I haven't been having a baking-free spell -- oh no, on the contrary. I've baked plenty and taken more than a couple of cupcake-centric photos, but I've been on holidays with B and haven't quite caught up with everything.

Cupcakeries have made their presence felt in Brisbane recently, including The Cupcake Company. I was happy to see that they bake from scratch and aren't afraid to shout it. After taste-testing a few cakes from another cupcake store recently only to find that their cakes were very obviously from a packet mix, it's great to know that some cupcakers earn their money by adding that extra touch.

I'd love to declare that I bake from scratch -- mostly I do -- but just tonight I picked up 2 packet mixes for my cupcake marathon session on Sunday. In my defence, they're gluten-free mixes that I'm trialling. I wanted to make GF cakes for work on Monday as I have a couple of gluten intolerant colleagues. While I know for sure that my Hummingbird cake recipe works just fine and dandy with GF flours, I can't afford for two whole batches of cupcakes to go wrong if the flour isn't right. So, I s'pose I bake from scratch unless I'm in a corner.

Just to get your juices flowing for the pictorial lushness to come, random pics of cakes I've made in the last few weeks and not blogged about:

Peanut Butter & Banana cake with Banana Buttercream

Vanilla cakes with Fresh Raspberry Buttercream....this pic makes me drool!

St Patrick's Day Mudcakes with Peppermint White Chocolate Ganache and Shamrocks

Lovely Easter cupcakey goodness coming soon!