I’ve had a short break from making cakes since Christmas – partly because I haven’t had any to make (not that that usually stops me!) and partly because I’ve been busy at work so haven’t had much time. Luckily though, to end the cake drought, I got a message from Una asking if I could make her Harry Potter themed cake. Tap here and say “I solemnly swear I am up to no good”…
Archive for the ‘Iced Cakes’ Category
Harry Potter Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, gold, Iced Cakes, tagged cake, Harry Potter, harry potter cake, mauderers map, snithc, wand on January 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Quilled Snowflake Christmas Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, gold, Iced Cakes, Other, White, tagged christmas baking, Christmas cake, fruit cake, Quilled Snowflakes, White and gold on December 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »
This year I have been slightly more organised than last year and managed to make and decorate my Christmas cake on time! I wanted to try something different and designed a cake with quilled snowflakes. We learned how to quill icing on our Squires cake course last year, a technique I had never done before. It’s quite therapeutic and fun to create different shapes and fit them all together. Click here to see my snowflake designs.
White Christmas Silhouette Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Iced Cakes, Other, White, tagged Christmas cake, white christmas on December 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Every year I like to try a different Christmas cake design. I usually do something slightly silly but this year I came across this cake on Pinterest and really wanted to give it a go. It’s very different to anything I’ve ever done before. Click here to keep reading.
Fig, Apricot and Pistachio Christmas Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, tagged christmas baking, Christmas cake, gluten-free, owl cake on December 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Santa’s Spa Christmas Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged Christmas, Christmas cake, elf, Father Christmas, melted snowman, santa on December 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Today I have spent all day decorating my own Christmas cake – it took way longer than planned but I’m pleased with the finished cake. I’ll hopefully post it later in the week, but first, here is a cake I made for the office for a charity raffle last week. Click here to keep reading.
Impractical Jokers Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged birthday, Comedy Cake, Impractical Jokers, Sugarpaste Modelling, vanilla on August 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

May was a busy month for cakes, so I didn’t get round to writing about any of them or putting any photos up. So now things are a little quieter (well for five minutes at least) I thought I would put some photos up of the coolest cake I made in May! Click here to see more photos of this crazy cake.
Marvel Comics Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Iced Cakes on July 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I’ve made a few cakes for one of our friends, Martin, but this is probably my favourite. When I asked what cake he wanted, Jen, his wife, said he loves Marvel Comics and the Hulk is his favourite. Other than that I had free reign to chose what to make. These are my favourite kind of cakes. After a search on Pinterest I found a few ideas I liked and decided to merge them all into one cake. Click here to keep reading.
English Rose and New Zealand Fern Wedding Cake
Posted in Iced Cakes, Red, silver, Sugarpaste flowers, Wedding Cakes, White, tagged ferns, Red roses, silver, wedding cake on July 8, 2016| 1 Comment »

A couple of months ago I made my first wedding cake of 2016 and the first since little Emily arrived. The design that Helen and Nick came up with was quite dramatic and worked beautifully with the theme of their wedding. Helen is English, so the cake had some large red roses and Nick is from New Zealand, so some ferns were also included in the design. Click here to see some more pics of this stand out cake.
Sugar Skull Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Iced Cakes, Other on June 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Last year a friend at work asked if I’d be able to make a birthday cake for one of her friends. However when she said she wanted a sugar skull on it, I had no idea what she was on about and was worried that if agreed to make something I wouldn’t be able to do! Click here to find out how I made it.
Easter Chick Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Easter, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes on March 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I made an Easter cake again this year for a charity raffle at work. Unfortunately I was ill the week before so didn’t have as much time as last year and had to choose a simpler design. Sometimes simple is best but I think I still prefer the cake I made last year. The cake this year was being raffled on Wednesday so I made a Simnel cake from the BBC website that would last until the Easter weekend. (more…)
