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My Pin Up Girl
So excited!!! Here she is?my Pin Up Girl figurine I made at Whimsical Cakehouse under the incredible tutelage of Trina Thompson of Sweet Ruby Cakes! Fantastic venue, wonderful staff and a room full of lovely cakers making these sassy little ladies! I keep finding myself smiling at her...haha!
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Congratulations Mrs Witherspoon!
I was very honoured to be asked to make a cake for one of the wonderful teachers at our small school, who is going on maternity leave to have her 2nd baby this week. I was given free reign as long as it fed 100 people. This is what I came up with. 11inch Vanilla cake with strawberry buttercream base and the blocks are vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream. The animals are all edible, made from fondant with tylose :)
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Wonder Woman For Maria
Lovely Maria travelled all the way from The Northern Beaches to pick up her Wonder Woman cake. She told me that she HAD to have this cake and her husband said you only turn 40 once so go for it. She said that her daughter kept asking on the hours long drive ?why are we going all this way to get a cake?? so she told her ?You?ll understand when you see it? What can I say? I think this is the nicest compliment I?ve ever received. Thanks so much for looking :) xxx
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Dragon Cake
I made this cake for a friend of ours who loves Dragon Boat racing. It's my first proper carved cake and I was so nervous about doing it. It was chocolate cake with choc buttercream filling and iced in choc ganache. Covered in fondant, all details are completely edible. Took 30ish hours to do but it's the first cake I've been quite pleased with. Thanks for looking :)
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The Wiggles
I had so much fun making this cake! My lovely Sister-in-Law wanted it for her best friends cute little son Bohdi. She purchased the Wiggles and the Big Red Car so he could play with them afterwards. I made my first Dorothy and Wags and attempted a rainbow for the first time. I may have been a little ambitious as it wasn't quite what I wanted - next time lol! Jasmine my youngest, loved it and clapped and said "Wow! Cake!" when she saw it, but when it got picked up, even tho she walked out with them and waved goodbye, she came running in to where it had been sitting and was upset to see it gone lol! "Cake gone, caaaaake GOOONE!!" So funny! :D
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Patchwork Quilt And Sewing Basket
For a wonderful friend on her birthday. She loves to knit and sew and recently won a prize for a beautiful patchwork quilt, which I did my best to duplicate on her cake. Inspired by many wonderful designs I have loved to look at on the internet. Everything is edible. Thanks for looking :)
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Bel And Ben's Wedding Cake
Belinda and Ben were such lovely clients. The brought me pictures of exactly what they wanted and I happily obliged. This was my first square wedding cake and quite a challenge as it included a middle tier of fruit and marzipan which is another first for me. I discovered that my usual sharp edges couldn't be achieved on the marzipan and fondant so had to round the corners of the other tiers a bit. I was really happy with the Bride and Groom as they are also my first. The dress, bouquet and hairstyle are all exact replicas of the brides. Thanks so much for looking :)
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Frangipanis With Ombre Ruffles For Janice
I designed and decorated this cake from 2 ? 4am one morning during a very busy and stressful week. I had ?accidentally? committed to making 7 cakes in a week (I usually try not to do that many in a month!) One of lovely friends had just had a birthday and I really wanted to surprise her. My brief was frangipanis and the colour purple?.so here?s what my poor brain came up with. I was quite relieved when I got up the next morning that I hadn?t dreamt that I?d made her a cake and that it didn?t suck haha! Thanks for looking :)
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Bride And Groom Figurine
This is my first Bride and Groom. They are made of fondant and tylose. I copied the dress and hairstyle from photos the bride gave me and tried my best to show how in love they are in the expressions on their faces. They were such a lovely couple to deal with, the whole experience was an absolute pleasure. Thanks for looking :)
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Elmo And Balloons For Jasmine
My precious little 2 year old LOVES Elmo so much! She calls him Mo Mo. So I knew that he had to make an appearance on her cake :) I had so many cakes this week, he was supposed to have a 2nd tier with Circus tent stripes but never mind she loved him anyway. The cake is caramel mudcake with caramel ganache and was pretty tasty. Thanks for looking :)
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Little Olivia's Christening Cake
It was my absolute pleasure to make another cake for this lovely family. This is beautiful little Olivia's Christening Bible. It was my first attempt at a book and my first ever Christening cake. It was HUGE!!! The humidity here was HORRENDOUS so I really struggled with the edible image....never again lol! Thank you Brooke and Jerome for asking me to make a cake for such a special celebration :) ??
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Wonder Woman
Here is Wonder Woman sitting on her cake. I wanted to make the cake look like an American flag and I added the red glitter accents because a girl can never have too much glitz :) It was so much fun giving this to my wonderful Sister-in-Law, I even made her close her eyes when I presented it to her haha?yes I?m SO lame! :) She was really happy with it. Thanks so much for looking :)
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Wonder Woman Figurine
This is my first attempt at making a figurine look a little realistic. I think I?ll stick with caricatures lol! Took a LONG time and I?m still not happy with so many things but hopefully the birthday girl (my lovely Sister-in-Law) will like it. I?m looking forward to seeing her up on her cake. Thanks for looking :)
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Rough Finish Buttercream Wedding
This is my very first ?Rough Finish? buttercream cake. SO nerve-wracking! All these months practicing smooth buttercream (we can?t buy Viva towels in Australia) and the lovely bride requested a rough finish. I kept finding myself getting the first side perfectly rough then smoothing the other side!! Haha! So frustrating. The Bride and guests loved it and I was quietly pleased with how it turned out. Thanks so much for looking :)
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Baby Shower Cupcake Toppers
My client gave me a very blurry pic she had found of these sweet little cupcakes. Her brief was that they be pink and purple. I couldn't tell if the had been made using molds or cutters but couldn't find anything particularly helpful so they are all hand cut and patterned! Took forever but am happy with the result. Can't wait to see them on the cupcakes and ready to go. Thanks so much for looking :)
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Holden Cake In Blue
This cake was for my wonderful Uncle who has owned a beautiful old FC Holden for as long as I can remember. I've always wanted to make this design for him but I used blue instead of red to match his car. He was very pleased with it and they ended up taking the cake back to New Zealand with them to show it to the family. It's a chocolate mud cake with dark choc ganache. Holden logo is hand carved fondant. Thanks for looking :)