For this Dr Seuss cake I used a 10″ round (3 layers) and decorated it with butter cream. For the tree tops, I used tip 233 making a swirl pattern in pastel colors to look like the trees in The Lorax. I used foam pieces covered in paper to create the Dr. Seuss books which worked as a support to hold the hat. The hat and fish bowl … Read more
A school friend of mine, asked me to make a “Real Tinkerbell”’ cake for her daughter’s 3rd Birthday! REAL, meaning the girl did not want any fake fairies or dolls (who are not Tinkerbell) on her cake, she wanted a fairy that looked exactly like the Real Tinkerbell! I tried finding a plastic figurine, but this being … Read more
I was asked to make a Hunger Games cake for a friend. I did tons of research and decided on just replicating the book. But in much larger scale. I was really worried about making the Mockingjay pin that goes on the front because that is a lot of sculpting, which I don’t really do. … Read more
“Fairies and pirates, pixie dust and buried treasures… how do I capture that in a cake?” That was all I could think of in my jet lagged, exhausted head. My daughter’s 4th birthday party was 3 days away, and I had just landed after a 24h flight, and was devising a strategy on how to prepare … Read more
This cupcake tower was made for a massive fan of Harry Potter. It was her 21st. The hardest part about making this was the toppers. A few of them were pretty straight forward where as the others just wouldn’t work. The Golden Snitch for example, I made them on toothpick the first time but the next … Read more
This Miss Spider’s Sunnypatch Kids cake was my first attempt at fondant characters. It was much easier than I imagined it would be. My son had his heart set on a Miss Spider’s Sunnypatch Kids cake. I knew it would be a challenge, so I offered other ideas. Well, he wasn’t having it, so I broke … Read more
When movies come out my children change all previous planning for their birthdays. We had seen a cake similar to this, but had to create this from memory. This 006 birthday cake was pretty simple up until the “bomb”. I did do 3-8″ layers of white cake with chocolate filling to look more substantial white butter cream with … Read more
After being inundated with requests for 50 shades cakes I came up with this. For the bed I made a 10″square sponge cake which I cut to shape then covered it with lemon butter cream. This was made using a basic butter cream with the addition of lemon curd to give it a creamy consistency which makes it easier to … Read more
My son was about to celebrate his 5 th birthday and for the past 18 months he has been a big fan of DR Seuss books which are not as popular in the UK as they are in the USA so any toys and merchandise is quite hard to find. So for Christmas a few days before his birthday he got a Lorax … Read more
I made this R2D2 cake for my husband who is a big R2 fan. I haven’t made a 3D cake before so it was always going to be a challenge! Also, my husband doesn’t like fondant icing so I had the pleasure of having to use butter cream icing to decorate it. It took two days to … Read more
This Tinkerbell cake is a medium oval plus a small oval chocolate cake, split with strawberry jam on top, and the “tree” is half of a chocolate cake roll (cheated-store bought!). Iced with butter cream and royal, I’m not crazy about fondant. The path to the fairy door is candy rocks and fondany pebbles, grass etc. butter cream. I found … Read more
Make 2 sponge cakes (26x23cm) and freeze them overnight to make cutting easier when making this R2-D2 birthday cake. Remove from freezer and cut while frozen, on morning of party. Cut legs and body extension out of one cake. Place on foiled tray and add rolling iceing (blue and white needed). Make red and silver colours … Read more