It was our parents 40th wedding anniversary on the 30th July so not surprisingly Em and I decided to make them a cake as a present! Celebrating 40 years of marriage is a wonderful occasion, so it had to be a very special cake for two very special people. Click here to see some more pics and the yummy chocolate fruit cake recipe we used.
Archive for the ‘Celebration Cakes’ Category
Ruby Wedding Anniversary Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, gold, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Red, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged chocolate fruit cake, Painted cake, Red and Gold, Ruby Wedding Anniversary Cake, Sugarpaste poppy on August 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Lemon and Almond Christening Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Nuts, tagged birds, Bunny, christening cake, flowers, lemon and almond, spring on April 6, 2017| 1 Comment »
Last weekend I got to make a christening cake for my niece, Emily. Becky sent me a photo of a cake she’d seen on Pinterest and asked if I could make something similar. Click here to keep reading.
Peanut Butter Drip Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Nuts, tagged birthday cake, Drip Cake, peanut butter cake, sugar paste peony on March 23, 2017| Leave a Comment »

It was my Birthday last week and I can’t think of a better way to spend the day than baking myself a cake! I don’t often get to bake exactly what I want, the cakes I usually do are for customers, so it’s really enjoyable to find a new recipe and experiment with some new designs. I am a peanut butter addict, so when I saw this recipe in Olive magazine, I had to make it! Click here for the scrummy recipe.
Owl Tree House Cake
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, tagged 1st Birthday Cake, Chocolate beetroot Cake, owl cake, Woodland Cake on February 9, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Owl Woodland Cake
Last year was a busy year and I didn’t get round to uploading photos of most of the cakes I baked. October and November were especially busy – with Emily’s 1st Birthday too. We had a small family party on the weekend of her Birthday and I made a baby friendly cake to eat – chocolate and beetroot. I wanted to do something woodland or owl themed and something where all the decorations could be made in advance, so this design was perfect. I had seen an idea on Pinterest and added some extras and changed a few things to make it fit the theme of the party. Click here to see more details of this cake and the yummy recipe.
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 »
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”…
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.
