Rock cakes: In Utero anniversary cupcakes

First up let me get this out of the way – I’m not a cupcake fun. Their sickly sweet, bunting-bearing omnipresence is something that, frankly, my kitchen can do without. Having said that, I loved the idea of toughening up these baking sissies, and what better way to do that then by making a batch to celebrate the stinging, nerve-shredding awesomeness that is Nirvana’s In Utero album as it celebrates its 20th anniversary this week. Nirvana are the reason I do many things, but when deciding on which of these things to immortalise in fondant form, I kept coming back to this: it’s always a good day when I’m wearing plaid playing Heart Shaped Box that little bit too loud. So I went with that.

Easy Living love a rock cake

Massive thanks to Easy Living for featuring both my Nirvana Smiley cake and the Queens of the Stone Age red velvet, in their fabulous gallery of the Most Amazing Cakes Ever. Two entries, I’m so chuffed! Take a look at the other stunning creations here, I’ve fallen hard for Choccywoccydoodah’s Til Death Us Do Part rock ‘n’ roll wedding cake, what do you guys think, any favourites?

Rock cakes: the Nirvana smiley

Introducing the founding member of my rock cakes collection, the Nirvana smiley face. Yep I somehow managed to grunge-up a Victoria sponge, air punch! It wasn’t my intention to start a series of music-inspired bakes but this guy was such a hit and so much fun to design and make, that I decided to run with it. There’ll be plenty more rock cakes in the coming weeks but if there are any particular bands or pop tarts you’d like to see me immortalise in cake, then feel free to leave a comment below and I’ll see what I  can do. Back to Smiley….