Linda
This Cycling cake I made for my son in law who’s birthday was in January. He got a new bike for Christmas and all the biking gear so I thought I’d make him a cake with a difference. I started by making the bike and the man. I made a frame for the bike out of flower icing because it … Read more
I love decorating cakes as a hobby. I was asked by a close friend to make a number one cake for her friend’s baby. This is how I made it: I started by making a grey bear out of half flower paste and half roll out icing. This hardens better and is easier to model … Read more
Our son was 30 and he is an electrician by trade, so we decided this Electrician birthday cake was a good idea for a cake. I started by making the tools for the top of the cake. I made some pliers, a screwdriver and a plug. These were made out of half flower paste and half roll out … Read more
I started by making the cake topper which was a tree. I used a wooden skewer, placed this into my cake dummy and started winding wire around it and formed the branches of the tree. These were then covered in icing using fondant and flower paste until the tree was the design I wanted. It … Read more
This cake is for our granddaughter who is 2, she loves Raa Raa the noisy lion, so this is what I decided to make for her. I started by making the model lion so this had time to harden. First I made a cone shape in a mustard color. I then attached some white roll out icing … Read more
I was asked by a friend of mine to make a Fred Perry logo cake. I baked an 8” round sponge cake and when cold I filled with jam and butter cream and then sandwiched together and then covered the whole cake in butter cream and placed in the freezer for 10 min until hardened. I … Read more
I was asked to make a cake with a parrot on the top because her partner loved parrots. I started by making the parrot because it had to dry out in stages. I placed a wooden chop stick into a cake dummy and wrapped some wire round it to form the head and the tail of … Read more
I baked this Decorator’s Cake for someone we know, I was told he used to be a painter and decorator hence the cake I made. I baked an 8 inch Madeira cake, sliced it through the middle and filled with jam and butter cream. I then covered with butter cream and placed in the fridge … Read more
I started this Beer Birthday Cake by baking one cake in a 1pint pudding bowl, and another cake in a 7inch tin. I used :- 10oz self raising flour 10oz caster sugar 10oz butter 2 tbs milk 1tsp vanilla essence 5 eggs This is the mixture for the two cakes! It took the pudding cake … Read more
Pink XXXL Cup cake mold (silicone) Lemon sponge cake recipe Ing: 16oz self raising flour 16oz caster sugar 16oz margarine 8 eggs Juice and zest of 1 lemon Method: Pre heat oven to Gas 3/170oC. Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix on low speed at first till all ingredients are combined, … Read more
This is the first time Ihave made a giant cup cake. I hired a cake tin from a local cake decorating shop, it only cost me £2 to hire for 2 days. This is the recipe I used: 16oz self raising flour 16oz sugar 16oz butter 8eggs vanilla essence Baked at gas #3, just below … Read more
My husband loves the Simpsons so I thought I’d make a Simpson Birthday Cake. I baked an 8″ sandwich cake filled with butter cream and jam, then covered with butter cream and then roll out icing. I then made Homer Simpson. I rolled out some white icing in an oval shape for the torso and … Read more