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My attempt at the pink cake box corpse bride cake. Only my second attempt at topsy turvy and it was a nightmare but I think it turned out ok. The cakes ae 12 10 8 and 6 2 choc wasc with cadbury dairy milk buttercream and 2 vanilla madeira with vanilla buttercream. feather butterflies and dragonflies the rest is gumpaste. TFL Han xxx
8 inch, fondant made gold with lustre dust. The cat is supposed to have one eye it was made to look like her cat.
For my friends mum. Just an 8 inch with butterflies (patchwork cutters) and hydrangea flowers not sure of the brand but I bought a cutter and mould set a while ago but havn't had a chance to use it up to now. Had no idea what I was going to do when I sat down to do it and this is the result. TFL comments most welcome. Han xx
My Friends got married in Las Vegas and had a party back here in the UK last weekend. This is the cake I made them. My very first wedding cake and I'm actually happy with it. The second time I've made roses and the first time I've done a 4 tier cake. Surprisingly this went very smoothly considering I'd done nothing but panic in the run up. Spent ages making white roses mostly learning how to make roses. My friend showed me a picture of a cake from Freed's bakery in las vegas (big influence) and we kinda messed with it but it is heavily influenced by them. I made the Vegas sign out og gumpaste and silver dragees to mimic the lights on the sign. The card topper was 2 real cards stuck to a gumpaste backing and decorated with RI and red heaarts. Stuck on a cookie stick pushed into the cake to help it stand up. the ribbon was just wired loops placed between the roses not stuck in the cake. It is a 12 10 8 rounds with a 4 inch cube made from a 6 inch round dice on top. So after 2 and a half years making cakes I've finally done a wedding cake. Thank you for looking and all comments are most welcome. xxx Han xx
For my friends 30th and her dad's 60th joint party. An 8 and 6 stacked. The stars on wires were done in white black and silver glitter. Not an elaborate cake but I quite like it. Thank you for looking comments most appreciated. Hanx
This was for my friends leaving day at work. She loves Futurama, so whilst not obviously a leaving good luck cake it worked for her and that was important. I used an 8inch for the logo cake and 5 wilton mini half balls for the random planets. Thank you for looking all comments most appreciated.
No request but a music cake for my friends daughter. 8 inch chocolate wasc cake (poh my word just do it) kitbox cutters for the notes. patchwork cutter stave for the boarder on the board. Painted the notes on the stave with black gel colour mixed with a little bit of vodka. Small ammount of tylo powder added to the icing for the piano keys just to hold the shape a little better. First real attempt at a gumpaste rose. FTFL comments always most welcome. Han xx Edited to add: the notes around the board are the tune to happy birthday.
Hi, an 8 and 10 inch cake sitting on a 16inch board. My first attempt at gumpaste baby converse (thank you for the templates stellarstarchild!) Gumpaste Baby blocks about 2 inch square. Lustre dust on the board, curved hearts and the white details on the blocks. I used the same blue as the converse as the small hearts to tie the blues together. Thank you for looking comments most welcome. Hanxx
7 x 1 inch(ish) squares. all gumpaste. Used lustre dust on the white detailing done with embossers now they could be pme or ffm im not sure which i bought them ages ago. to go on a christening cake with the baby booties i just posted. Not sure if I can put them seperate when I will be posting the cake later on but will cross that bridge when I get to it. TFl xx
Made for a christening cake I have coming up, my first attempt at baby converse, decorated inside to look like the actual babies booties (with artistic liscence lol) I like em couple of things I'd do differently next time but im happy with them TFL xx Edited to add: Big thank you to stellarstarchild for the great templates and tutorial. xx
This is for my friends little bow the same little boy I made the boy baby blocks (in my pics) for last year. He loves Iggle piggle the rest I got to do what I fancied. Lots of shiny stars. 8 and 6 inch vanilla madeira cakes 3 layers of filling then buttercreamed and iced. After a little problem that could only be solved by ripping off all the blue icing re buttercreaming and making more icing I'm quite happy with this one. It's bright and colourful not quite what I was originally going to do but I think it works. TFL gumpaste starts on wires covered with rainbow glitter. on 22 guage wire. Iggle piggle is gumpaste. stars and stripes are fondant with a tiny but of gumpaste mixed in just to make it a bit stiffer as the icing was really shoft.
Chocolate and Vanilla cupcakes, choc/choc and vanilla/vanilla cake and frosting. I wanted to do strawberry frosting for the pink but my cousin only wanted vanilla and chocolate so that is what she got. Her nickname is kay-bow hence the decorations, a letter k a gumpaste bow and a 21. I painted the zebra stripes on the stars with a small brush to try and match them to the cake she had as well (also in my photos but posted seperately) pink black and white. My first attempt at cupcakes, needs work but she was happy and everyone loved them. Thank you for looking comments most welcome. Hanxxxx
A 10 inch and 6 inch vanilla madeira with strawberry and buttercream filling. Gumpaste bows and stars and hearts on wires covered in rainbow glitter. Hand Painted zebra stripes with sugarflair liquorice colour mixed with a little vodka. Gumpaste loopy bows. Funky cutters used for the writing on the board. This cake was made for my cousins 21st this weekend just gone. She wanted the cake and 60 cupcakes to go with it (posted seperately but in my photos) Was nervous doing the cupcakes as I have never made any before but she loved it all and so did all the guests at her party. Not the best photo ever but I set this up when we got to the party before the other guests started arriving and I had an audience whilst I did it. Talk about nervous lol. She loved it and so did everone at her party. Thanks for looking comments most welcome. xx
For my friends 30th. He works in the travel industry and was flying off to an island for a holiday the day after his birthday. Had a nightmare with the palm leaves, they were drying great (gumpaste) then we had a lot of wet weather and they went soft again i had to have them propped up with kithen paper drying on the trunks a big headache. The mankini man is because his party trick is to come out in one lol. Tried to give it a beach theme shark fins shells whale tail seagulls on wires in a flower pick. gumpaste suitcase and beer bottle. TLF Hanxx
Made for my Friends boyfriends birthday. 8 inch madeira, suits on wires are gumpaste, wires are wrapped in floral tape and stuck in a flower pick. cards cut out using the patchwork cutters, dried and then painted which took HOURS! All details gumpaste. TFL Hanxx
A cake for my nephew who is cars mad. He wanted Radiator springs and the piston cup and mator and lightning and oh all of it lol. 8 inch and 6 inch madeira with 4 layers of filling (raspberry and buttercream) Cup was the 7th attempt at making the stupid thing. Finally dried and held in mexican modelling paste, which may I add is not non sticky as it says on the packet! Regular gumpaste cactai tried to make this as colourful as I could. Gumpaste and mexican paste used to make the cars logo with his name in it. I covdered the 6 inch in plain white and then laid the chequerboard over the top in black and white fondant with a little bit of cmc added. everything stuck on with white chocolate which may be the futture for me as it dries sooo much quicker than royal icing or anything else. TFL xx Han
Birthday cake for a friends little girl. She let me do what I wanted and just requested her favourite cartoon character on it. Even I thought this was cute when I was done. 8 inch vanilla madeira 2 layers of filling rasberry and vanilla buttercream. figure made of gumpaste as are the flowers, number 1 and butterflies. lustre dust just on the butterflies for a bit of sparkle.
My Friends Mum's birthday. I've known her for years and wanted to make her a big cake for her surprise party. She loved it. TFL Hanxx
Another iggle piggle cake, this time for my friends little ones 1st birthday. She loved the other one I did for our other friend but wanted a girly version. She loved it. Originally inspired/copied from Andrea Sullivan (andrea's sweet cakes) with permission. Iggle Piggle is gumpaste as are the clouds and stars and moon.
A whimsical take on a bakewell tart. For a 9 year old girl with a love of bakewells and a joke following a bakewell induced injury. She loved it so I did good lol. TFL comments welcome. Hanxx
Star treck cake. Half a recreation of a cake my colleague found online. Made for a colleague turning 40 who is slightly delusional bless him and refuses to accept it lol. So we had to make a big thing of it. Sorry but I don't know who made it originally. Extremely large cake. Each was about the size of an A4 piece of paper and 5 inches deep. 3 layers of cake (vanilla madeira) and 2 layers of filling (raspberry and vanilla buttercream). I thought I was going to drop it bringing it in to the office it was soooo heavy. TFL Hanxx
Pretty much an exact copy of Macsmon's Duff style cake. What the friend wants the friend gets. First time attempting zebra and it is much more difficult to get "random" than I thought. Heck what can I say I like patterns. I used an fmm lace cutter to make the plaque and painted the name with a very thin paintbrush and black food colour gel. This had to travel to the other end of the UKin the well of a sports car, never had a cake that has had to go that far but my friend moved. Thank goodness it made it in one piece. Thank you to Macsmom even if you didn't know you were inspiration. TFL comments most welcome. Han x x
Sorry its not the best picture I'd wrapped it before I got a picture. Half the wilton ball pan 3 laters of rasberry jam inside covered with a thick layer of buttercream then covered in fondant and lustre dusted. Can't really see it but the hook is made from gumpaste and covered in a mix of coppere and gold lustre dusts.
8 inch cake for my secret santa at work. Everyone wanted me to have them lol. Patchwork cutter for the sleigh and fmm cutter for the reindeers and christmas trees on the side. lustre dusted the moon to give it a bit of sparkle. TFL Han xx
Small cake only 6 inches but quite tall. Gumpaste nose for the snowman everything else fondant. TFL hanx
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