I made a cake this weekend for the 2nd birthday of my very dear friend’s son. He’s a big fan of the show Dinosaur Train (which I hadn’t even heard of since I don’t have kids of my own!), so we modelled this cake after the two main characters on the show. I baked and filled… Read More
Here’s a baby shower cake I did back in the fall (I’m trying to post more regularly this year!). The client initially wanted little booties on top, but after they saw the little bears on my blog from some other baby shower cakes I did, they decided to go for a bear too! That made… Read More
In continuing the theme of buttercream cakes, here is another I did recently! This technique is called petal effect, and the term for the graduated colour is “ombre”. Sounds fancy, huh? 🙂 What do you think? Do you prefer this petal effect, or the piped rosette cake I posted last week? They were both fun… Read More
This weekend, the son of one of my very best friends turned one! My friend found this cake online and asked if I could help her replicate it for the party – I said of course I would! My friend make the cake, I made the piggies, and we assembled it together (after sending her… Read More
Everyone loves birds… Especially angry ones! This birthday cake was for a good friend. I hope it made him happy instead of angry!
Well, I think they’re cute, at least – and you’ve got to admit that the title is great alliteration, either way. 🙂 I’m still playing catch up on all the cakes I made before I started this blog, so today is a two-cake old/new combo post. Both are car cakes, so I thought it made… Read More
My partner is a British man, so I have been conditioned over the years to call the sport with the black and white ball you kick with your feet “FOOTBALL”. “American football” is the name of the grunty, tight-pants-big-shoulders, ball-that-you-throw-and-carry-and-kick-now-and-then sport. Okay, I really just call them both football. I don’t discriminate. Okay, and sometimes I… Read More
This is another of my recent cakes, for a birthday boy who likes – can you guess?? Ferrari! This is a Black and White Cake, covered in fondant with red modelling chocolate. The Ferrari logo is handpainted gumpaste, with the lettering on Kevin’s name made to replicate the Ferrari font. What birthday boy wouldn’t love… Read More
So, you remember how last time I said that the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” cake started it all? Well, a few days after the wedding I got an email from the maid of honour. Her boss was throwing an 80th birthday party for her dad that weekend, but the person she’d had lined up… Read More
Yes, you heard/read correctly: a wedding cake inspired by the novel “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl. Fun, huh?? Katy and I know each other through work, and last year she was planning her wedding. She’d already arranged for me to take her photos (I also do photography as another side endeavor –… Read More
