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40th Birthday for a hippy at heart! He owns a VW Camper Van, which I attempted to replicate in icing - looks more like a renault scenic!! I did some circles for a bit of a retro feel! Chocolate cake, covered in fondant, and modelling paste VW.
Birthday cake for an 8 year old HSM fan! Totally got the font wrong for the EHS, hopefully made up for it with her name in lights! Chocolate cake, covered in fondant. Starburst done in flower paste. TFL!
Cake for a little princess! This was a last minute cake, so the tiara that I would have liked to have sit on the top of the cake, had to go around the edge of the top tier, as I had absolutely no drying time! Chocolate cake, covered with fondant, and modelling paste 'tiara'! Edible gems for 'diamonds'! TFL!
Cake made for friend leaving DH's work. He loves his garden & planting, and so I thought this would be fitting for tea & cake on his last day! Chocolate cake made in pudding bowl, covered in fondant. Cake crumbs for soil, and modelling paste carrots!
Cake made for local priest who was moving to another parish. I always have such a laugh when I'm doing figures, especially when I do the head, & add the bits that make them into the person i'm modelling - in this case his silver hair, and his specs! Aine2 influenced - of course - although a far cry from her expert level!!
Peggy Porschen design cake for a good friend. Choc cake with choc ganache & fondant. Lace made using silicone mould ... LOVE these moulds!! Will be using them on as many cakes as possible from now on!! Bride made this elaborate (and beautiful) bow, and also provided the diamonte brooch. Had to drive this cake 3 hours to venue, a twisty bumpy journey that ended with ramps & a cattle grid. My heart was in my mouth for the entire journey. Never again will I drive a cake that far - too much stress!
Cake made for a Deacon's ordination. Inspired by the many book cakes here on CC, but in particular cakedout's wonderful open bible cake. Rich fruit cake, with marzipan & fondant. I used an edible image for the right hand page, with a biblical passage special to the deacon on it. All other bits are done with modelling paste. It was a rather heavy 16"x24" cake! It served 180, and there was another 180 bits already chopped up & ready to go in the kitchen! Phew!
This was a Christening cake for my friend's two adopted children. My friend saw a picture of a similar cake on haveyourcakeandeatit.co.uk website, and felt it was perfect to represent the 'two little birds that flew into our lives'. I made it into two tiers for the servings required. Fondant covered chocolate cake & lemon cake, with royal around the sides, fondant birds & (font) birdbath, sitting on plaster pillar!
My first ever baby shower cake! Not too many baby showers here!! A variation on the booties theme!! Booties and blanket made from modelling paste, otherwise fondant covered.
I made this cake for my Aunt's Golden Jubilee celebration - 50 years a nun! Decided to do the photos again, as it's such a great idea for remembering special times over a long period. All fondant with edible images. Frame is mexican paste, with edible image. Terrible photo of cake, but I forgot to take a good one before the knife was stuck in!!
Cake made for a friend whose husband is American. They're having a 'play ball' themed party today to celebrate! Thanks to all CCers who have posted 4th July cakes for all the inspiration a person could need! Cakes covered with fondant, with edible images for accents.
Cake made for a work collegue of my husband, who was leaving to begin a new job elsewhere. She's a bit of a 'film buff', so I decided on this design! Modelling paste used for film reel bits, & edible images for the frames. Got inspiration from that amazing cake on the 'Let them eat cakes website!
This cake weighed in excess of 20kilos!! Nearly killed me doing the fondant .. kept breaking/cracking as it was so big! Fed 200+ with an extra 200 servings in kitchen. Rich fruit cake with marzipan & fondant. 'Missal' was fruit cake too. All other decorations were either modelling/flower paste. Major thanks to beachcakes who gave me both inspiration for the cake from her wonderful confirmation cake, & advice too! Also thanks to Lynda-bob & kerri729 for support in the forum! Glad this one is finished!
A slightly better picture of the topper for my friends wedding cake. Flower paste flowers. I felt it needed something green, but I hadn't any bear grass. Alan Dunn's book (from library!) showed me how a couple of wires covered with tape & rolled flat with a pin works great!!
This is my first ever wedding cake .... made for a friends brother!! Forgot to bring my camera ... so had to ask my friend to take some pictures for me! Flower paste Arums and lacy leaves ....... still love those cutters! Cupcakes were chocolate almond cakes as groom is gluten intolerant .... really delicious!
Cake for a lady who does the admin for the school rugby team. It was her 50th birthday hence the 50 on the shirt. (The try being scored by her team - of course!). Idea taken from Debbie Brown's website - she's a genius!!.
Christening cake for a friend's daughter. Inspiration for this cake came from Adven68's wonderful cake (one of her many!) Many thanks! Booties made from Aine2's CMC recipe ... first time I tried it and found it to be wonderful to work with!! All other decorations done in flower paste.
I made this for a friend's sister's 60th birthday. Some 'hybrid' orchids for the top & a little poem, as she loves poetry! Hope there were no orchid aficionados at the party ... as there are no flowers on earth like these!! Flowers are flower paste, & poem is edible image on modelling paste. Sorry about photo, never got a good picture of the whole cake!
A 'Nemo' themed cake for a little girl who turned 4. There was a bit of artistic license involved here as she also wanted a mermaid ... so I threw in a few extra sea creatures too! Choc cake with fondant. Modelling paste creatures. The cake was based on the wonderful Debbie Brown's 'mermaid cake', and I had a big dose of inspiration for the sign, from stlalohagal's nemo cake here on CC! Many thanks!!
This is a dummy cake I decorated in class with Paddi Clark. Had I more time I would have done some more of the lacy leaf shapes around the bottom tier. Used the Orchard Products 'Lacy Heart/leaves' cutters ..... LOVE them!!
This is the 'Baby in the bath' cake topper I did in class with Maisie Parrish. Had great fun doing this. Would have preferred to have some 'drying' time for the bath, but as it was all done in one class, we couldn't wait!
OK so flowers are not my forte!! Brassia Orchid 'hybrid' (!) done in class with the wonderful Alan Dunn today!! Not the greatest picture either ... but too eager to post the photo to wait!!!
Made in class with the wonderful Tombi Peck .... her answer to anyone who might suggest it's not an exact replica (!) ... 'Tell them it's a hybrid' !!!
This is a cake for a friend's husband who turned 40. I have wanted to attempt a cake like franjmc's beautiful photo cake for ages, and finally got my reason to do one! Not in franjmc's league, but not too bad either - I hope! Had to model an Aston Martin DB9 for the top .... AHEM! (was just glad that it looked like A CAR in the end!) All fondant with Mexican paste car & A.M. logo; edible images; 4 & 0 sparklers for the top! Thanks to franjmc for the inspiration!
A last minute 'space' themed birthday cake for my son's friend! Was asked by my friend in playground in morning if I could do it for the party when school finished that afternoon! Fondant covered with modelling paste and silver dragee accents.
Another cake for the pre-school Christmas Fayre. Thought I'd do one for the little 'uns! Apologies for the dreadful picture ... and please pretend not to notice the mess on the windowsil behind! Cake is traditional fruit cake covered with marzipan & fondant. This was straight out of an old cake book borrowed from a neighbour - I think it was by a Polly Pinder(?) - it had lovely cakes for children!
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