Crazy Caramel

A buttery Caramel Cupcake filled with Salted Caramel Sauce, topped with Caramel Icing and a Jersey Caramel.

Stars and Stripes

Red, White, and Blue: One of my colleagues is about to set off for three months travel across America so we had a little afternoon tea for the occasion.

A miniature Topsy Turvy Cake made of white chocolate mud cake with ganache and fondant - there were no left overs so I'll assume it not only looked good but was also tasty.

Plain and Simple

A client asked if I could cover a fruit cake for her grandmothers 70th Birthday. It was relatively easy request give that the caked had been made and the client had ordered some flowers to be placed on the cake. Just a simple request - white and plain.

I covered the cake with a layer of marzipan and fondant and kept decorations simple, a plain handmade rope band and roses on the edge of the cake board.

Brunch on the Run

While I have a passion for baking and cake decorating, one of my other great loves is running. I regularly race distances from 3km up to 100km, including marathons. So with this year's racing season well underway I'm heading to brunch with my coach and good friend, Sean Williams with his lovely wife Cindy, daughter Matilda and plenty of running friends from Sean's squad.

To help replenish the energy levels of the group (after our morning run), I baked some cupcakes; White Velvet with Rose-water buttercream and Chocolate Butter Cupcakes with Belgian Buttercream, all with handmade decorations.

Topsy Turvy

My beautiful niece, Laura, has reached one on life's milestones - her 18th Birthday. To celebrate this occasion I made the birthday cake. Some of Laura's favourite things are white chocolate mud cake and the colour lime green, so I ensured both elements featured in the cake.

After baking a couple of white chocolate mud cakes and preparing my ganache, it was time to carve, assemble and decorate. I really enjoyed making this cake and there were no hiccups, however again I learned a lot along the way.

I'm a Little Teapot......

My first attempt at a "teapot cake". I baked a white chocolate mud cake, then carved it to shape. Once the correct shape was achieved it was then ganached with white chocolate ganache and covered in chocolate fondant.

I was happy with the result and the I'm pleased to say not only did I get some great feedback on the appearance, but it tasted fantastic too.

On A Saturday Afternoon

Yesterday my sister, a good friend Amanda and I shared the afternoon decorating cakes. I baked some caramel mud cakes and then covered them with white chocolate ganache plus a few White Velvet Butter Cupcakes to give us a canvass to play with.

I made a "present box cake" and here are the final results.