Totally Addicted to Bass - Happy 18th

A hand-carved white velvet cake covered with white chocolate ganache and decorated with fondant.

2014 McKeough Family Christmas cake.

This family Christmas cake is made with  a recipe selected by my late mother.  The fruit and nuts are soaked for several days in Grand Marnier, giving it a lovely moist flavour.

Minnie Mouse.....Happy 1st Birthday

A Minnie Mouse inspired cake to celebrate the 1st birthday of a very beautiful little girl.  The bottom tier is chocolate mud cake and the top tier vanilla bean.  To accompany the cake is a mini 'smash cake', also vanilla bean.

Lets ride....Happy 60th!

A two tiered marble vanilla bean cake filled with dark chocolate ganache and decorated to reflect the love of 'cycling'.

Happy 70th!

White velvet cake filled with white chocolate ganache.

Keep on running

To celebrate the 70th birthday of a fellow runner, I was given creative freedom to design a 'running theme' cake for the occasion. The chocolate fudge cake featured hand painted shoe prints, a 'race bib' and medal.

Frozen #2.......

In case you were not aware most little girls (and some boys) love anything related to the movie 'Frozen' at the moment.  This cake is very similar to a previous 'Frozen' theme cake I made and I'm sure I will be doing it again!

The bottom tier is a chocolate fudge cake filled with dark chocolate ganache, topped with a vanilla bean cake filled with dark chocolate ganache.

Giddy up.....Happy Birthday!

Chocolate fudge cake filled with a dark chocolate ganache featuring a hand made fondant horse topper.

Superhero Cake.....

So who is your superhero?  Hugo will be the superhero of the day,  celebrating his birthday with a 'Batman' cake.

Vanilla bean cake filled with a dark chocolate ganache.

Skate Park.....Happy 11th Birthday!

Callum was in for a bit of birthday surprise with this 'skate park' theme cake. The cake is white chocolate mud filled with white chocolate ganache, decorated with various fondant features and finished with Callum's very own skateboards and bike!

Marry me........

Some close friends recently became engaged during a trip to New York and I was a asked to make a cake using the colours of their favourite football team - the Cronulla Sharks.

I was allowed a little bit of creative freedom with the design  and suggested the New York skyline as a remembrance of the location of the 'proposal' ......

Aloha.....

Caramel mud cake filled with dark chocolate ganache decorated with a classic Hawaiian design.

70's Disco.....

I don't need to say too much about the theme of this cake; - '70's!!!

The bottom tier is chocolate mud cake filled with dark chocolate ganache and the top tier is  white chocolate mud cake filled with white chocolate ganache.

Sacred Heart

To celebrate a Sister of Mercy's 70th Jubilee, I was asked to include the 'Sacred Heart' and the Nun's motto - Abide in Me in Mary. I chose a contemporary design with bright colours to celebrate the occassion.

Vanilla bean cake filled with vanilla bean buttercream, covered and decorated with fondant.

Frozen......

My beautiful niece requested a 'let it go' cake (aka Disney's Frozen) to celebrate her 4th birthday. The cake is chocolate and filled with dark chocolate ganache.

Cars....Happy 3rd Birthday

Chocolate mud filled with dark chocolate ganache and brightly decorated with  a Disney 'Cars' theme. Chocolate cup cakes with vanilla bean buttercream accompaniend the cake.  

The birthday boy's favourite character Lightening McQueen was later placed on the cake.

Happy Christening Day

White chocolate mud cake filled with white chocolate ganache, featuring hand made fondant decorations.

Leopard Print Birthday Cake

Caramel mud cake filled with dark chocolate ganache, finished with fondant and a hand painted leopard print design and hand made sugar roses.

Sail away....

Chocolate mud cake filled with dark chocolate ganache and a simple nautical design with hand painted edible gold details.

Crowning Glory - Happy 21st

A hand-carved vanilla bean cake lavishly decorated and accompanied by a mix of vanilla bean and chocolate cupcakes with hand decorated toppers, to celebrate my niece Laura's 21st birthday.  

Party time!