More Class Work...My first introduction to modelling flowers!!

Well,

I came straight back off my holiday and got straight back into class and this week it was modelling a rose.
This is far harder than it looks!!! I had to have a lot of patience with this one :-(....

Starting with a cone centre and slowly adding odd numbers of leaves...all formed into a flat petal shape and showly built up. Each petal has to be frilled at the edge and create a cupping so they look natural.

The one I did in class was ok....but seemed a bit too open too quickly to me ( see below)- but I was pleased with it for a first attempt.

So a couple of days later...I had another go which looked much better!

Reuben's Christening Cake

Well....before I went on holiday in my infinate wisdom I arranged to do a christening cake for my work collegue for his son Reuben. But it was while I was away...so It was cake decorating flat pack and assembly style!

So I made the cake ( white choc mud cake- yum!) the filling ( chocolate ganache) and the decorations and ribbons etc and gave it all the Dave ( and his lovely wife Ruth- who was the assembler) with a list on instructions :-)

Photos are below- I was really pleased with how it came out :-)- Courtesy of Dave Whitehead :-)