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Airplane Cake

Posted in Blue, Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, Red, tagged , , on November 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »

I keep finding photos of cakes that I made ages ago but never uploaded, so this is quite an old one from over 6 years ago! It was my nephew’s Christening cake. Click here to keep reading.

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GBBO 2022 Technical Challenge No. 9 – Chocolate, Hazelnut and Raspberry Vertical Tarts

Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Pastry, Puddings, tagged , , , on November 14, 2022| 1 Comment »

I’d love to have more time to try some patisserie stuff, I love watching Bake Off the Professionals and seeing some of the amazing patisserie things they do. It’s all so precise and they have lots of clever equipment too! These deserts were perfectly timed with Rich’s Birthday, so they made a tasty treat for pudding on Saturday night. Click here to see how I got on.

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Raspberry and Amaretti Baby Shower Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, pink, Summer, tagged , on November 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »

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Several years ago my friend Emma was expecting her second baby and had a baby shower, I decided to make a cake as a present for her. She requested raspberry and amaretto cake, I couldn’t wait to make it! Click here to see the recipe and keep reading.

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Horse Birthday Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Green, Iced Cakes, tagged , on November 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Kid’s Birthday cakes are always fun to make, this one however was a little tricky! I had never made a horse before and didn’t really know where to start. I did a lot of research and did a bit of practise and was finally happy with giving it a go, click here to see how I got on.

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Magical Toadstool Cake

Posted in autumn, Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Green, Iced Cakes, pink, purple, Spices, tagged , , , on November 8, 2022| 1 Comment »

On Sunday we finally got around to having Chloe’s Baptism, 2.5 years later than planned due to covid etc. But it was worth the wait, we had a wonderful weekend with family and Godparents. I wanted to make a really special cake and loved the cake I made for my niece Alice, so I decided to make something similar. Click here to see some more photos of this magical cake.

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Peach and Pink Christening Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, pink, Spring, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, White, tagged , , on November 7, 2022| 1 Comment »

I was asked to create a cake for one of the Mum’s from Chloe’s old pre-school for her new baby daughters Christening. She had several ideas but was undecided on exactly what she wanted. So I designed a cake based on a few separate ideas that hopefully ticked all the boxes! Click here to see more pics of this gorgeous girly cake.

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Peter Rabbit Christening Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Green, Iced Cakes, pink, White, tagged , , on November 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »

I made a cake a couple of years ago with a Jemima Puddle Duck on top for a friends daughters Christening. And a couple of years on I was lucky enough to be asked to make a Christening cake for their second daughter, this time with Peter Rabbit on top. Keep reading to see some more pics of this cute cake.

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Ice Cream Drip Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Iced Cakes, Summer, tagged , , , on November 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »

Rich absolutely loves ice cream, so for his Birthday last year I decided to have a go at a melted ice cream drip cake. Not my usual style of cake, but I bought a special scraper to make striped in buttercream and had never used it, so thought this was a good opportunity to give it a go. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO 2022 Technical Challenge No. 7 – Pistachio Praline Ice Cream

Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Puddings, Summer, tagged , , on October 31, 2022| 1 Comment »

Another week down, another technical challenge done! Phew! I really liked the idea of custard week, and we were very excited to see that the technical was ice cream – I make a lot of ice cream, so I was looking forward to this one. Click here to keep reading.

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Baby Elephant Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, Grey, Other, pink, tagged , on October 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »

I nearly always end up giving people cupcakes or homemade goodies as presents. I quite often make a big batch of cupcakes and freeze them if I know I have things coming up where I might need to take a gift. Then I will make 6 or 12 decorations specifically for the event/friend. I love creating personal decorations. Click here to see some more pics of these cute little elephant cupcakes.

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