25th Silver Anniversary Cake

A commission for a family cake to celebrate a silver wedding anniversary. 

This was a lemon buttermilk sponge with lemon curd icing and white chocolate sugar paste. The family is sport mad and spend a lot of time on their bikes so the idea was to put the whole family on one giant long bike. I had a photo of the family and the names of the kids so I could get the basic details right like Dad's glasses and the age order of the kids. I decided to put all the names on the top, Mum and Dad, Jim and Emma on the front and the kids names behind the silver 25. The 25 was made out of sugarpaste and painted with silver dust for the shine. The hardest part was deciding what to do with the faces, I tried drawing them on in edible pen but in the end decided simple was best and I etched the eyes and mouths on instead (apart from Dad and his glasses).

 

Blue and White Birthday Cake

A blue based cake with cut out flat white flower detail and a big curly N for Nicole on top. This was a birthday cake for my friend Nicole who is currently making my website. It was a wheat free elderflower and orange cake with elderflower icing. It was based on a stunning black and white cake I saw on line but the blue was a bit softer and matched the birthday girl better. I had a lot of fun getting the right shade of blue, bright but not too bright, dark but not navy so it would complement the white flowers. The finished N was stuck on with toothpicks and secured with royal icing so it would stay stuck during a bus ride for delivery. I also stuck a small fat blue heart on the top corner of the N at the last minute. It was delicious.

Sausage Dog Birthday Cake

First Birthday Cake

A birthday cake for one of Eloise's friends Lyra for her all important first birthday. Her Mum asked for a pink cake with a number one and name blocks. I added a tiny version of their Sausage dog Sally for fun and some flower details. This was a vanilla buttermilk cake with raspberry jam and vanilla icing covered in lightly flavoured vanilla sugarpaste.   

Birdie Love

A cake for a litle girl.

This is a pracise cake I made using the stripes idea from the last two, but this time I put flowers around the edge and a pink bird with a heart on the top.

Pink and Yellow Candy Cake

This is a cheerful Pink and Yellow Candy Cake. It is a mini cake only 6" across. It is layered pink and white vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream. It uses the same type of blooms as the yellow striped cake which were nice to make and very pretty.

Yellow Blooms

This is a cake I have made as a trial cake, it is a lemon syrup sponge with lemon curd and vanilla buttercream. It is decorated with yellow stripes and flowers and it is sitting on my brand new cake stand.

Cars

Cars

I was asked to help with a 4th birthday cake for Jesse. His Mum Liz wanted to make the cake and asked if i could make some CARS from the Cars movie for the top of it. With a bit of research I decided on which cars to attempt. I tried a new technique as well, the base of the cars is marshmellow and ricebubbles which is then covered in icing, this means quick to dry and super light. Once I finished modelling them I gave them all a nice shiny coat. The birthday boy was happy and most importantly recognised what they were!