Most cake designers cater to a certain area within a city. Maybe, to an entire city (if it’s a small one). And, if the word about their cakes really gets around, they may get orders from neighboring cities as well. However, Romina, a work-from-home mother of two, delivers her cakes to an entire country! OK, … Read more
It’s soon my daughter’s birthday. I thought I’d make another handbag cake but a different look this time. And I wanted to incorporate things in her life that mean the world to her, this is what I did I had to do all the modelling first. I made the face and the legs of a pug … Read more
This cake was made for my grandson Billy. He loves the Cloud Babies. Before cooking the cake I made the cake topper using a polystyrene cake dummy in a 6″ round. I covered this in blue icing and left it to dry out. Meanwhile I made the sun, moon and the pink horse and pink … Read more
It’s my friends birthday and I wanted to make her a cake so I decided on a present cake. I only made a small round cake and when cold I filled with jam and butter cream. I then covered in butter cream and placed in the freezer to chill. Meanwhile I colored some roll out icing … Read more
It’s my moms birthday in a few days. I know she loves roses so this was going to be the theme of her cake. I decided to make just a small cake this time it’s just 5″ round. First I made the roses in brown icing, 1/2 flower paste 1/2 roll out icing. I colored … Read more
I did this Cars spiral birthday cake for my son’s 4th birthday. He is a big fan of the Disney Pixar film ‘Cars’ and when I asked him how he wanted his birthday cake, he immediately said ‘Lightning McQueen’. He already has some small toy Cars characters from the film so I thought of putting them … Read more
Who said that a nice cake should be difficult to make? This Ice Age cake is a particular example of how to make a cake that looks good but at the same time it’s very easy to prepare. First of all I prepared the cake board. I kneaded together some white and some ice blue … Read more
Baby showers are becoming more and more popular even here in Malta. Lately I was entrusted to make a cake for a baby shower. The party organiser contacted me and told me that they were going to be approximately 25 persons, that the theme is going to be wild/jungle animals and that the mother-to-be doesn’t … Read more
Cake designing and art go hand in hand, you can go as far as calling it “edible art”. Yet, Patricia from Memphis, self-taught cake designer/artist, proclaims she was “TERRIBLE at art and avoided it at all costs”. (She used the all-caps and added that she still doesn’t draw well on paper!). But drawing with icing, … Read more
This cake was made for my little cousin’s best friend’s 16th birthday. She has participated in several pageants since she was little. I started by making gumpaste about 3 days ahead. I tinted it with a little leaf green and cut out her name using some alphabet cookie cutters. I stuck toothpicks in the bottom … Read more
A friend of mine asked me to make a cake for her daughters birthday, at first the cake she wanted was something related to ‘ the only way is Essex ‘ but then she changed her mind and decided to go with the ‘ jackass ‘ logo before making the cake using the cake tin … Read more
This was made for a friend’s girlfriend, who is a really big fan of the show, “Big Brother.” About 5 days ahead, I made some gumpaste, tinted gray with a small amount of black color. Using a template, I made 15 keys (5 extras, just in case!) and poked a hole in one for the … Read more