Gifting mini cakes,a deep red hummingbird velvet, follow me..day 1

Weddings are wonderful and a time when giving gifts at pre wedding events is both wonderful yet irritatingly impersonal or just frustrating. So Ive come up the solution, I'm going to make a few small cakes, decorate and present. It'll be a sweet and special gesture of my love and support for the couple.

I'm going to take you through this journey with me...and if it goes horribly wrong, then I'll abandon this plan and buy a lovely box of chocs for them instead.

I've decided the colour that I'm going for. A pretty and elegant peach. 

Today is the most important part. I'll be making the cakes and the buttercream. 

Like the many of you, I typed in red velvet cake recipe on Google and went for this one. I must admit that I was a little nervous as the ingredients and quantities are quite different from a standard sponge. Here's the link for the light yet delicious red velvet cake: http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/475341/Red-velvet-cupcakes

Ok, so they didn't turn out as red as I hoped but they had a shade of red to them and they did taste delicious. The recipe makes 12 cupcakes so I used 6 ring moulds. The cakes turned out tall and light and I only made half the cream cheese frosting recipe and gave those cakes a good layer of filling.

Next, my task is to start on some decoration. I'll be making sugar flowers to go on the top so I've made different sized cones /balls of fondant on wire to make the flowers on. 

Here's a picture of the dome that I plan to give the cakes in. I'm trying to make it look professional...eek!

That's all I had time for today...tomorrow I'll have to make the buttercream.....yum yum!