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Main cake, finished off with lace and ribbon.
Close up
My daughter had a Cupcake decorating party, but it's not a birthday party without a main birthday cake, so I finally used my silicone Giant Cupcake Mould, which I received almost a year ago! Really pleased with the result, easy to ice - bit of a cheat really, but all in all, very pleased - just a shame I forgot to take a decent picture!!!
Since watching this film last year, my Son (was 4) has been obsessed with Dragons, and had requested a Dragon cake for his 5th birthday, so it only made sense to try to re-create, 'Toothless' the dragon from the film. It was a little tricky, as I created all of his 'bits' seperately, which made him very delicate once constructed. However he managed to make it to the party in once piece!
A friend wanted a special 1st birthday cake to match the theme of his party - Jungle buddies. Each character was carefully and lovingly created, using sugarpaste and gum tragacanth, then finally constructed together on a maderia sponge No.1 cake.
My friend wanted a special cake for her Mum's 50th birthday. She likes butterflies and pink & yellow. So I decided to try my hand at run-out Butterflies. They were a little chunky, but once I added them to the cake, the effect was really pleasing. Everyone enjoyed the cake...which was chocolate, with a ganache filling.
A colleague asked me to make a pirate ship for her fiance...so a pirate ship she got! Really pleased with the outcome, especially the water effect, which I made by mixing blue and white together....but not completely to give a two-tone effect!
I was asked to make a cake for a lady who is a huge fan of Toy Story, and Woody in particular. The brief was to make a small cake, enough for two people, in the shape of a cowboy hat, with Woody from Toy Story somewhere on the cake. The cake was 4" round, which I calved into the shape of a hat. I added a little Gum Tragacanth to some sugarpaste to create the base of the hat, and used rolled up tissue paper to keep the edges curled up. Then I did the same with the gum tragacanth to create a gum paste 3d model of Woody to sit on the top of the hat. All in all I was happy with the result, even if there were a few mishaps along the way. (his arms and legs fell off!! But I managed to 'glue' him back to together).
A tattoo artist requested a bespoke wedding cake for her and her partner, with very specific tattoo designs. The cake itself was a plain maderia sponge with Strawberry Conserve and vanilla buttericing, covered in a Ivory sugar paste. The tattoos were etched onto sugarpaste plaques, coloured with colour pastes and dusts, and the entire cake was finished off with yellow roses, to match the Bridesmaids Canary yellow dresses.
I was asked to make this cake for a friend's Auntie, who is a fan of Spurs, instead of the sponsored logo, I made a logo with her age to personalise it.
I was asked to make this cake for a friend's little boy, who is a mad xbox'er, since making this I have received two more orders of the same cake - think it might be a popular one!
A friend asked me to made a cake for her son's 21st birthday - he's a MAD Jagermeister fan....it only made sense to replace the candles with neon shot glasses!!
I was asked to make a Cooper Mini cake in the style of Herbie the Beetle for a friends 40th.
I was trying out mini xmas cake ideas and really wanted to experiment with making a russian doll.
This was for my daughter's 6th birthday, she was having a princess birthday party and wanted a tiara cake...this is what I came up with.
I was asked to make a mini engagement cake, in the style of the ring. It was the first time I'd used edible diamonds, which really react the moisture, by the way!!!!
I was asked to make this cake for a friends parents, her Mother likes Dolphins and her Father liked Blue, so I saw this as an opportunity to combine two crafts; mosaics and sugarcraft! Really pleased with the results.
I made this cake at a Sugar Craft course, where I learn't to make flowers with flower paste and wires. This was also my first attempt at using a stencil for the lettering.
I made this cake for my boss. Using a very well known brand's logo I recreated "Skelland Vodka" (my boss's surname) and made the year of distillery the year of his birthday. Not bad for my first attempt.
I invested a lot of time, attention to detail and love into this cake for my Son's 4th birthday. The characters I made out of Sugar paste with some added CMC to create a modelling paste. Each one took me around an hour - to get just right. I made all the small details first, like the toadstalls and butterflies to ensure once I'd finished the larger characters I could add extra finishing touches.
I made this cake for my Son's 3rd birthday. I used coloured dust to give the lettering it's shading effect and cut out a series of black circles to make up the bubbles on the logo.
I made this cake for my Son's 2nd birthday as he loved Bob the Builder at the time. (his face looks a bit lumpy - it was in the days before I had a cake smoother!).
I made this Skater Cake for my brother's 10th birthday. It was the first time I'd ever made a model - was quite pleased, although all his limbs eventually fell off!
I was asked to come up with a design for a colleague's daughter's 18th birthday. She has a thing for Giraffe's so I had to encorporate that in the design. I'm really happy with the way the Giraffe print came out and the Giraffe himself has such a cute face!
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