Christmas ice-cream cone cupcakes

Having been given several Christmas/winter themed cutters, we really wanted to make use of them during this festive time. So, we collaborated them all together and gave some flat-bottomed ice-cream cones a Christmassy touch. For these, I have to thank my brother Alex (The three leaf holly leaves and the snowflakes) and Sam (The individual holly leaves). Cant wait to use them again in the future! However my fondant plunger collection is getting pretty extensive :) 

Hello Kitty cake

 Having never done a cake that was particularly a child's cake, we were quite excited about this one. A simple concept: Hello Kitty. Along with the concept came the plea for as much pink and as much glitter as we could possibly include. So to complement the cake, we bought some glitter dust, not realising that when it said "Adable glitter" it didnt mean that the glitter was edible, just that was the name of the company. It was not supposed to be consumed in large amounts. However, thankfully it could be used sparingly, so we just added little amounts to some of the flowers around the edges. Like one of my previous cakes, "Cheesy but sweet" :) 

Guitar themed cake

With this cake, we felt a little bit of pressure to make the cake decoration decent, as we were given the cake in the first place. So, with no guarantee of what the cake would taste like, we had to make sure our decorations were simple but effective with the cake we were given. As impressive as the staves on the side look, they were not exactly simple, so we thought we would balance the complexity with the simpleness of the spread out notes on the adjacent sides. Also, along with this cake, came the catastrophe of writing 18th birthday when it was for a 21st, with black royal icing on white fondant. Thank goodness it wiped of cleanly :/ 

Hamburger cake

Considering that it was my brother's 18th, we wanted to make him another cake that was particularly descriptive of him. He LOVES his food and burgers are something which he has loved since the start, so we had some serious fun designing and decorating this one. With the yellow icing looking like real cheese and the tomatoes so red, we loved this at the end. Im thoroughly looking forward to making this one again thats for sure! 

Spain flag cake

It being almost exactly a year since i made my first proper fondanted (is that a word?!?!) cake, I thought it would be good to make my brother a birthday party cake that would look effective throughout the party. As the party was Spanish-themed, we thought a flag would be apt and even though the emblem was tricky, it was worth it! Next time, perhaps sharpening off the edges would be better... Ah well, always keen for improvements! 

Guide dog charity cake

I was honoured to be able to make a cake for a coffee morning for a guide dogs charity, so we thought about what sort of dog to try and make with fondant. Dogs are hard to do, but I felt I'd had some practice with the gromit from my previous cake. Overall, it was great to make it and I was thrilled to hear that it raised around 200 pounds when they raffled the cake! Although making fondant figures can be frustrating, it is certainly becoming something I thoroughly enjoy! 

Gromit and Shaun the sheep cake!

With a love for Gromit and Shaun the sheep, I was happy to be given a concept for this cake that was simple but looked effective! I thoroughly enjoyed making all the little models of the animals and the piping, and love the arrangement of colours, although we thought it a little weird that when we first did the grass, it was lighter than the base, and yet now its darker!