{"id":1015,"date":"2025-04-14T09:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2025-04-14T09:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:55:55","slug":"pretty-retirement-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/14\/pretty-retirement-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Retirement Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My mum retires this month and has a retirement lunch with her workmates today so I made her cakes to take along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250412_094858898.PORTRAIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1016\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250412_094858898.PORTRAIT.jpg 692w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250412_094858898.PORTRAIT-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063634289-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1017\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063634289-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063634289-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063634289-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063634289.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"1018\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063854729-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1018\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063854729-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063854729-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063854729-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_063854729.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" data-id=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_094848685-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_094848685-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_094848685-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_094848685-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250411_094848685.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>They are lemon and raspberry cupcakes with edible flowers. They&#8217;re all a combination of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lemon or raspberry cake<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lemon or raspberry buttercream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lemon curd or raspberry conserve<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crushed (homemade) meringue and raspberry powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edible flowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250412_094941621.PORTRAIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1020\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250412_094941621.PORTRAIT.jpg 692w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250412_094941621.PORTRAIT-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I ended up with spare buttercream, so I made a few more for people to share this week too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130552029-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1021\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130552029-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130552029-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130552029-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130552029.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130553878-1024x771.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130553878-1024x771.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130553878-300x226.jpg 300w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130553878-768x578.jpg 768w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20250413_130553878.jpg 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Retirement, Mum!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20210604_100350337.PORTRAIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20210604_100350337.PORTRAIT.jpg 689w, http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/PXL_20210604_100350337.PORTRAIT-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My mum retires this month and has a retirement lunch with her workmates today so I made her cakes to take along. They are lemon and raspberry cupcakes with edible flowers. They&#8217;re all a combination of: I ended up with spare buttercream, so I made a few more for people to share this week too: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/14\/pretty-retirement-cupcakes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pretty Retirement Cupcakes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,15,132],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake","category-cupcakes","category-sweet-treats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1015"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1015\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kayleighbaking.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}