The Buttercream Dream in Launceston, Tasmania | Bakery
The Buttercream Dream
Locality: Launceston, Tasmania
Phone: +61 409 426 545
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24.01.2022 Happy birthday to me! The Buttercream Dream turned 2 in October, so I celebrated by f i n a l l y ordering some business cards/labels etc Again, a massive thank you to my dear friend Samantha for designing my logo. Of course, a huge thank you to everyone for your love, support & business thus far!! My little buttercream dream is steadily becoming a reality, and what a whirlwind it's been. I've learnt to value my time (sorry peeps, no generic $50 cakes here ), have patien...ce with new recipes & techniques, experiment more, think outside the box, stick to my 'buttercream dream' (I will NEVER do fondant cakes!), and say "duck" instead of the other word when things go wrong, because the toddler is aaaalwaaaays listening! I still have a lot to learn, offer and try, and hope you'll join me (and potentially laugh with me) along the way. Here's to another exciting year! Love Han @ The Buttercream Dream xx
24.01.2022 Wishing all of my wonderful clients & followers a very happy & safe New Year! May 2021 be bigger, better and involve more cake than 2020 I am currently away enjoying a coastal break with my family, and will respond to any enquiries from the 9th January onwards due to poor phone coverage. Please remember I am fully booked until March and have limited spaces for March/April. Happy New Year, stay safe and eat some cake xxx
24.01.2022 Hi all! I'm planning something new and gorgeous available for purchase this Christmas, but would love to gauge everyone's interest before I fully invest These little guys are also very time consuming! So I'm wondering, what are everyone's thoughts on fondant cookies such as these, and what would you expect to pay for a box of 4? Thank you in advance for your feedback! ... Han xx *image & cookies by Sweetly Impressed
22.01.2022 Jared & Julia 19.09.20 My first wedding cake for the 20/21 season and what a beautiful way to begin. Possibly my favourite wedding cake so far; those colours! The setting at Josef Chromy Wines just made it all the more spectacular. Semi naked 9 & 7inch tiers, alternating layers of white chocolate and dark chocolate mud cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream. Home-made raspberry sauce was delivered separately in jars to accompany the slices when served. Dark chocolate ...ganache drip, fresh berries, figs and beautiful blooms finish this stunner. Wishing Jared & Julia a lifetime of health, happiness & love. Your cake was a delight to create; I hope Rey got to try some too! Flora provided by client & placed/decorated by me as always
21.01.2022 OMBRE + THIRTY This big, beautiful & happy cake was enjoyed for a 30th in Ulverstone on Saturday night. Couldn't resist adding a pop of contrasting colour; pink & yellow really is a cheerful, pretty combination. Also, can we just talk about that perfect ombre?! 9 & 7inch Ruby chocolate and raspberry mudcake (hello new recipe!) with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream and fresh raspberries in between the layers. Blooms from the lovely Libby Banksia at Newstead Flowers . Colours achieved using Australian Colour Mill . Cake topper by Blastry
21.01.2022 Not finished yet, but it's a tall one! #watchthisspace #awesomecakeiscoming #concretecake
21.01.2022 When you make perfect macs, you photograph them immediately for proof and praise Keep an eye out for them on one of this week's cakes in the coming days.... #macmyday #macaronlove #rubychocolate
19.01.2022 Oh Baby! I had the joy of creating the wedding cake late November last year, and now I was lucky enough to create the baby shower cake, and the cookies too Congratulations Cherelda & Tim on the upcoming arrival of Baby Boote I'm very grateful to create more sweet treats for your special occasions.... 9inch chocolate cake with salted caramel sauce, white chocolate ganache drip and vanilla swiss meringue buttercream. Gorgeous Australian animal figurines from (one of my absolute favourite stores!) Little Wishes toys & gifts. Toy figurines are a fabulous alternative to fondant figurines; they're a great keepsake for Baby to play with later on, and more affordable too! Let's not forget the fondant sugar cookies! 30 individually packaged, hand drawn Koalas for the guests to take home
18.01.2022 Hi all! Just a quick note to let you all know I've had an availability open up for the 30th January. If you'd like to book this date please message me asap!
16.01.2022 Sneak peek #rosegold
16.01.2022 Hi everyone! Here's a cute bunny cake from last year to brighten your news feed This is great option for Easter too! On a serious note, in the midst of this awful COVID-19 pandemic, I'd like to assure you all that I'm still taking orders and baking as normal. Remember I operate out of a council-registered kitchen (as the law requires and an important thing to check when shopping around for your cake creator!) so hygiene and sanitisation is paramount ... Although we sadly can't celebrate our special occasions our usual way at the moment, I can still drop a delicious & beautiful custom made cake at your or your loved one's door; we can discuss smaller options for your household if need be. If a cake still seems a bit much, remember I do cupcakes, cakepops and sugar cookies too! If you have a wedding or other special event happening towards the end of this year/early next year, please get in contact with me asap to discuss your order and book your spot to avoid disappointment. I have already started taking bookings for early/late 2021. In the meantime stay safe, stay home, look after one another, wash your hands and eat cake! Love Han xx
11.01.2022 Eighteenth cake #1 6inch vanilla sponge with raspberry crumble swiss meringue buttercream filling, and smooth raspberry swiss meringue buttercream outer coat. Tempered white chocolate shards, fresh raspberries and macarons filled with raspberry swiss meringue buttercream & raspberry jam. Ruby chocolate buttons and ruby chocolate ganache drip finish this cutie. Colours achieved as always with Australian @colour.mill colours
10.01.2022 C O N C R E T E Modern & contemporary, yet still beautiful. A special cake for a very special friend's 40th birthday. White chocolate mud cake with low-sugar (a better option as it's more tart and breaks up the sweetness) raspberry jam and vanilla swiss meringue buttercream.... Colours achieved as always with Australian Colour Mill oil-based colours. Flora from Outside Wholesale Flowers. **please note privet berries are not usually an option for customers; this cake was for a personal event
09.01.2022 f i n a l l y they're heeeeeeere!! Only a week late, but they're so pretty, I forgive them!
09.01.2022 T W E N T Y O N E My second order from the week just gone and another beautiful design to create. You can never go wrong with abstract texture, gold & stunning flowers! *A gap was intentionally left in the flowers for the clients topper... 7inch dark chocolate mud cake with caramel sauce and vanilla swiss meringue buttercream. Colours by Colour Mill and blooms from Outside Wholesale Flowers
09.01.2022 T W E N T Y O N E Another fabulous cake for some amazing clients; the request was white, peach and rose gold and I was all too happy to oblige. This time we decided to go with a more modern, textural design with chocolate work, instead of flowers. Love how it turned out, although I'm happy to have a little break from tempering chocolate Those spheres though! ... 6 layers of vanilla sponge with homemade raspberry 'goo', vanilla swiss meringue buttercream and tempered white chocolate. Colours by Colour Mill from Cakers Warehouse
09.01.2022 With restrictions slowly and safely easing, it's time to start booking those cakes in again! Remember that wedding season 20/21 will be crazy busy so please contact me ASAP to start discussing your cake, even if it's a birthday or engagement cake, as bookings are limited! Contact free service and collection/drop off available. Remember all health and safety guidelines are strongly adhered to in my council-registered kitchen.
08.01.2022 F I F T Y I love how a simple, and accidentally discovered technique creates such a beautiful light & shadow effect on swiss meringue buttercream. Teamed with stunning flowers and a gold drip, this cake is perfection 9 inch vanilla sponge cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream, and gold royal icing drip. Blooms from Banksia at Newstead Flowers. Colours as always by Colour Mill
08.01.2022 SIXTY + MATTE NUDE + TWINE My last cake for 2020 and what a cake to finish with! This design has been in my head for many months, and with the request of something in warmer tones, the opportunity to finally create it emerged. ... With absolutely nothing on top and a few new features/ideas, balancing everything together so it all worked was key. The warm tones of the flowers, the matte finish of the nude buttercream against the shiny, fabulous 60 cake pin, and simple brown twine A design I couldn't be happier with and something I can't wait to create again (but slightly different of course!) Three layers of 6inch lemon & blueberry sponge with lemon-zest swiss meringue buttercream. Blooms from Banksia at Newstead Flowers and cake pin from the very clever Rebecca @ Blastry . Colours by Colour Mill
08.01.2022 VERY excited for this to arrive this morning!! Exciting new recipes need exciting (almost new) chocolate #rubychocolate #rubycocoabean
06.01.2022 SPARE CHRISTMAS COOKIES!! As usual I have made too much, so I have two spare boxes of Christmas fondant cookies available to purchase NOW for just $20. If you would like one please comment "yes please" with your selection of purple or green. Pick up Summerhill before 4.30 or after 8pm
05.01.2022 R O S E G O L D & T E X T U R E Eighteenth cake #2 This stunner was cake #2 for the birthday girl, enjoyed with family & friends for a lunch function yesterday. ... Original image supplied for our inspiration was of a fondant covered cake; anyone who knows cake knows getting a similar look with buttercream can be a challenge! Luckily I've had a new technique locked away and waiting to be tried out for a while, and so this shimmery textured beauty evolved! Bottom tier 9inch chocolate cake. Top tier 7inch vanilla sponge. Salted caramel sauce in between the layers and all covered with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream. Colours achieved with @colour.mill Rose gold tier achieved with with Faye Cahill rose gold powder and Edible Art Paint in metallic rose gold
05.01.2022 eighteen Gorgeous 18th birthday cake for Alyson from last week. 9inch chocolate semi-naked with fresh flora from Outside Wholesale Flowers (except for roses), white choc ganache drip, vanilla swiss meringue buttercream, meringue kisses and perfect macarons made by meeeee (insert happy dance here; sometimes my oven is not friendly to macs!)... Topper provided by client
04.01.2022 Christmas fondant cookies heading to Victoria shortly A perfect gift or add-on prezzie, available in white with gold details or colours as pictured. Beautifully boxed and ready to pop under the tree. Boxes of 4 for $22... If you haven't ordered yours yet be sure to do so soon, as numbers are limited. Orders close Thursday 17th December and collection is 22nd-24th December from 3pm onwards.
04.01.2022 So grateful to you all I'm almost fully booked until the beginning of March 2021 My only availability, at this stage, is for the week of Saturday 23rd January. If you'd like to book a beautiful cake for this date please let me know asap!
04.01.2022 eighteen Loaded chocolate cake from earlier this week; a true test of my willpower considering my relationship with chocolate and my current dieting restrictions #summeriscoming Modern and unruly stripes (I love their imperfectness!) in the birthday boy's favourite footy team colours subtly personalised this cake without the need of fondant or writing; something many of you have probably realised is not my style! ... 3 layers of 9inch riiiiich chocolate cake, vanilla and chocolate swiss meringue buttercream, dark chocolate ganache drip and of course various chocolate pieces.
02.01.2022 SEVENTY & SAGE A very special cake last week for a very special man; my dad. A lover of Australia and the bush, I wanted to do an elegant green & gold theme with some simple eucalyptus leaves utilised a little differently. 9 inch chocolate cake with hazelnut swiss meringue buttercream and crushed roasted hazelnuts; one of my new favourite flavours and something I'd recommend if you're after a cake that's a little more 'mature' and less sweet. ... Colour achieved using the best Colour Mill Australian colours. Foliage from Victorias For Flowers & Gifts & my garden. Flower ring/wreath from Spotlight
