Neil's 50th ~ Golf Cake

Yet another Golf cake ... a popular choice... this one with a twist! - a naked woman in a bunker!! (thats why he likes golfing so much eh!?! - I bet he wishes thats what was hidden in bunkers!!)

Wendy & Ken's Ruby Wedding Anniversary Cake

Wendy's love of shopping and jewellery (amongst her many loves) and Ken's love of organ music (and playing of the organ - in this case, the infamous Wurlitzer!), not to mention his love of a pipe and a pint (or two... or three...) - this was the inspiration for the decoration of this cake to celebrate their 40th (Ruby) Wedding Anniversary.

Here's a short video showing the flashing cake board in action!....

...more pictures to follow - as soon as the blogger site mends whatever problem they are encountering at the mo! - I cannot get any more photos to up-load at the mo!

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Scouts Centenary Cake

I was asked by the Leader of the local scout group to make a cake to take to the camp to celebrate 100 years of scouting.The theme of the centenary neckerchief was stars - pictured below - so a stars theme and the well known scouting emblem (though now replaced and updated) were created in fondant icing for this cake.

Emma's 13th Birthday Cake ~ swimming with dolphins!

I got a bit carried away making this cake!, much like the garden theme cakes I get carried away with the decoration to the side of the cake...

...here's some of the life under the sea!...

...meanwhile, on the beach...

Evan's 10th Birthday Cake ~ Luton Town FC

Evan is an avid Luton Town (The Hatters!) Football Club Fan!





Here's Evan in his kit (and it just HAD to be a number 10 shirt!), complete with football (candle!).







This cake board is excellent - it has built-in red LEDs that flash! - though getting them flashing captured on camera has proved a bit tricky!.....


..... So here's a video clip of the cake board in action!.... PRESS THE PLAY BUTTON BELOW THE PICTURE!!!

Rosie's 1st Birthday cake

Rosie's 1st Birthday cake was made to match the napkins, plates, balloons and bunting design.



The sponge cake inside was even coloured pink! - very girly!

Sarah & Anthony's Wedding Cake

A 3 tier cappuccino coloured stacked cake dotted with ivory blossoms. I have to say, when Sarah said she wanted a 'brown' wedding cake, I did have my reservations!. But now, I do love this cake! - it worked so well with the colour theme which ran from chocolate brown, through to shades of coffee & creams.
The bottom & middle tier were fruit cakes - and top tier vanilla sponge (there was also an additional tangy lemon sponge cake - decorated in the same colour theme, this went straight to the kitchen and was offered as a summery alternative to the traditional rich fruit cake).

Each hand made blossom was dotted in the centre with an edible pearilised ball, and painstakingly applied by hand to the cake (Here's me adding the finishing touches!).

The vast majority of the blossoms were attached prior to delivery at the wedding venue. Any blossoms broken in transit were replaced and the final flourish of blossoms were added once the cakes were stacked.
...In the end I lost count of the number of blossoms on this cake!

...The cake got a thumbs up from the Bride!

...and quite a few compliments from the guests too!

Mike & Lesley's 60th Birthday cake

A Champagne bottle to celebrate Mike & Lesley's joint 60th Birthday!

A tangy lemon sponge cake! (mmmmmmmm).



A slight change to the usual MOET & CHANDON label!

Louise & Darren's Wedding Cake

This cake isn't all it seems....

....the only edible part of it is the bottom tier! - the middle and top tiers all both wooden dummy cakes iced to look the part!. This meant that the top and middle tiers (and both 'bands' of flowers) were left on display for the evening guests to see too,

(it makes a nice centre piece to the evening buffet!).

A 9" sponge cake was also made and iced in the same pattern as the wedding cake for those guests who do not like fruit cake.

Ever since I saw a picture of a cake using a glass board

(tempered safety glass) and polished pebbles

I have wanted to use the idea myself!.

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Luckily I managed to convince Louise to let me have a go!

The cake was decorated with fresh pink gerberas - (though a moment of panic when I realised that the smaller gerberas I had ordered had been inadvertantly cut and used on the table decorations by the staff at the wedding venue. This left me with the larger variety - which were intended to go in the table decorations!). With no option but to use all that was left I used the larger flowers - I think I got away with it!.

.....I will admit to throwing a slight diva moment at the person who used my flowers! (strangely enough she bid a hasty retreat back into the kitchen soon afterwards!)

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Two crossed (mock) platinum rings and two gerberas simply adorned the top of this contemporary cake.

Carl & Jacque's Wedding cake

I realised that I had never posted this photo, this cake was made a few years ago!... but here goes anyway. (this is a scanned image of the photo - this is before I got my digital camera!)...

White lilies and cream roses on an ivory 3 tier cake.

(the bottom tier is a dummy cake - its actually wooden, iced for the splendor of a 3 tier display)

Sarah & Pauls Wedding Cake

1st June 2007 - the first cake made from my new kitchen !

(even though the kitchen isn't quite finished!)

I was really pleased with the final result & the bride was thrilled too! - but then she cried at everything! Here's a close up of the roses, each one painstakingly handmade!, the odd diamante scattered in between reflected the stones in the Brides tiara.

The top tier was sponge, with bottom tier traditional fruit cake.

The cake base is yet another of Nigel's creations, dreamt up by me and made to order! (he is so good to me!), to say its a couple of pieces of MDF a handful of screws and lots of staples to hold the satin pleats in place, I think it looks quite effective!

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A moment of fame at last!!!

following the wonderful new Skoda Fabia advert, the Daily Mail ran an article last week on the making of the cake and asked all us budding cake artisits to send in a pic of a car cake we had made - so I sent in one of my VW campervan cakes.

Although it didn't win the £100 prize it was featured in the (National) paper - click on the link to see the web based version ..... http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=458811&in_page_id=1879

This is SO fabulous!

I just HAD TO give a mention to this wonderful NEW SKODA FABIA ADVERT - view it (and a short documentary on the making of the advert) at http://www.newfabia.co.uk/

The music to it - from the sound of music draws me to the telly every time! - I have lost count of the number of people, knowing my interest in all things fondant, that have said "have you seen that Skoda advert?!".

I take my hat off to them - it really is wonderful! - if you haven't seen the advert- visit the web site NOW! - click on the link above!

New Kitchen on the way....

My long awaitied kitchen is soon to be finished (well almost!) and will soon be christened with its first cake! - A wedding cake for a friend - Sarah (Gets married June 1st!)... (the fruit tier is already baked thanks to my Dad! - bless him - he is the master of the family fruit cake recipe!). All I have to do now is to make the sponge tier (thats the easy bit!).

Just a dozen or so pink roses to make! (thats as well as get the kitchen walls painted...)

but for now I'd just like to show off my shiny new oven! - I'm in love!....

...as you can see this is a work in progress, but better than afew weeks ago...

yeah yeah, still got floor tiles to do (though am warming to the luxurious cardboard floor I currently have!), oven splash back and cooker hood to sort, but still got to do another coat on the ceiling (hence the lights aren't fully pushed in yet) and still have to paint the walls (antique white) ...oh and the kickboards ...

Elephant Cake! ~ Gemma's 30th

Gemma is Elephant MAD!

This cake just HAD to be an elephant - I think its quite effective!.

Doing the 'wringles' was quite addictive!

The pattern on the headdress and blanket was done by pressing an embossed button into the fondant! - I knew I held onto that fancy button for a reason!

I decorated the sides of the cake to match the colours used on the 'ceremonial dress', using an 'Asian theme' - (I can never remember which have bigger ears! - African or Asian Elephants!)

The few 'jewels' on his blanket are midget gems!

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Robin's 50th - yet ANOTHER Golf cake!!!!

Why is it as soon as someone sees one of my cakes its 'oh you have GOT to make me one of those for my Dad / Brother / Uncle / Grandad!'.

Well, heres another golf cake.

This time there is a Jack Russell digging in the 'sand pit' (I'm told its a bunker - but then I'm a woman - what would I know!!)

John's 70th - another Golf cake!

Long time since I blogged!
I made this cake for John's 70th - a surprize party The champagne bottle is a candle - the sand in the bunker is brown sugar!.

The flag is a bit of a cheat! - its a drinking straw covered in printed paper - everything else is edible! - check out the tiny golf tee in front of John!

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Hilary's 60th ~ Nude Men Birthday Cake

Here's Hilary, relaxing, being pampered by a number of rather hunky almost naked (if a little shy!) men - just a bow tie and a smile (what a lucky lady!)

OOH! - just look at that bottom!

Joe's Nude Ladies Birthday Cake

Joe is a Pharmacist - hence this cake was shaped like a large Pill

- and surrounded by a range of coloured fondant shaped other 'pills'!,

most notably small light blue diamond shaped ones! -(Viagra!)...

... but then with these ladies I'm not sure there would be much call for them!

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Lizzie's Little Mermaid ~ 6th Birthday Cake

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This Mermaid theme birthday cake was Lizzie's idea - as you can see, my imagination got the better of me and we ended up with a full sea-scape, even down to the sand! (brown sugar!)