A short notice order for someone who had been let down by a well known up-market food store – for a young lad who had chosen pirates as his theme, with plenty of gold! My first attempt at a treasure chest, and to give plenty of cake to go around at the party I sat the
Another band themed cake this time Slipknot – recognisable by the masks they wear whilst performing on stage – I took the band’s logo, and a selection of four of the masks, added the required name “Flash” in the correct font and that was done – simple! Or not….. the logo was an interesting one
Playing about with a germ of an idea I picked up at Cake International in London earlier in the year, I created this sewing/patchwork themed cake for my own birthday this year. The colours are not normally what I would choose for myself, but I liked the fresh feel that they gave the cake. I
I think it was only a matter of time before I was asked to make a cake in the shape of a VW camper van, as they are such iconic vehicles and popular cakes. It turns out they are like buses, as not longer after I did the first one, I had a totally unrelated
The brief received was for a stripper sitting on the side of a cake – given the timescale (this was a later order) there wasn’t enough time for the model to dry enough for me to be confident that she would safely sit on the side of a cake, so I worked with the customer
I was pleased to be asked to make a cake for a gentleman that I worked with for about a year before his retirement – the order was placed secretly by his wife and everything was very “hush-hush”! The main cake was fruit cake, because it is his favourite, with cupcakes a mixture of chocolate,
I must say I had never made a sugarpaste fairy before when I received this order……but I’ll give anything a go, so set about working out how to make a pretty (but not cute) fairy which was suitable for an adult whose favourite colour was purple. There was no question that the fairy had to
Hello Kitty themed cake for a little girl who was 5 today. She chose the design from a picture she had seen, and I adapted it so as not to do a direct copy and make it more individual for her. The bow is from the original, the flowers are mine, and the banner at the
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