About Me - the voice behind this chocolate and cake decorating web site .....
I have also been food editor for the Australian Country Collections and Rick Rutherfords Country magazines. This I called my fifteen minutes of fame! I can still remember how proud I was when the first issue containing my recipes came out. I was responsible for the concept, the recipes and choosing the location and props for the photo shoots. It was a fabulous time that really stretched my creativity.
I find now that it’s time to do something that is just about me. I need to be creative again. I am really proud of my web sites progress so far. It’s very satisfying and exciting to see a little bit of me showing up in web searches. I have met some amazing and positive people from all over the world all with words of encouragement.
A lot of the time it is not the recipe its self that makes a statement but what you do with it. So I have set out to give you easy chocolate recipes that work and then inspire you with what can be done with them. I want you to be as proud of your chocolate baking as I am when I say”I Made it Myself!” There has been a down side to all this chocolate baking. I have consumed an enormous amount of chocolate and yes my weight has gone up! The reason is that all the photographs on my web site are of the actual recipes. I do not use stock photographs. So I currently have a constant source of temptation! and a revelation that I need to do a photography course – thank goodness for digital cameras. As the site grows there will be more and more ideas in fact the bigger it gets the more creative it will become. The one thing you will learn about me is that I never run out of ideas. Don’t forget to subscribe to my Chocolate Inspirations e-zine it’s free and includes subscriber only chocolate and cakes recipes. And if you are into the wonderful world of RSS feeds then click onto my chocolate and cakes blog and keep in touch that way. I would love to encourage anyone else with a passion to share it with everyone on the web, it’s a wonderful journey. I will also share one of the secrets of my success – it does not matter whether the recipes end up looking like you imagined because no one else knew what that was in the first place! So stop imaging that everyone will be disappointed because they won’t be. Just smile, be proud and be Inspired by Chocolate and Cakes! 
More about me - starting this web site has also lead me down a wonderful path where I now have my own cake design business - Inspired By Michelle. It's a passion I have had for years. These are just some of my recent cakes.
You can find wedding cake designs, birthday cake ideas, baby christening cakes, cupcake decorating ideas and special occasion cakes on my
cake decorating ideas pages.
I love the beauty of a handmade sugarpaste flower. I made this magnolia flower to decorate a Mother's Day cake as part of a raffle to raise money for cancer research.
Pink Heart CelebrationI love making these sculptured heart cakes. They take a while to get them right but they are always worth it. 
Rick's Yuletide FestivitiesThis cake was made to help celebrate Rick Rutherford's Christmas celebrations in his Country Shoppe in Lawson. 
Happy Birthday Jasper!Chocolate cake and chocolate glaze have again been used to make this pirate birthday cake to celebrate Jaspers Birthday at pre-school. My easy chocolate cake recipe can be found here.
Well that's enough about me for now. I hope you continue to share the Inspired By Chocolate And Cakes journey with me. I have a feeling it is a journey that has no end!
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