
It was my Birthday last week, so it was time to bake myself a cake and try out some new recipes. I really don’t mind making my own Birthday cake and it gave me the opportunity to try something new. Click here to see which recipe I chose.
Posted in Black, Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Green, Iced Cakes, Other, pink, Spices, White on March 22, 2016| 2 Comments »

It was my Birthday last week, so it was time to bake myself a cake and try out some new recipes. I really don’t mind making my own Birthday cake and it gave me the opportunity to try something new. Click here to see which recipe I chose.
Posted in autumn, Biscuits, Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Cupcakes, Easter, Figure Modelling, Halloween, Iced Cakes, Macarons, Other, royal icing, Spring, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Winter on January 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »
If you follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter you’ll probably have seen some baking over the last 12 months that hasn’t made it onto the blog. Sometimes we spend so much time baking that it’s hard to find the time to blog about our creations, especially since we also work…. Click here to find out what else we got up to last year.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged baby cake, owl cake, showstopper on November 18, 2015| 2 Comments »
If you like our Facebook page you’ll have seen that a month ago today, Becky gave birth to a beautiful baby girl – Emily Charlotte Phillips! I took the first opportunity I had to go down and meet her. I wanted to take down a cake, so with the help of mum (who made the rocky road cake for me!) I created this very rushed cake. Click here to meet little Emily!
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged cheese cake, mice on a cake on November 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Cheese Cake
Every year for Tom’s birthday I make him a cake. This year it’s a bit late since we were on holiday but I promised I’d make him something to take to work when we got back. It took a while to come up with an idea but I went through a list of things Tom likes and cakes I’ve made, and realised I’ve never made him a cheese-related cake. More cheese please!
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, Summer, tagged Bake off, fruit cake, Marzipan, sugar paste, Tennis Cake on September 21, 2015| 4 Comments »
I had my parents coming to visit this weekend as well as a few other friends popping over to visit, so this weeks Bake Off technical challenge was perfect, it meant that I had a yummy cake to offer everyone! I make quite a lot of fruit cakes, so I was keen to try this recipe to see how it compares. I have made my own marzipan a few times, but I have never made my own sugar paste, so this would be another thing to tick off the list. Click here to see how I got on.
Posted in Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, purple, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Wedding Cakes, tagged freesias, lilac wedding cake, roses, summer wedding, wedding cake on September 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Just before Christmas last year, a family friend, Emma, asked if I would be able to make her wedding cake. Despite not living near where the wedding was going to be I said yes since it was near my parents so I thought it would be a good chance to go back to my parents for a few days. However, that didn’t happen – instead mum, dad and Becky came up to stay with me for a few days and then took the cake back. Becky even assembled the cake for me! Click here to keep reading.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged animals, christening cake, fruit cake, Noah's Ark Cake, rocky road on August 14, 2015| 1 Comment »
A few weeks ago I made a Christening cake for my friends Chloe and Rory’s sons Christening. They had the lovely idea of a Noah’s Ark cake. I took some inspiration from Pinterest and had an enormous amount of fun creating this cake! Click here to see the animals marching in two by two…
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, pink, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, tagged 100th Birthday Cake, chocolate, chocolate cupcakes, lemon, lemon cupcakes, pink, sugarpaste roses on July 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I’d never made a 100th Birthday cake before, so I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to make one. It was for our close friend’s Granny, who is called Rose, so the request for pink roses on the cake was perfect. The cake was a light fruit cake, a delicious recipe from an old cook book that our Mum has, great for this time of year! Click here for the recipe.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, royal icing, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged Classic figure modelling, Mosaic, peony, Quilling, royal icing, Royal icing collar, stencilling, sugar paste on July 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Last week Em and I went on our second 6 day Cake Decorating Course at Squires Kitchen International, this time it was an extended techniques course, building on what we had already learnt on the previous course. We had another amazing week doing what we both love. Click here to keep reading and see some of the beautiful things we created.