Happy 18th Birthday

These two cakes were made for two of my favourite people.  Angus is my adorable godson and Lois was just 9 months old when I became her nanny.  I can't believe they are 18....I feel soooooo old!

Angus's cakes are Banana Cake (his favourite) and Chocolate and Vanilla Marble Cake.  Both   covered in Chocolate Buttercream and decorated with Marshmallows and Sweeties, like a Rocky Road.

Lois had a Vanilla Sponge Cake which I split and put in Strawberry Conserve and Vanilla Buttercream and then covered with Vanilla Buttercream, decorated with Handmade Flowers and Jelly Tots (her favourite).  Her other cake was moist Chocolate Cake, covered in Chocolate Buttercream and covered in Handmade Flowers and Butterflies.

Number Birthday Cakes

This was another cake that I adored making.  It was for a couple who were both 50 in the same week.  So flowers for the lady and lots of chocolate sweets for her husband!  One was a chocolate sponge with chocolate chips and the other was a vanilla and chocolate marble cake.  Both covered with chocolate buttercream....divine!

Happy 1st Birthday The Textile Space

My friend Deborah has an amazing business www.thetextilespace.co.uk where she runs courses for all you budding dress designers!  You can go on one of her dress making courses and make your own retro dress for the Festival of Speed!  Deborah decided to have a party to celebrate her first year in business and asked me to make some cupcakes and biscuits.  Obviously, the biscuits had to be sewing related and as you can see I made a full sewing kit with Scissors, Thread, Balls of Wool, Buttons and Sewing Cases.

Sweetie Biscuits...much better for your teeth!

When I made my Giant Bourbon biscuit, my friend Gwen who had ordered the biscuit, also gave out some of my Strawberry Shortcake business cards and hey presto Daisy phoned me up.  It was her boyfriends birthday and he loved sweets and biscuits....put them together and what do you get? ...Sweetie Biscuits!  I made a selection of biscuits which included Liquorice Allsorts, Bon Bons, White Sugar Mice and Sherbert Dib Dabs.  I also put in a couple of Happy Birthday Biscuits and Love Hearts to include Daisy and Aidan's initials.  They were a great success and yummy too...I have been reliably informed that Daisy has this picture on her computer as her wallpaper.  I love it..... a constant reminder of a happy day!

The Smoking Caterpillar....From Alice In Wonderland

I was asked if I could make a Chocolate Brownie Cake for Charley's 16th Birthday.  She is a big fan of Alice in Wonderland and we decided on the Smoking Caterpillar.  I looked on Youtube and found a clip of him on top of his mushroom, smoking his hookah, where Alice comes upon him.  It was great fun making him out of fondant and trying to capture his expressive face.  I also made flowers for the cake and butterflies out of fondant.  It looks great with the candles lit and really brings the cake to life...one of my favourite cakes so far (tasted great too!).

Giant Bourbon Biscuit

I had a phone call from my friend Gwen who asked if I had ever made a gigantic biscuit before!  She had a colleague at work who was leaving and they wanted to give him something different to say goodbye.  He loved biscuits and loved chocolate so I came up with the idea of a giant bourbon biscuit.  I have made regular sized homemade bourbons before but this was a real challenge.  It came out really well and he loved it!

Union Jack Extravaganza Cakes!

I was called by Phil's PA, midweek for a charity cake surprise for the weekend. They wanted something very special, and relevant to all his achievements. I was very excited by their ideas and we created a plan for the big day.  We decided upon a shield in Union Jack colours.  Phil was an ex-soldier who started a charity to help disadvantaged children. My husband made a board in the shape of the shield and I filled it with glorious, gorgeous cupcakes.  The price of this piece was £120 approximately, and it included about 75 mini cupcakes. The photos will show all.