lovely brothers.

Cake Classes have now been listed right up to the end of August and I am offering a weeks worth of classes in the month of August. So if you are interstate and wanting to attend a weeks worth of classes starting with beginners classes and including a 2 tiered cake then please check my website for further details.

Channel 11 contacted me and asked for a simple designed cake with their logo to celebrate their first year of airing. My son and I visited the television studios up at Mt Cootha and I have attached the pictures of the cake.

I was amazed at all the different sets for the programs that they film there.
My husband Matt with the company he worked for, built a famous television set in the U.K  which was for the Crystal Maze series and for those that remember that program you're probably 40+ years old and from the U.K.

Spencer and Rutherford Hand bag Cake

I was set a challenging task to re create a handbag from this beautiful designer, the guide lines were that the cake had to feed 40 and I had a choice of handbags to choose from.
The design I chose was beautiful with the colouring and detailing.
The cake involved royal icing stencilling, lace work, metallic piping and quite a bit of detailing and the cake looked realistic like the real bag.

December 2011

Ronald Macdonald House.

Every year the 2 houses in Brisbane get together and have a Christmas party with residents and staff together.
This years Christmas cake, I decided to make with a snow themed effect. Below you will find a link to youtube where I have posted a tutorial on how to make this cake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rGAKJR5I8M&feature=g-upl&context=G2a15b98AUAAAAAAAFAA

As you can see I created a snow effect ski slope with modelled cute penguins.

December 2011

Christmas every year is always a very busy time for me, with Library demonstrations, Christmas classes and Christmas cakes and more!
This year I taught  2 classes at Logan Hyperdome Library on Tuesday the 13th, the first one being a children's cupcake class in the morning followed by a teenage cupcake workshop in the afternoon.
I provide every thing for the class, including tools, frosting and sugarpaste and this year I took a collection box for my charity Ronald Macdonald House and thank you for your coin donations.
My thanks to the Library for hosting me and I hope the cupcakes were enjoyed by all.

On Wednesday the 14th I visited Logan village Library and taught an adults cupcake class workshop, the building I was in was almost 100 years old but thankfully had air conditioning.Again I met a friendly bunch of women and I hope you were pleased with your results.

Christmas is coming!!!

Well its been a while since I last blogged and lots of classes and cakes have been created.

I had a short break with family arriving from Germany and we all were tourists again at  the wonderful Australia Zoo which is ever expanding and has now the African display starting to evolve.


Christmas themed classes are still available for more information visit my website for further information www.contemporarycakes.com.au

I have a christmas cake demonstration for Sunday 11th of december 1-4pm and a Christmas cake workshop Sunday 18th of December 10-4pm

Places are still available for the childrens Christmas cupcake class thursday 22nd of december, parental supervision is required.

This month I am attending the Ronald Macdonald house Christmas party, with  a cupcake decorating table and get creative with the residents and parents cupcake decorating skills.

I will upload the pictures after the party.

Wishing you all a great Christmas and new year.

Lifestyle food channel!

New website with online class bookings have now been launched and I look forward to create a quicker  way for students to book into my classes.


At last a much awaited television  show of mine has now begun, the world of  Choccywoccydoodah!

When I lived in the Uk I was Head chef at  a prestige caterers called Champagne and Caviar.We would often cater for the rich clientelle of our neighbouring Sussex counties and catered for the rich and some famous! We would often sample the delights of a wedding cake from Choccywoccydoodah and I was amazed at the design and details of the cakes and took inspiration from them.The temperature and climate is much more suitable in the UK for those works of Art but was sometimes challenging when left in a marquee during a hot summers day!so a cold room was a must.

At the time, Choccywoccydoodah was also based in Eastbourne, as well as in the mecca of Brighton and I would often stop and glance through their window and be in awe of their amazing creations.
What a fantastic show with amazing talented staff  and I  look forward to seeing the rest of this series.


Have a good week, Jackie.

Ronald McDonald House Gala Charity Ball Brisbane Saturday 27th of August 2011.

I am really pleased that  my husband and I,as well as another couple who have supported the 2 houses in Brisbane for several years with their baked goods have been invited to attend the ball as guests of the 2 houses, here in Brisbane. I am also in the middle of creating a cake for the nights events,that will be auctioned, a cake scullptured in the shape of a Macdonalds house all made of delicious chocolate mud cake with their helping hand logo.I will post a photo once the masterpiece has been completed ! I have also offered a baking cupcake voucher to be auctioned too.

Tickets are still available to purchase


 I am looking forward to booging on down on the dance floor, to the one and only Leo Sayer who is entertaining us at the ball.
( My cousin who is a London taxi driver said he picked him up once and said he was like a live wire in the taxi very chirpy! some celebrities he has ferried around  say absolutely nothing!)

Ronald McDonald House Gala Charity Ball Saturday 27th of August 2011


6:30pm til midnight

$250 p/person

Bookings & Enquiries: http://www.rmhc.org.au/events/qld-gala-ball-2010

For a night with some added sparkle, please come and join us at this year’s Ronald McDonald House Charities Channel Ten Queensland Gala Ball where star-studded entertainment, great food and wine, dancing and unique auction items make it the talk of the 2011 social calendar.


Money raised on the night will assist the funding of RMHC’S current Queensland programs and go towards developing our future commitment to the following:

Ronald McDonald House – Herston

Ronald McDonald House – Mater

Ronald McDonald Family Rooms – Gold Coast

Ronald McDonald Learning Program

As McDonald’s covers all administrative and management fees associated with the charity, we guarantee that 100 cents out of every dollar raised on the night will go directly to RMHC.

Dress:

Black Tie
Tickets:
Dinner & Entertainment: $250 per person or $2500 for a table of 10

For all enquiries and to confirm your reservation to this ‘night of nights’:

Meredith Holland, RMH SEQ

M: 0439 789 344

Direct Dial: 07 3636 2221

E: meredith.holland@rmh.org.au

Have a good week, Jackie.