Christine M.
The bed, bedside cabinets and chest of drawers are all chocolate cake sandwiched together and lightly coated with chocolate butter cream. The bed is an 11″ by 7″ oblong cake and the cabinets and drawers were cut into shape from another oblong shaped cake. The board has been covered with white icing and the ‘floorboards’ … Read more
My great nephew decided ages ago that he wanted a Thomas The Tank Engine 3rd Birthday cake which almost turned into a Ben 10 cake but then he changed his mind back again! Kids eh? I modelled Thomas from gum paste in separate pieces to form the shape of the engine. I wish now that … Read more
The Carousel 1st Birthday Cake itself is a 10″ round vanilla cake filled with vanilla butter cream and strawberry preserve, coated with vanilla flavoured fondant. I used a rocking horse cutter for the ponies, cutting the rocker off the bottom. I painted the manes, tails, hooves and saddle with lustre dust mixed with a little … Read more
This Christmas Cake is one of two cakes I made for a lady who actually makes Christmas Cakes herself but said she loves my cakes so much she just had to order a couple. I don’t think anyone could receive a nicer compliment than that. I made the angels at the beginning of December to … Read more
This Christmas Cake is slightly off the wall as the recipient requested I produce something funny but not TOO rude! I knew he liked cats and curries which led me to the idea of the Santa Sitting on the Loo theme as people eat a lot of turkey curry following the Christmas Day festivities. The … Read more
This Christmas Snowman Cake is one of eight Christmas Cakes I made for 2010 and was requested by a friend of mine who was stuck for a Christmas gift for one of her other friends. After giving it some thought she asked me to produce a cake using ‘The Snowman’ story as a theme. The … Read more
This Upsy Daisy Birthday Cake is an 8″ vanilla sponge cake filled with vanilla butter cream and strawberry preserve. The cake was coated with vanilla butter cream and iced with vanilla flavoured fondant. I now make my own fondant and fondant gum paste but had to try several different recipes before I found one that … Read more
My hair stylist asked if I could do a Super Mario Bros. Birthday Cake and I said I’d give it a go! So glad I did as it’s turned into the best cake I ever made. Mario and Luigi are made from gum paste. I made the feet and legs first and pinned them together … Read more