Kiwicakes 8th birthday competition winner - Paula Andrew

Today I'm pleased to announce the winner of the Kiwicakes birthday cake is Paula Andrew. Paula submitted the sketch above. A Minecraft theme with pixelated social media icons on 4 stacked cakes with a pixelated Trixie standing on top. The cakes are approx 3,4,5 & 6'' cubes. Raspberry lemonade flavour YUM!. And even better news I've arranged with Paula to have the cake made for the Cake Expo in Auckland July 4,5&6 2014. So if you're coming along, you'll be able to see the cake up close & personal.

In no particular order here are the other entries that were submitted for the competition.

Chocolate Buttons - quick & easy

These super cute chocolate buttons are quick to make as party favours. These use very little chocolate, so are quite economical too.

I used pre coloured Candy melts and this chocolate button mould. I printed a little "chocolate buttons" bag topper and sealed it using our Cake pop bags.

Moulding the candy melts or coloured chocolate is easy. Simply melt over a double boiler. Tap to remove air bubbles. Then chill for 1 min in freezer or 2 min in fridge then tap out. As they fall on the bench they sound like real buttons wobbling down. 

The mould has very thin cavities, so rather than filling each cavity, I simply poured some chocolate over the mould and spread it with a spatula.

They really look like real buttons - and I can't help but smile when I see them.