Christmas Presents Ahoy!

This Year, I decided for it to mean much more to mine and Dave's friends I decided to make alot of presents in the form of Gingerbread Houses, Mini Christmas Cakes and Large Christmas Cakes and Cupcakes...The results of which are below.....and hopefully everyone was pleased!

In the Night Garden....Take 2

This cake was a very cute little girls birthday....who adores Oopsie Daisy. It was a 21cm Vanilla and Jam Sponge...Decorated with all the chararcters....I was a hardened professional....as I had done them before lol. This one came out really well and I was really pleased with it!

Scooping Up the Chocolate! Get In

This cake was another for my boss and his two boys being christened. It was the largest cake I have made! and boy did I know it! It was a chocolate cake and chocolate ganache and all the digger was cake as well. The digger was based on scoop from Bob the Builder...scooping up chocolate and sugar for authenticity!

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Timmy Time on The Rah Rah Train!

This was a 21cm Chocolate Square Cake for a 1st Birthday, with the filling being a chocolate ganache.

It had the timmy time chararcters on it, all modelled with my own fair hand....all sat on the rah rah train!

It was quite good fun, as hte characters were quite easy to make!

Baby Baby....Baby Shower!

This was a chocolate cake, with chocolate ganache- 21cm Sqaure for my Weightwatcher's Leaders Saffron's Baby Shower! I was really pleased with the results- especially the bows which are my first attempt!

To Infinity.....and Beyond!

So it was my friend Nita's little boys 4th birthday.....he wanted a toy story cake- how could I resist!!!

Vanilla cake with jam & buttercream. My first exploration into tiering....and it didn't fall!

I made the bottom part to look like an old wooden barrel, with sugar for sand.

The added buzz bursting out of the top, with woody sitting on the side- with lots of glitter dust and shimmer for some magic!

I also make some fondant topped cupcakes to go with the party bags as welll- vanilla with jam in the middle! yum!!!

Monkeys....Go Bananas in my kitchen!

This was a cake for my bosses aunties 60th Birthday.

Standard Vanilla Sponge, with Jam and Vanilla Buttercream....I used a Peggy Porchen Receipe to try and I have to say was the best vailla cake ever...very soft and moist and easy to ice!

Lots of bananas and leaves for the decoration ( all made out of fondant and edible) and the very lovely monkeys ( which are my favorite!)

Farewell Cake...

This was a very very quick cake for one of my work colleagues leaving ( Bye Salim :-( ). 

It was a very very delicious Pear and Honey Cake.....with Crystallised Fruit to decorate.

I will definately make this again......yummmy!....but much neater :-)

Wedding Fever

This was my first ever wedding cake that I did. It was for some friends for a wedding in York.

It had a white chocolate 6 inch topper cake, with white ganache filling. This was decorated with Ivory roses and Lustre. There was then also 70 cupcakes which were lemon curd, chocolate and red velevet and also vegan, gluten free and diabetic. This was a huge mission in one day but they looked amazing and the happy couple loved them thankfully :-)

Ahoy Sailor....Bert and Bernard get ready!

These were a pair of sugar sailor mice I was asked to do....I really enjoyed doing these they were lots of fun....and I was really please with them too!!! Characters rule!

Birthday Cake Season is upon us!!

This was a nice but simple cake for my friend Nita- for her littles boys 1st birthday. Very clean with a big ribbon and lots of blues :-)- Vanilla Sponge with Jam & Buttercream.

In the Night Garden

This cake was for my lovely friends Nicola and Tippy and their little 1 year old twins George and Bella.

The base cake is vanilla, with the scene and all the figures made out of fondant so all completely child friendly...The characters were much tricker than I thought....Macca Pacca is my favourite!

Add lots of glitter and Voila.....its like we were almost there! This is one of my favs so far! It was lots fo fun!

Fire Engine to the Rescue

I got asked to make this Fire Engine Cake for my Friend Jennies little boy Olliver.

It was all chocolate cake and buttercream, on a cake base. All the figures are also fondant so all completely edible and the front fireman....even has wonderful red hair and freckles like Oliver himself!!

It was all worth it the minute I saw his face light up!!

Shop till you drop!

This was a small Vanilla Sponge Gift Cake I did for a 40th Birthday....with a dimante number!

Lots of shopping bags, an exhausted mouse all made out of sugar paste....and it was great fun!

Peppa Pig

This was birthday cake for a very good friends wonderful little girl called Amelia- And she loved it so much she ate Peppa Pigs Head! It took a while but because of all the detail this is my favourite cake yet :-) !!!!

Cupcake Mark 2....

Cupcake Batch 2....for a friend and one of my chief tasters ( along with his wonderful wife and children)

Decided to get all girly and frilly for a change :-)

Cupcake Central

So I had a bit of spare time and decided to give cupcakes a go! Lots of lustre a lily Vanilli Book and a piping bag.....I was really please for a first go!