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This is for my friend' s son whose Bar Mitzvah was today. 11" round choc sponge cake filled with chocolate buttercream with a half-ball on top. The cake looks quite shallow in the pic, but it was 3.25" deep, so not that shallow, really.
Nail varnish, lipstick, eyeshadows and glitter pot cupcakes - all hand-made edible decorations for a make-up party!
Very last minute - some cupcakes for my milkman! :o) Choc sponge (his favourite) with caramel flavour buttercream, topped with sugarpaste.
Clapperboard cake for a move-themed Bar Mitzvah
I've done this design before, but I always like to take a pic of my cakes! 12", 10" and 8" cakes with 7" pillars and a styrofoam castle topper, to which I've added pink glitter on the turrets.
12"x10" vanilla sponge filled with jam and buttercream, covered with marzipan and sugarpaste. Edible photos and pastillage 'rings'.
8" choc sponge with caramel flavour butercream + 5" vanilla sponge with jam and buttercream. Statue of Liberty, taxi and apple made from modelling paste (using moulds). Skyline made with a cutter from Patchwork Cutters.
10" heart shaped rich fruit cake, covered with marzipan and sugarpaste, decorated with hand-made sugar roses and beaded wire.
A large number 5 cake, carved from a 10" x 12" sponge. This was actually for the son of a Premiership football player, so felt 'funny' doing a golf theme! But his mum said he'd always had football-themed cakes, and he likes golf, too, so....
10" x 12" chocolate sponge, with half football baked in Wilton sports ball pan. Hand-cut shirt.
Even a small order of 2 dozen cupcakes can make a lovely display, when topped with a 6" top cake! It took 3 attempts to get flames I was happy with!! If they'd been bigger or more 'intense' looking, it could have looked like he was on some sort of sacrificial pyre! LOL!! The customer also sent me a photo of her son in his toy fireman's helmet that she wanted me to use as some of the edible images on the 2 dozen cupcakes - so I doctored the background so it was the same as the others!! The figure on top is a little plastic toy the customer provided.
Made for a wedding fair. A mix of buttercream swirls and sugarpaste discs on top of vanilla cupcakes, decorated with pink-tinged blossoms and finished with silver dragees. Matching 5" top cake.
For my brother's surprise 40th birthday party tomorrow night! 12" x 7" rich fruit cake (although had to make up some height using cake drums!) Covered with marzipan and sugarpaste and modelling paste details. Totally inspired by a **fabulous** cake by Donna Makes Cakes! Not entirely happy with the photographs, so will try to take some more.
I can't believe I FORGOT to take a photo before I delivered these!! However, I mentioned this to the customer, who said she'd take some and email - which she kindly did. I really like this shot... the main cupcake almost seems to be lit up. The order was for 6 dozen cupcakes (vanilla) which I fill with buttercream (vanilla) and then top with a sugarpaste disc and edible image.
Customer ordered this for her son's 18th birthday. His favourite football (soccer) team is Arsenal. And he has a part-time job at KFC, which he hates, so she thought it would be funny to include something to do with that, too. 8" vanilla sponge filled with jam and vanilla buttercream, covered with marzipan and sugarpaste. Arsenal logo is an edible image (due to other commitments this weekend, I didn't have time to do a hand-cut logo). The chicken is Rice Krispie treats, mushed into shape, then brushed with piping gel and rolled in finely crushed ginger biscuits. The fries are cookies in a modelling paste bag with edible image for the logo. My friend's husband had the idea to do the inscription on a napkin (I couldn't think how to best do it, as it didn't look right on the board, as it was off-centre, due to the chicken!)
This is to scale, except it's a little deeper!! Edible image of the birthday girl. Caramel flavour sponge with caramel flavour buttercream, covered with marzipan and black sugarpaste. Buttons all hand-cut, then piped with royal icing.
A real sweet treat! 8" chocolate sponge with marzipan and sugarpaste, with mini marshmallows on wires and a cascade of marshmallows down the front.
Unfortunately, the florist hadn't arrived at the venue when we delivered the cake, so the only photos I have are without the fresh flower topper. :o( I'm sure the bride will get a good pic and let me have a copy, though! 6" lemon sponge with lemon curd buttercream; 9" rich fruit cake; 12" lemon sponge with lemon curd buttercream. All covered with marzipan and sugarpaste and decorated with brush embroidery roses, painted with pearl lustre.
Very quick birthday cake for my mummy. 6" lemon sponge with lemon curd buttercream, covered with marzipan and sugarpaste, decorated with some flowerpaste butterflies.
The customer wanted 2 dozen cupcakes with BBM emoticons. I'm rather fond of these little guys!!
A 'get well soon' cookie for a friend's daughter, who had a minor operation and a 'big sister' cookie for my very proud niece (my brother and his partner had a baby girl on Sunday!!!) Just a couple of quickies, but pretty, all the same.
These are to go with the treasure chest cake and pirate cupcakes which I've uploaded separately, as part of a 'Pirates in the Jungle' themed party.
To go with the treasure chest cake and cute animal cookies which I've uploaded separately, as part of the 'Pirates in the Jungle' themed birthday party. Vanilla cupcakes filled with vanilla buttercream and topped with sugarpaste decorations.
This is the main cake for a 'Pirates in the Jungle' themed birthday (have also uploaded some cookies and cupcakes, separately). 10"x8" vanilla sponge filled with jam and buttercream, covered with marzipan and a chocolate paste/sugarpaste mix, then painted brown to enhance the colour.... The lid is polystyrene which I had made to the size and shape I needed. Coins are modelling paste, painted with gold/silver lustre which I mixed with glaze and alcohol. The gems are melted clear mints, to which I added some colouring, then set in a gem mould. The board is covered with sandy coloured sugarpaste, which I brushed with piping gel and then sprinkled soft brown sugar over.
The customer ordered this cake for her boyfriend, who owns a tattoo shop. He was given a Japanese name by a Japanese tattoo master. A friend of theirs (also Japanese - but neither the customer or the boyfriend are) who works in the tattoo shop is staying with them, so she asked him to draw a design. He drew the outline and then she came round and, armed with my boys' colouring pencils, we decided on colours. I have to say that I haven't enjoyed doing a cake this much for a long, long time. I know it's very simple, but I LOVE how it's come out.
The customer was very specific about what they wanted on this cake: edible ribbon and bow, with polka dots, butterflies and blossoms! I personally would have left the polka dots off, but they wanted it all on there!! Vanilla sponge, coloured pink, with strawberry buttercream filling. I delivered it to the party planner perfectly safely... but unfortunately I found out there was some sort of 'incident' en route to the party in central London... the cake didn't make it in one piece. :o(
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