Cupcake Savvy our favourite Cupcake Stand supplier recently added some gorgeous Couture Cupcake Wrappers to their line and now they add a New Twin Cupcake Tote. The tote comes with an insert and features TWO acetate windows, one on either side, it also has a HANDLE making the box easy to carry! This would truly make a great box to give cupcake gifts in! The boxes will be supplied flat are very easy to assemble. Pre-orders are welcome on the Cupcake Savvy website and will be available for dispatch during the last week of May. We look forward to more exciting products coming our way soon from Cupcake Savvy!

Also make sure you pick up the June Issue of Super Food ideas, you will find Cupcake Savvy on page 44!

Picture courtesy of Cupcake Savvy.

A little while ago I posted a comparison between the three known available Sugarcraft/Clay guns, The Difference between Sugarcraft Guns (aka Clay Guns).

Since then I’ve had several people tell me that they’ve bought the gun and they love it!  So, so far a big thumbs up! Want to hear something even better?  Clay Princess  now have two new packs of additional discs.  Yes it is true!  Can’t believe there could be that many more different discs well check them out here’s Set A and there is also a Set B.

But the excitement doesn’t stop there!  Clay Princess have some even more exciting new products.  They include 2 new flower ejector cutter sets (3 in the pack in different sizes).  New texture sheets and new flower and leaf cutter sets, some of which also include their own embossers.

Any of these items could help extend your current cake decorating kit!

For those of you new to Clay Princess and their products, my favourite moulds are their sculpy range.  Take a good look around and you will soon notice some of these fun creations on cupcakes and cakes alike.  To use fondant in them simply dust with some cornflour or spritz with a little cooking spray.

Just remember once you use the products for cake decorating don’t mix and match them, if you like to use clay also keep the clay used ones for the clay and the food used ones for food! Yep any excuse to have at least two sets of everything!

Pictures courtesy of Clay Princess.

Have you heard of The Cupcake Courier?

The Cupcake Courier website describes itself:

The Cupcake Courier is an ingenious device that allows you to carry and store up to 36 cupcakes or muffins. Transporting cupcakes has never been easier or more stylish! The Cupcake Courier has three stackable cupcake trays with twelve cups per tray. The trays will securely hold your cupcakes in place so they will be less liked to get smooshed in transit. Each tray is stackable and removable. Simply lift the trays from The Cupcake Courier and store cakes and baked goods of all sizes. The Cupcake Courier is dishwasher safe and completely air tight.

The couriers come in gorgeous pastel colours, Saffron, Petal Pink, Lemongrass, Crystal Clear White (which is the one I have! ) or Blue Sky.

Specs: 11″ height; 15.8″ width; 11″ depth, Trays: 10″ x 13.7″.

Normally priced at AUD$59.95, The Cupcake Courier are currently having a Mother’s Day Sale and Courier’s cost AUD$49.95 until the 1st May, 2009 and both those prices are GST Inclusive.

So go on do something for yourself and spend some of that K Rudd bonus, there will still be plenty left to pop on the mortgage or pay a bill.

But it doesn’t stop there! After a successful start with The Courier they have branched out into some other fun, exciting and exclusive products.

Ever wanted to take a cupcake to work or school for morning or afternoon tea, only to find it squished by the time you open the bag? Try a Cup-a-Cake!

The fabulous Cup-a-Cake container will hold a frosted cupcake or muffin in place with special protrusions positioned in such a way that the cupcake or muffin will not move within the container if jiggled or turned upside down.

They come in packs of 2 for AUD$14.99 or 4 AUD$24.99, in a variety of fun colours including Pink Sparkles, Lime, Orange, Watermelon, Purple, Blue, White and Red. GST & Postage is inclusive on the prices of the Cup-a-Cake.

One of the newer exciting items The Cupcake Courier have added to their site are the Jessie Steel Designer Aprons, previously I’ve only ever seen these available in the USA!

They are gorgeous, retro, fun designed full and half aprons, for adults and kids. Some even include matching tea towels, oven mitts and pot holders!

They’ve also branched out into some books including some very interesting ones I haven’t seen before (which is always a bonus!)

There’s even more so be sure to check out the site.

Don’t want a carrier but want some cupcakes instead! Check out their blog site The Cupcake Company.

Have you managed to read this far! Now for the fun part! The Cupcake Courier have offered a very special Cupcake Courier pack giveaway. Want to win some very cool stuff? This is what you need to do.

• Take a cupcake (any cupcake, simply a baked one, or a decorated one or even a bought one, doesn’t matter!)
• Take it somewhere funny, creative, interesting (go on think OUTSIDE the box)
• Pose it
• Take a picture of it
• Add a caption if the photo doesn’t speak for itself
• Send it to me at cakesandmoreforum AT hotmail.com
• If you are a registered user please include your username. If not that’s OK, you only need to be registered to comment you don’t need to be registered to enter.
• Wait until the contest ends on 1st May, 2009.
• Wait until the 2nd/3rd of May for the big winner announcement.
• PLEASE NOTE: Due to the cupcake courier being available overseas, particularly the USA and the cost of International postage not being viable for a prize of this side, you must be IN AUSTRALIA to participate in this particular competition.

Pictures kindly courtesy of The Cupcake Courier.

Some people might think a cheap shop, a $2 shop, considered a cake decorating supplier, what!!!

But let me try to change your mind , places like Hot Dollar are just a crazy treasure trove of cake decorating materials. From cheap paper, plastic and ribbon to cover your boards, to boxes to organise your tools, to cake tins, cupcake wrappers and kitchen tools, to as big as your imagination can stretch!

See the thing is you can buy the most expensive tool there is, if it works for you that’s OK, you should keep using that tool. BUT what if you just don’t have the money, what if you are just starting out and want to try a few things before committing fully to the hobby, what if you are just someone who likes to see what they can do with stuff both cheap and expensive, what if, what if, what if!

I adore cheap shops, their kitchen sections provide a treasure trove of cupcake liners and mini cutters, skewers, tins and so much more. Then there are the craft sections with scrapbooking materials and not to forget the tool section with their containers that make for great storage! You really are only limited by your imagination! And seriously you spend $2 and it doesn’t work out no big loss! But I do challenge you to only spending $2 when you walk into one of these places!

So cake decorating isn’t only limited to cakes, cupcakes, muffins, cookies, chocolates, all of these mediums can used as a decorating medium or in decorating! Cupcakes are big business these days with popular cupcake towers replacing a traditional cake or being used in addition to a smaller cake!

One new popular feature is the laser cupcake wrapper, these pretty cases aren’t what you bake the cupcake in, they are what you display it in, adding to the design you create or to pretty up simply done delicious cupcakes.

They are more difficult to find in Australia and with the current down turn in the market they become very expensive to purchase from overseas.

One of our favourite suppliers Cupcake Savvy, who sell perspex cupcake stands that screw together, and thus can be stored flat packed, are proud to introduce their new Couture Cupcake Wrapper Line.

The currently have four pretty designs Victorian, Hearts, Floral and Baby.

There are 12 in a pack for $11.95, which is just under $1 each.

Keep an eye out for the range to expand in design and colours.

Once you’ve bought them and tried them, make sure you email Cupcake Savvy with the pictures, she loves to display customer pictures on her site so new customers can see all the exciting things you can do with them!

Would you like to win a set to try out?  Check out the new Couture Cupcake Wrapper Competition.

Photos courtesy of Cupcake Savvy