Yesterday we celebrated my husband’s 30th birthday. It was a really fun party and I made the cake! I wanted to make it to his taste and incorporate a car cutout. Unfortunately, the 3rd tier didn’t happen but I was still really happy with the cake. It was a chocolate cake with chocolate marshmallow fondant. I haven’t made a lot of 2 tier cakes so I was really happy with how the tiers worked out.

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Yesterdays task after work was to finish decorating this cake a friend asked me to do for a stag/doe party. As soon as I got home I got busy mixing the buttercream icing for under the fondant. I add a little bit of creamcheese in with the mix as well as some colorless vanilla. I sprinkled the top with cocoa after the cake was iced. Read the rest of this entry »

This week I’ve been under the weather with a cold/laryngitis so I haven’t been up to much. Tonight was my last cake decorating class so I decided to go because we don’t talk very much so I could be quiet and finish my final cake which incorporated what we’ve learned about gum paste and fondant.

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So last night after my first fondant and gum paste class my friend came over to make a 50s inspired cake for her mum’s birthday. I came up with the design idea, she baked the cake and then together we made it happen. Working with a friend was great because the decorating went really “quickly” and we had the cake iced and decorated in under 3 hours. Read the rest of this entry »

So after I finished my last wedding shower cake my sister’s whose birthday was this weekend promptly commented that her birthday was coming up and she sent me a picture of the cake that she wanted which was an incredible 3D super mario inspired cake. Now, I have only taken 2 cake decorating courses and although I’m improving the details of this cake were beyond my beginner capability and I didn’t have all the tools necessary to make a cake of that detail. But I knew she really wanted a super mario cake so I set out to take her challenge and do my best.

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Since my eyes are now in recovery I think they are finally starting to go back to “normal” – although they do still feel strange when my eyes get tired – and I feel more confident when I’m doing my cake decorating and photography etc…

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This weekend we celebrated at a bridal shower the engagement of my cousin, J. We are all thrilled for her and are really looking forward to her fall wedding. I had the pleasure of decorating a cake for the party. Due to circumstances outside my control I had to bring what supplies I could fit into a carrying bag and decorate the cake the morning of the party. I decided I wanted it to look like it was wrapped in bands of ribbon with tiny blossoms. I made a ring out of marzipan and decorated it with pearl dust. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently I went to visit my Mummy’s Mummy. Upon my arrival I was told that there was a surprise for me but not knowing what to expect I followed my Mum’s instructions and discovered my grandmother had taken in a lodger… Read the rest of this entry »