Old Fashioned Charm.

I enjoy making cakes for family members, not only because I love them but I always have total creative freedom. This time I even experimented with a new recipe - Hazelnut and Raspberry Cake filled with white chocolate ganache.

My niece has a passion for the study of history and loves the old fashioned charm of cameo jewellery which gave me the inspiration for her cake. I handmade several  cameos for decoration and finished with pearls and a simple fondant lace. 

Handmade fondant cameo features

Fire it Up!!!!

Somebody has just landed her dream job - firefighter!  So why not celebrate with a pink fire engine cake.

Devils Food (chocolate), filled with dark chocolate ganache, covered and decorated with fondant - 100% edible.

Go Claire!

40th Wedding Anniversary

I was asked to decorate a fruit cake (baked by my neighbour) to celebrate the 40th Wedding Anniversary of my neighbour's parents.  I used a simple, colour scheme  handmade roses, cut flowers and a ribbon - all edible!

Cupcake Fun!

 A selection of cupcakes. 

• Vanilla bean cupcakes covered with white chocolate ganache and fondant.  My beautiful nieces Ruby (5) and McKenzie (2) decorated the cupcakes with edible food markers.  This girls enjoyed showing me their decorative flair and were very proud of their creations. I think they look great too!
• Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, decorated with edible glitter and fondant hears.
• White butter cupcakes with rosewater buttercream, decorated with edible glitter and fondant shoe cut outs.

The girls displaying their creations.

Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

White butter cupcakes with rosewater buttercream

Big and Load..... Happy 21st!

There is 8.6kg of white chocolate mud cake and ganache hidden under all the fondant, so I was thankful for all my weight training when shifting this cake around.

The cake represents the heavy metal band 'Lamb of God's iconic flag.

 

A photo of me with the cake to illustrate it's size.

Happy 1st Birthday Princess

Most of us are quietly princesses at heart, so I really enjoyed making this cake for a 1st Birthday Celebration.

The cake is a Devils Food Cake (chocolate) filled with dark chocolate ganache and delicately decorated with fondant. 

To accompany the cake were 36 mini chocolate cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercream decorated with edible glitter and shimmery gold crowns.

Proudly displayed and ready for the celebration.

Happy 30th

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting simply decorated with handmade frangipanis.