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Here is the second of 2 cupcake cakes I've done today for 3 little girls (from 2 different families), whose parents have been relocated to work in Iran. 32 cupcakes (16 choc & 16 vanilla), decorated with vanilla buttercream. These little girls are unicorn crazy! Chocolate transfer, fondant letters, silver dragrees.
This is the first of 2 cupcake cakes I've done today for 3 little girls (from 2 different families), whose parents have been relocated to work in Iran. 32 cupcakes (16 choc & 16 vanilla), decorated with vanilla buttercream. For this cake the mother requested a Dutch theme - so windmills & tulips it was! Chocolate transfers, fondant letters, silver dragrees.
8in vanilla square cake, filled with vanilla buttercream and strawberry preserves. Covered with fondant with all fondant decoration (sprinkled with disco glitters), hand-painted plaque and buttercream borders. Gold dragrees to finish. Space at the bottom left-hand of the cake has been left clear for a candle area (as requested by the mother!)
Strawberry dolphin cake made in the mermaid pan. 12in square chocolate fudge cake. All covered in vanilla buttercream. Chocolate seashells and hand-piped fish, name & age. Fondant pearls and starfish. Lots of disco glitter!
OK, so here's the second cake that will go with the electric guitar cake that I posted yesterday. Double layer 9x13in vanilla cakes with 10in oval cut in half at the ends (thanks to Doug for his mathmatical/engineering advice!). Filled with vanilla buttercream & strawberry preserves. Covered with fondant, fondant name & number. Paddle made from dowel and thin card. Person made from vanilla cake in the 3D teddy pan and decorated with vanilla buttercream.
This is for 2 boys who are holding a pirate party at the Sealife Centre. 24 strawberry cupcakes with vanilla buttercream. Picture is a chocolate transfer, fondant names, ages & starfish. Silver dragrees to finish.
I have been asked to make 2 cakes for a surprise 40th birthday party on Saturday - this is the first. Based on pictures of the real guitar, carved from double layer 9x11 and 8in square chocolate buttermilk cakes. Filled with chocolate buttercream and decorated with chocolate fondant (homemade). Black areas are a wash of black gel colour and vodka. Gumpaste knobs, strings and other details. Gumpaste wired topper. Part 2 coming tomorrow (a canoe!)
2 layer vanilla castle filled and decorated with vanilla buttercream. Fondant name and age, royal icing flowers and silver dragrees. Lots of baby lilac & baby pink disco glitter :-)!
4in round white almond sour cream cake (from scratch), filled with almond buttercream. Covered with fondant and decorated with fondant roses and ribbon and buttercream necklace piping. All painted with ivory lustre dust, roses and bow middle sprinkled with ivory hologram disco glitter. Made as a gift for my employer's birthday. I don't know what's wrong with my camera lately - it just doesn't seem to take anything in focus anymore - grrrr!
Was asked today (for collection tomorrow!) to recreate the fondant football in goal cake I had done previously, but this time in buttercream (and a smaller version!). 7x11in marble cake filled with cookies & cream filling. Vanilla buttercream decoration, hand-painted fondant football, age & name. Red hologram disco glitter on name & age. I hate doing cakes I've already done, even if it is in a different medium lol!
Re-uploaded as there seemed to be a problem with the original pic (wasn't showing up properly!). 32 chocolate cupcakes decorated with vanilla buttercream in Gryffindor house colours. Chocolate transfer and fondant stars, name, age and pearls. Lots of disco glitter!
Hand-cut vanilla butter cookies (Toba Garrett's recipe). Decorated with royal icing, outlines painted with gold lustre dust and the middles sprinkled with disco glitter. Gold dragrees to finish. These will be bagged and ribboned as party favours for an Indian themed leaving party on Sunday (for which I will also be doing a cupcake cake!).
A birthday cake for the 1st birthday of my employers' daughter. She loves the Teletubbies and La-La is her favourite. 8in lemon cake filled with lemon curd and decorated with lemon buttercream. Gumpaste La-la, name, age and wired topper. Royal icing drop flowers. The mini ball smash cake is banana cake with cream cheese frosting, both as low-sugar as I could make them! Baby pink disco glitter on all the pink things.
Made for a fairly small wedding (people really don't go in for the huge US style weddings around here, so I'm unlikely to ever have to do more than 3 tiers :-(). 6in vanilla cake filled with vanilla buttercream with homemade strawberry preserves stirred through it and 8in chocolate buttermilk cake, drizzled with Creme de Cacoa liqueur and filled with whipped white chocolate ganache. Covered with peach fondant, dusted with super pearl lustre, gumpaste pearlised daisies and pearls, and royal icng scrolls.
6in & 8in Devil's Food cakes sprinkled with Creme de Cacoa liqueur and filled with whipped white chocolate ganache. Covered with lustre dusted fondant, decorated with fondant pearls, lustre painted fondant retro circles. Name, age and stars made from fondant covered with champagne disco glitter. Made as a semi-gift (he's paying 40 euros towards it), for my other-half's friend who's having a big birthday bash on Saturday evening.
8in carrot cake filled and decorated with vanilla buttercream. Gumpaste Miffy (or Nijntje as she's known in these parts), was made to look like the baby's favourite soft toy version. Gumpaste wired heart topper and royal icing drop flowers. All yellow areas sprinkled with baby lemon disco glitter.
Chocolate cake filled and covered with chocolate buttercream. Decorated with chocolate sticks for the nest's twigs, fondant birds & leaves, RI flowers and foiled chocolate hearts.
Made for my friend to give her boyfriend tomorrow as they won't see each other on Valentine's Day (they live in different countries). Little 4in lemon heart filled with lemon curd. Covered with fondant. Royal icing cornelli and frills. Pearl dragrees.
24 vanilla cupcakes decorated with vanilla buttercream. Dinosaur and flowers are chocolate transfers (unfortunately the chocolate bloomed on the dinosaur :-( and I didn't have time to do it again). Fondant number and age. Baby pink and baby lilac disco glitter. 1 separate cupcake for the birthday girl!
41 vanilla cupcakes decorated with vanilla buttercream. Charlie, Lola, flowers & butterflies are chocolate transfers. Fondant name and age with lots of baby pink disco glitter.
Simple football cake - 8in vanilla sponge covered with fondant. Football markings painted with gel colour. Fondant name & number and RI borders sprinkled with disco glitter.
This is for a very small wedding. 6in heart made from vanilla cake, drizzled with Grand Marnier liqueur. Filled with Grand Marnier & orange buttercream and covered with fondant dusted with CC super sparkle dust (can't really see it in the photo!). Decorations are Love Hearts sweets and neon pink Maribu feather ribbon trim.
or a very simplified version of it at least - hard to be detailed with just 15 servings to work with lol! Made from 2 x 10in oval chocolate cakes. Filled, stuck together and decorated with chocolate buttercream. Rails are butterscotch chocolate sitcks. Inscription scroll and name plate (on the back of the ship that you can't see!) are gumpaste painted with gold lustre dust and sprinkled with champagne disco glitter. Sails are black paper on chopsticks, gumpaste balls on top.
This is the extra cake to go with the dundee cake (in my photos) made for a headmaster's silver anniversary as head of his school. 8in chocolate buttermilk cake filled and decorated with chocolate buttercream. Fondant number, silver balls and lots of silver hologram glitter!
10in square vanilla cake filled with vanilla buttercream and strawberry preserves. Covered with strawberry-flavoured home-made fondant. Darth Vader hand-painted plaque, fondant letters, stars and number. Royal icing borders and silver balls. All black areas sprinkled with black diamond disco glitter. The birthday child chose the red & black scheme (thank heavens for Americolor lol)!
My father-in-law was made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's New Year's Honours List. I have made him this cake to say congratulations - it's a pretty big deal in the UK! 8in vanilla cake filled with vanilla buttercream and strawberry preserves. Covered with fondant and decorated with a fondant replica with R.I details of the MBE medal he will receive at his investiture. Royal borders and name painted with silver lustre dust & sprinkled with silver disco glitter
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