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Cupcakes in Colour

Canterbury Showtime

The Cupcake Collection www.thecupcakecollection.co.nz

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Strawberry Cupcakes

Lightly Dusted

Iced in Pink www.cucpcakecollection.co.nz

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Edible Treats

Sage Green & Mauve

In a Cupcake

The Cupcake Collection www.thecupcakecollection.co.nz

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The Colours of Spring

In a Cupcake

By The Cupcake Collection www.thecupcakecollection.co.nz

Taste Treats

I photographed these gorgeous cupcakes at the Royal New Zealand Show last week. So so pretty. They were too hard to resist. They're made by the very successful Christchurch company, The Cupcake Collection, who now have their own store on Colombo Street in Beckenham. They also make regular appearances at city markets and they have a loyal following - understandably! www.thecupcakecollection.co.nz

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Buttercups Cupcakes

Tempting Me

AGAIN

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Miniature Cupcakes

In the Pink

Made By Buttercups Christchurch

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Cherry-Topped

Cupcakes

From Buttercups

Edible Fancies

Riccarton Market, Christchurch. Jan. 2009 Ajr

More Dainty Bites

From The Cupcake Collection

Meet the People - 32

Arts Centre Market, Christchurch. Jan. 2009. Ajr

Another in the Series Meet the People - Ordinary and Extraordinary New Zealanders Doing Interesting Things - Christchurch chef, Katey Thew-Thin became hooked on cupcakes in Melbourne, where she worked as a chef for six years before returning to New Zealand. Now she’s started her own cupcake company, Buttercups, creating hundreds of these gorgeous edible fancies a week for weddings, birthdays, corporate functions, baby showers, cafes and her regular weekend stints at both the Christchurch Arts Centre Market and the Canterbury Farmers’ Market at Riccarton House. “I stick to three basic cake recipes – orange, wildberry and vanilla – but I get really carried away with the decorating. That’s what I love about cupcakes – there are no limits and that has captured my imagination,” Katey says. Cupcakes are not new of course but ever since Magnolia Bakery in New York re-invigorated the craze in the 1990s; and then soared to fame with appearances in ‘Sex in the City’ and ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ these mouth-watering little cakes have become a worldwide phenomenon. It seems everyone loves them and if you stand at Katey’s market stall, you’ll soon see what I mean. People are drawn to the colourful Buttercups goodies – most want to taste them but just as many people just like to admire them and take photos. And their most common question? “Are they real?” The answer: definitely! They’re real AND delicious!

Cupcakes - Again!

Christchurch. Dec 2008. Ajr

I've discovered another maker of cupcakes in Christchurch. These pretty little edibles are by Buttercup Cupcakes, who sell their goodies at the Arts Centre Market every Saturday. I don't think anyone ever believes me when I say I'd rather photograph cupcakes than eat them but it's true. There's something almost sculptural about them that I love....and I'm a sucker for all those enticing pastel colours.

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Miniature

Cherry Cupcakes

In Lyttelton

Edible Ecstasy

From The Cupcake Collection, Christchurch. Oct. 2008. Ajr

The Cupcake Collection continues to tempt me with not-on-the-diet-menu offerings!

The Cupcake Collection

Riccarton Rotary Market, Christchurch. Sept.2008. Ajr

I photographed these edible works of art at the Riccarton Rotary Market last weekend.

They're made by The Cupcake Collection, who have now opened a store in Beckenham. I don't know what it is about cupcakes but I would rather photograph them than eat them - usually! They seem like little sculptures to me.

Cupcake Creations

Cupcakes by Me. July 2008. Ajr

This is how I amused myself with my new icing set.

What better way to enjoy a cold, wet, winter Sunday than to sit around the fire with good friends, drinking wine and coffee and scoffing little cakes!

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A Feast

of

Orange Cupcakes

The Cupcake Craze.......

Cupcakes. June 2008. Ajr

Now includes

deceptively tempting

SOAPS

Taste Treats.......

Banana Cupcakes

for a cold

Winter Afternoon

Sweet Tooth

Riccarton Market. 2008. Ajr

When it's only 7-degrees outside, it seems only fair that we indulge ourselves.

These little treats from The Cupcake Collection, a Christchurch company creating bite-sized edible works of art. It seems like a happy marriage of interests to me.