Linda
My daughter asked me to make a baby shower cake for a friend of hers, she didn’t know what she was having so she decided to go for lemon and mint green. I started by making the decorations for the cake. I made flowers using 1/2 roll out icing, 1/2 flower paste and used my daisy … Read more
My niece asked me to make a wrestling ring birthday cake for a friend of her’s 30th birthday. I started by baking an 8″ 3 layer square vanilla sponge cake. When cooled I filled with jam and butter cream and then covered in butter cream and chilled in the freezer for 20 minutes. When chilled … Read more
I really enjoyed making this pond birthday cake , it was for an 80 year old man. I was given a hand drawn picture of an idea they had George loved sitting in the garden by his pond and the rest was left to my devices. I started by making different shaped flower pots out … Read more
My sister in law’s friend wanted a hospital bed cake with a nurse sitting on it for a relations 70th birthday. I agreed to make it for her as I hadn’t made one like this before and this would be a challenge for me and I love a challenges. I worked out how big the bed … Read more
It was son to be my dad’s birthday. I love making cakes and only need an excuse to get baking so I had a think what to make for him, they were going on holiday in a month’s time so I thought it would be a great idea to make a holiday cake. I started by … Read more
I was asked by my niece to make this number 8 birthday cake for her daughter. She was going to have a party at the bear factory where her friends could make their own bear, so she wanted something to incorporate a bear. We decided on a number 8 with a bear and flowers on … Read more
I was so excited when I was asked to make this ship birthday cake. I’d never made anything like this before, this was for a young lady who works at my hairdressers who was leaving to work on a cruise ship. I made an A4 size cake in vanilla sponge. I had previously made some … Read more
This bear and doll cake was for my friend’s granddaughter. I started by making a bear in brown with a cream muzzle. I then made a doll with brown piggy tails and a pink dress on. I made a vanilla sponge cake, she only wanted it covered in butter cream. I filled the cake with butter cream and lots of jam, … Read more
I was asked to make a barrel cake for my friend’s son who is to become 30 years old. She decided to have a cake the shape of a barrel with two pints of larger on the top. I made a four layer 8″ vanilla sponge cake and filled the layers with jam and butter cream then … Read more
I was asked by a friend of mine to make her daughter a giant cupcake made with chocolate sponge. I started by making the butterflies out of pink flower paste using a butterfly cutter, these were placed on a piece of foil shaped in a v shape so they dried with there wings up. I … Read more
My daughter asked me to make her neighbor a birthday cake, he loves gardening so we decided to make him a flower pot cake. I baked 2x 7″ round sandwich cakes and 1x 4 1/2″ sandwich cake. When cooled I started with the 7″ cakes and the top cake was the 4 1/2″ cake. I filled them with butter … Read more
I made this Finding Nemo birthday cake for my hairdresser for her granddaughter, she said she loved Nemo the film and decided this was what she wanted. Before baking the cake I needed to make the decorations so they dried out. I started by making the body of the fish. I colored one piece of icing in orange … Read more