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I received a Kenwood Chef mixer - completely free of charge - through Freecycle, so I made these and took them round to say 'thank you'. I don't mind that the machine is a year younger than me... these things go on and on and on! :o)
4", 7" 10". I bought this ribbon years ago because I fell in love with it and just knew it would make a beautiful cake decoration one day.
Customer told me the themes for the party are HSM, Hannah Montana and Mamma Mia! She wanted all 3 themes incorporated into the cake, but specifically requested a guitar and a microphone. Wasn't sure how it would come out with all 3 themes, without looking like a dog's dinner, but have to say I'm really pleased with the result. 9" square choc cake with marzipan and sugarpaste. Pastillage curtains on a back board.
One is a picture of the real thing, which the customer bought his fiance for Christmas; the other is the picture of a cake which the customer bought his fiance for her birthday last week. He said the cake was a lot cheaper, LOL!
A single tier version of a fairy castle cake. I usually cut out the corners for the towers to sit into, but as this was only a 7" square, I left them on a) for more portions and b) to make it look bigger! It was on a 13" board. Little toy figurines supplied by the birthday girl's mum!
For my niece!
Swimming pool for a competitive swimmer. I was asked for the swimmer to have a red and white cap and for there to be orange floats and green flippers by the pool. 8" square vanilla sponge with jam and buttercream, covered with marzipan and sugarpaste, with piping gel for the wet look of the water!
Well... not actually for the baby. I mean, he can only have milk! ;o) But a little pressie for the new mummy and daddy!!
For a little boy who loves trains! 3 x 6" chocolate sponges covered with marzipan and sugarpaste. Cupcakes with London Underground logo
12" square vanilla cake filled with jam and buttercream, 10" heart chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, both covered with marzipan and sugarpaste. Hearts and inscription painted with Antique Gold lustre.
It's my friend's 30th birthday and her husband has arranged a few surprises for her. Firstly, he's taking her out for dinner tonight (she was most put out that he wasn't taking her out last night, when it was actually Valentine's day!) and he's arranged for a group of her friends to be there! Secondly, he's ordered this cake. Thirdly, he's taking her to New York for a long weekend - somewhere she's always wanted to go! He's arranged something for her whilst they're out there, but he's not saying what! LOL! He wanted the cake to announce the trip! The Statue of Liberty, the apple and the yellow cab are all made from pastillage, using molds.
For an electrician! 9" square vanilla sponge torted and filled with jam and buttercream, slightly carved to shape. Covered with marzipan and sugarpate. The pins on the plug are pastillage.
Vanilla sponge torted and filled with jam and buttercream. Hand-modelled figures from the children's programme 'In The Night Garden' - Upsy-Daisy, Iggle-Piggle and Makka-Pakka. Covered in marzipan and then sugarpaste,
For my darling Matthew's 10th birthday tomorrow. Number 1 is chocolate cake torted and filled with chocolate fudge frosting, then covered with chocolate paste and finished with mint chocolate sticks and Smarties (sugar coated chocolate discs). The zero is a coffee cake with coffee buttercream, covered and finished the same way as the number 1.
BATMAN!!!!!! 10"x8" oval sponge torted and filled with seedless raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream. Covered with yellow sugarpaste and a black sugarpaste logo on the top.
8" cake covered with black sugarpaste, then sections cut out and replaced with the different colours. The 'wires' marking the doubles and trebles is piped royal icing and the straight wires between each section is pastillage which I used in a sugar shaper gun. The numbers were piped royal icing. 'Wires' and numbers then painted silver with lustre dust mixed with confectioner's glaze.
Edible image, wtih hand piped inscription and gum-paste musical-notes added. 8" vanilla sponge torted and filled with seedless raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream.
If you have fairies on cupcakes... are they then fairy cakes? 23 pink and white fairies on cupcakes for twins' 1st birthday.
My friend tragically lost her baby last year, aged just 18 days old. Tomorrow would have been Isabella's first birthday and my friend asked me if I'd make a cake, as they still intend to commemorate the day.
60 vanilla cupcakes, some with a vanilla buttercream filling; some with chocolate buttercream filling. Topped with a disc of sugarpaste and an edible image. For a little girl's 4th birthday.
I need to thank Kelly75 for all her help and advice in making the Ariel model and for allowing me to copy her Little Mermaid cake. I have no idea why I put the 'rock' so far back on the cake!! Oh well!!! 9" vanilla sponge with jam and buttercream filling. Covered with marzipan and sugarpaste.
9" chocolate sponge filled with chocolate ganache buttercream. Covered with chocolate paste, and surrounded with chocolate cigarellos. Topped with hand-made roses, into which gems have been inserted
Big thank you to LeeAnn who allowed me to copy her design! Rich fruit cake with marzipan and sugarpaste, with snowflakes and christmas trees
I've had an order for over 1000 cookies over the last two weeks (thankfully, not decorated, and not all in one go, either!) I had some spare royal icing made for something else, so I thought I'd have a quick go at decorating a cookie. This is me pretending to be "contemporary" LOL!! I could say the silver balls were artistically placed... or I could tell the truth and tell you I just sprinkled them on! ;o)
Pokemon Pokeball - For those of you who aren't children, don't have young children or grandchildren - then it's best not to ask!!! ;o) Half the ball is chocolate sponge with chocolate buttercream, the other half is vanilla sponge with bubblegum flavour buttercream! Unfortunately, it settled so much that it's not quite a perfect ball any more, but my son didn't notice and loved it anyway!!
8" square and 5" round chocolate cakes with chocolate buttercream. 50/50 mix of pastillage and sugarpaste for the towers - ice cream cones with sugarpaste tiles for the roofs.
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