Iced Affair Cake and Cupcake supplies at Camperdown @ Not Quite Nigella

Iced Affair cake supplies at Camperdown

June 15, 2008 by Not Quite Nigella

If you’ve ever made cupcakes, dreamt of making your own cupcakes or just enjoyed eating them, a shop like Iced Affair is like the cupcake version of landing at the Manolo Blahnik or Jimmy Choo boutique. With cupcakes, you know that whilst it must taste good, the decoration is what you’re really after. I am not quite certain what makes decorating on a tiny round cake much more fun that a large cake but it’s something that draws me to make cupcakes again and again. And I find myself ferreting away decorations, sprinkles and decos to use in future cupcakes. I have an enormous box of cupcake decorations-that is, what I haven’t already fit in my bulging cupboards.

It’s a small lilac coloured shop on a side street of Camperdown stocked full of all manner of cake decorating supplies. On one wall is huge selection of sprinkles, cachous or non pareils as they’re called in the U.S. Small 120g packets of sprinkles range from $4.95 and above.

There are pastel pink hued drops, autumn leaves, ice cream cones, flowers, fish and more to choose from.

And colour sprays, dyes and pens.

Like a lot of cake decorating places and cupcake people, she’s a little protective and asks that we not take photos of the moulds that they sell, in case someone copies the mould and the cookie cutters in case they don’t have them in stock. So whilst I’d love to show you some of the designs, I can’t!

There’s a cupboard full of the fancier, larger flowers for wedding cakes and similar extravaganzas.

As well as all manner of fondant, coloured and plain.

What I buy today is some sprinkles and some of these royal icing flowers to put on top of cupcakes. Here you can buy them singly as opposed to buying a large box, with prices ranging from 55c-95c per flower. I choose some flowers that I have no real chance of making, some lemon yellow and purple roses. Well I have tried, but mine weren’t anywhere near as good as these. I also purchase some black colouring flower (thinking ahead for Halloween, yes I know, it’s months away) and some gorgeous butterfly ribbon.

Iced Affair

53 Church St Camperdown NSW 2050
Phone 02 9519 3679
http://www.icedaffair.com.au
email: icedaffair@iprimus.com.au

Monday - Friday 9am-5pm
Saturday 10am-4pm

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1. jules | June 17, 2008 at 7:49 pm | #

Hi,
I’ve never been to Iced Affair, but wanted to tell you about a similar place in Bexley called Nandos. It is a bit bizarre but she makes all her own sugared flowers and everything is so disorganised. But it is a lot of fun and she charges really weird prices, like 14c a flower. I love going there.
2. Not Quite Nigella | June 17, 2008 at 10:05 pm | #

Hi jules-Thanks for letting me know, sounds quite interesting and the flowers are so cheap! I must get there sometime I wonder if people mistake her shop for the chicken chain? Would you have the address and phone number details? I tried looking it up online and I couldn’t find it
3. Kim | June 17, 2008 at 10:21 pm | #

I wish I lived closer as the shop looks like so much fun! Lucky you, as I don’t think we have anything like that here in the Southern States.
4. Y | June 18, 2008 at 8:21 am | #

I was there not too long ago. The lady behind the counter is soo nice. She even let me take a peek at the birthday cake which was a work in progress out the back where her workshop and classroom is.

(Chicken shop.. hahahaha..)
5. Not Quite Nigella | June 18, 2008 at 8:37 pm | #

Hi Kim-Wow, really? I thought you guys would have lots of stores like that. Do you buy your supplies online?

Hi Y-Hehe a secret sneak peak is always good. Have you been to any of her classes?
6. jules | June 18, 2008 at 10:33 pm | #

I have the card at home somewhere, so if you can give me a few days I can find it and get back to you. It’s on Bexley Rd and almost the corner of Forest Rd. It is next door to an ammo shop, which is kind of scary but also ironic.
7. Not Quite Nigella | June 19, 2008 at 8:48 pm | #

Hi jules-that would be wonderful and no hurry. I’m off overseas in a few days so I probably won’t be able to get there until August. But I’d definitely love to take a peek there!

LOL ammo shop!
8. grocer | June 21, 2008 at 7:42 am | #

These guys did my wedding 5+ years ago and I cannot recommend Evan (the guy running the joint) highly enough.

They were perfect and (can you believe?) reasonably priced!
9. Not Quite Nigella | June 21, 2008 at 10:52 pm | #

Hi grocer-That’s great to hear. I didn’t meet Evan, only Dimity who was very nice.
10. Maria | July 1, 2008 at 12:52 am | #

What a lovely little shop.. it’d be much fun shopping in there I think. Is it somewhere you make a point of going to regularly? Is it far from where you live?
11. Vida | July 1, 2008 at 10:16 pm | #

I wish I had known this place existed when I was in Sydney last! I would have had a ball!! Vida x
12. Not Quite Nigella | July 3, 2008 at 5:27 pm | #

Hi Maria-It’s not far from where I live although I have somewhere a bit closer although the range isn’t as comprehensive so this was actually my first visit (but not my last)

Hi Vida-It is so much fun going through all of the stuff, you could easily spend up big here