I made this First Birthday Cake for the 1st birthday of my friend’s son. She left all the design in my hands so I didn’t want to disappoint her. When I think about babies, somehow teddy bears pop up in my mind and at the same time I wanted to include a big number 1 … Read more
I made this handbag cake for my daughter who is 28. I baked an 8” square cake and filled it with butter cream and jam and then cut the one side of the cake flat, stood the cake on its side and shaped the top of the cake. Then I covered it in butter cream … Read more
I made this music cake for my pastor’s wife. Yes, she was “13” because she is a leap year baby so our church threw her a 13th birthday party! She is also our music director and plays the piano, which is why I went with the music theme. The top tier was made of 2 … Read more
I was asked to prepare a Castle Birthday Cake for a little princess. I did a normal round fruit cake and covered it in white sugarpaste. Then I took 4 white modeling paste cylinders which I had prepared the day before so that they can settle hard enough to stand and positioned them on the … Read more
I baked this Bear Christening cake for my daughter’s friend for a Christening. I started by making the bear’s body, arms, legs and head. I then pushed a cocktail stick through the body, cut off some of the stick so it didn’t protrude through the head. I then attached the head. When the head was … Read more
Flower giant cup cake. Ingredients: 16oz self raising flour 16oz caster sugar 16oz margarine 8 eggs Vanilla essence 3tbs milk Set oven on gas 3. Mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl, until well mixed then put on high speed for about 5 minutes. Grease the giant cup cake mold well with butter … Read more
This guitar cake was made to match a favorite guitar. I baked 2 11×15-in cakes and layered them together. To make the guitar shape, I really struggled with how to get an image that big, but then I remembered…my 5-year-old daughter had a little Barbie Fender guitar!! So I used it to trace an image … Read more
My friend’s daughter was turning 5 and she wanted to make her a doll’s cake. I simply love these sort of cakes and since I saw her a bit worried on how she could do it, I offered to do it for her, an offer which she accepted immediately!. She told me that her daughter’s … Read more
My dad loves to watch the birds in the garden so I thought this year I would make him a Homemade Bird Watching Cake. I baked the cake in a 2 pint pudding bowl left to cool overnight then I crumb coated it and put in fridge to cool. Meanwhile the icing to cover the … Read more
I started this Homemade Flower Cake by making the flowers and leaves, this was the first time I had made them. I coloured some flower paste icing in green and yellow, always store unused flower icing in a sealed bag because it dries out really quick. I used cutters I had bought and cut the … Read more
I made this Homemade Peace Sign Cake for my husband’s little cousin’s 14th birthday. It is 2 12-inch round layers. The top layer is trimmed out to give it a more “3D” look. I covered it in tie dye fondant (it’s purple and blue, but my camera kept making it come out gray-looking) and placed … Read more
I saw this My Little Pony House Cake on Debbie Brown’s book “Lovable Characters Cakes” and fell in love with it instantly. By coincidence the daughter of a friend of mine wanted me to do her a cake with a My Little Pony theme and therefore I made it for her. I baked 2 23cm … Read more