Holly Cupcakes Hiatus

Hello!!

I apologise for the lack of updates by me, however I have been super busy baking & setting up a cake business - 'Cakes by Bertag'

Below is sneak peek of the ' Pastel Range' Cake Pops made for the UTS Communication Society's 'Barbie & Ken's Dreamhouse' Party, taken on my Bold9700. I promise to upload more verrry soon!

I'm actually jetting off to the UK & Europe for the next 6 weeks and have booked into some fabulous restaurants including: Fifteen- London, Afternoon Tea at the Dorchester - London, L'atelier de Joel Robuchon - London, Maze - London & Le Jules Verne (an Alain Ducasse restaurant situated ON the Eiffel Tower) - Paris!! I'm extremely excited and cant wait to share these experiences with you all :)

Until then.... Enjoy these Cake Pops by  Bertag

Holly Cupcakes, X

Lets Zumbo!

                                        

For all those dieters out there, I'm sure you can relate, when one declares "junk food day". Its the one day of the week that you can freely feed and load on fatty food, allowing yourself some freedom to enjoy life and make that diet more bearable for another week.

There's nothing more the Hub enjoys then a combination of carbs, sugar and lard. Where else but a patisserie? We tend to choose the most deadly cakes and sweets and sit on a bench, carefully halving the pieces to ensure a fair portion. One place we return to often is Adriano Zumbo's store, behind every glass cabinet is new desserts drummed up by the staff as well as some traditional favourites.  So next time your on a "junk food day" go on and treat yourself. And take a victim along with you...

...... being bad is so much more enjoyable with company.

F. Truffles

See what's in stores this month

adrianozumbo.com

Mme Grenouille, Broadbeach + One Stormy Christmas Eve.....

I stumbled across this wonderful french bakery attached to the Meriton Hotel, which is where I was conveniently staying whilst at the Gold Coast.

 

 

 

I decided it would be best not to venture in during my stay, seeing as I have such a sweet tooth and am more than happy to gorge on sweets all day long. I could not  however, leave the Gold Coast without a take home pack of delectable macarons! So, on my last day, I wandered downstairs and placed an order for pickup right before my bus ride back to the airport. 

It was Christmas eve and the beginning of Queensland's severe rainy weather conditions. I trekked my way to the airport via the public bus all on my lonesome with all of this in tow: 

As luck would have it, it would be my destiny to miss out on going home and spending Christmas eve/ Christmas day in the company of loved ones. After a 5 hour delay - my flight ended up canceling due to the severe weather conditions and there were no further flights heading out that evening! =/ Let me tell you, every minute of delay was extremely stressful and I could feel my blood pressure rising as I became more and more anxious. During this time, I decided to try and busy myself in the treats that I had picked up and get a little bit snap happy  :) 



Blurry, but you can see all the delayed and cancelled status' :(





Clockwise: Vanilla, Chocolate, Coffee & Pistachio



The macarons were of a very high quality, like small bites of perfection! I have honestly not tasted a better macaron,(in Sydney) so I highly recommend them! The textures were faultless, the shell very crisp on the outside yet delicate and light as you bite in, and the centre smooth and bursting of flavour. The chefs are French Japanese so it comes as no surprise that these little confections are so delicious and quality made. This a definite must try if you're in broachbeach!

Mme Grenouille

2669 Gold Coast Highway
Broadbeach QLD 4218
(07) 5538 3111

Holly Cupcakes X 

Free Pure Gelato, at work!

As Franny mentioned a couple of blogs ago, I was enjoying some delicious gelato, courtesy of work! :)  3 servings in fact!

Mango Sorbet

Rocher

Pure Gelato offers a fantastic service, leasing out fully functional gelato stall's complete with freezer and generator plus access to all its famous flavours. This service is available for various events including fundraising and corporate hire. If you're in the market for a fun and different approach to fund raising or trying to boost employee morale, why not try a gelato stand! 

Here are a few pics from a fund raising event I held a couple of years ago using their services:

mmm gelato!

just like the freezers in store :)

Pure Gelato
www.puregelato.com.au
02 9716 4488

Enjoy!
Holly Cupcakes X

We All Scream For Ice Cream

Holly's Gelato looks delish...



It definitely makes the day more bearable...

Creamy Mango Gelato..



Yummy Honey

The Hub and I stumbled across this little gem when we took a turn off the main road to avoid the 5 o'clock traffic rush.

We took home a jar of Lemon Butter, Honey with Chili Flakes and a Chili & Garlic Jam.

Check the website below...

http://www.bluemountainshoney.com.au/

Blue Mountains Honey

2828 The Northern Road, Luddenham 2745

Ring 02 4773 3279 for directions and opening times.

Phone: 02 4773 3279

Take the arvo off and go have a taste trial. Enjoy! Truffles.