phalaenopsis wedding cake

a simple, but stunning (i think!) wedding cake. this design was about the soft colours and the delicate sugar flowers.

my buttercream and cake pops class!

i really love teaching! i find it so, so rewarding and i am always so proud of my students work! i thought i would share a few photos from my buttercream and cake pop class that i taught yesterday to give people a bit more of an idea of the set up. the essential ingredient newcastle have an amazing classroom kitted out with an amazing kitchen (+ kitchen aids!!)- everything i need to be able to teach the first step of baking, which i think is just as important as decorating. 

the day started with me demonstrating my vanilla cupcake recipe and then my students mixed up their own and popped them into the oven. i then demonstrated how to work with fondant and make cute little sugar decorations- then they worked on their own. we then had a super delicious lunch provided by the essential ingredient cafe and got back to work mixing up our buttercream icing. explaining how to pipe a buttercream swirl is actually quite tricky, but with a bit of practice everyone got it right. we then mixed up our cake pop mix, melted chocolate, dipped and decorated... it was all a lot of fun! 


i will be listing a couple more classes soon, keep an eye out on my blog and facebook for dates or email me (contact@hellonaomi.com.au) to register your interest!

eskimo party!

 

earlier in the year i made this super cute igloo cake for leanne from sweet style. the occasion being the 14th anniversary of the design studio eskimo... hence the igloo... but it also coincided with valentines day... hence the heart theme- soo sweet! i also made some really cute little heart cookies and my favourite- lemon meringue tarts. here are a few pics of the gorgeous table leanne arranged, i think it is one of my favourites ever- i really love the use of the fluro pink. the party is featured in the current issue of fete, out now!

igloo cake, heart cookies and lemon meringue tarts by hello naomi

dessert table styling and photos by sweet style

sienna's tea party

sorry but this cake had to be this cute, it was designed to match the tea + tutu's invitation by style me gorgeous! happy birthday sienna!!

my children's class at the school

i had THE most wonderful day on tuesday teaching my first children's decorating class at the school by megan morton. with the rain pouring outside it was a great day to be tucked away inside decorating cupcakes and cookies! my small students did a wonderful job decorating rainbow cupcakes and flower cookies and they showed so much creativity designing their own! 

i will be teaching another children's class on sat the 26th of may, book your little one in here !!

photos courtesy of the school

black and white

my peony and doily design is definitely my most popular, it is just the most perfectly sweet wedding cake- i think! i always enjoy making it in different colour combinations- i liked this black and white version- very classy!

harper's bazaar bridal special- out now!

earlier in the year i designed this cake for justine cullen, editor of shop til you drop  magazine, and i am pretty sure it is my favourite cake so far... anyway, the new harper's bazaar brides magazine is out now and features justine's gorgeous garden wedding along with a little piece of advice from myself in the style section.... !!

childrens decorating class!

next tuesday (april 17) i will be in sydney teaching a childrens cake decorating class at the school- book your little one in now! places are limited!

ph 96932782

www.theschool.com.au

happy easter!

my favourite easter cookie design, and i really loved this colour scheme. 
happy easter!

the school is open! i will be teaching a kids school holiday class!

 

the school by megan morton is now open! i will be teaching a school holiday class for kids on the 17th of April- how fun!! one of my best memories from kindergarten was when i did a cooking lesson and we covered milk arrowroot biscuits with pink icing and smarties.... that and our excursion to the zoo to see the pandas fifi and xiao xiao ... i also used to love reading mums aww childrens cake book dreaming about the castle cake... anyway in hindsight i can see that i was destined to be a cake decorator... so hopefully this might give your children some confidence in the kitchen and teach them that your job can be something fun when you grow up!

for schedule and booking info see the school
for grown ups classes please see my current newcastle schedule here

megan morton, the school and the propery

megan morton is just amazing, i am so incredibly in awe of everything she does.  last week i was lucky enough to catch up with her and check out her AMAZINGLY beautiful new space for the school, the studio and the propery... it is just heaven! 

the school will be releasing the first schedule of classes this week and it sounds so, so wonderful with styling, craft and children's classes with some amazing teachers... i really can't wait to see the class list!

oh and i have included some pics from the propery, again this place is just heaven- every cute little detail you could possibly want- colour coded!!

AND when i was there i got to meet holly hipwell, whos blog- the flower drum- i totally adore! lucky me! she was setting up for the school's launch class where she taught how to make super cute flower bombs... i wish i could have gone!

anyway, so the key word of this post- amazing... or heavenly... they are the only words i can find to describe it all. thank you megan for creating such an amazing, dream-like place. 

a really sweet little wedding cake...

this sweet little 6" square cake was for a really sweet couple and their intimate wedding with 13 guests... sigh!

i made sweet peas for the first time, they turned out so, so .... sweet! they were just meant to be filler flowers but kind of ended up being the feature.

sorry for using the word 'sweet' 4 times in this post... now 5 ... but i think that is the only way to describe it all! ok 6 now that i've written the title.

ahoy!

i have always loved this adorable ahoy invitation by imprintables and i am so glad i finally got to make a cake to match!

some more rainbow cookies!

a rainbow always cheers me up! here is a cute bright version of my rainbow cookies!

cupcake vending machine

Source: designboom.com via hello naomi on Pinterest

the sprinkles atm has been big news in the cupcake scene, it took me a while but  the other day i remembered that i had this idea ages ago! .... just unfortunately not the resources... here is a cute interview i did with cupcakes take the cake, back in may 2008 where they asked me what kind of cupcake innovation i would like to see and i said cupcake vending machines... i so called it!

newcastle!

 

newcastle baths

 

nobby's beach

 

estabar

 

sprocket

 

colliseum antique centre

 

 

betty mim

wow my classes are fast approaching! it is really great that so many people are making the trip to newcastle to attend- thanks so much!! i thought i would do a little blog post about how wonderful newcastle is so that you guys know what to do while you are here... and maybe to encourage a couple of more people to come aswell...?!  

newcastle is such a fantastic place to live, it is just so so beautiful and such a relaxing city. over the past few years there has been a really amazing change in newcastle, there has always been fantastic beaches and a relaxed cafe culture but with the renew newcastle project there has also been a real creative buzz growing.

to be honest, i dont want too many more people to know how fantastic newcastle is but it was kind of given away when it was listed by lonely planet as one of the top 10 cities in the world to visit in 2011... damn! but anyway, here is a little summary of my favourite things to do...!

relaxing

the best thing about newcastle is definitley the amazing beaches- a swim, jog or walk around the beach is just the best. and i always love a picnic! king edward park is my favourite place for a picnic or to just lay under a tree for the afternoon

coffee, coffee... more coffee...

there are so many really cute coffee shops with fantastic coffee, my absolute favourite is estabar- they have the most amazing coffee and simple, really delicious food. some of my other favourites are scotties, sproket, good brother, suspension

eat, eat...  eat

breakfast at estabar, sunday morning farmers market, fish and chips from scotties,  dinner on darby st, japanese at honeysuckle, fine dining at bacchus ...

cute little boutique shops and antique shops

darby st, betty mim, high tea with mrs woo, emma soup, the centenary centre, colliseum antiques...

day trips

the hunter valley vineyards and port stephens are both about an hours drive and a really lovely day out.

there is also heaps more to do, i found a really fantastic website- precinkt, with a great summary of things to do in newcastle here!