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! 

A bouquet of flowers

At my church, we hold a woman's event event every couple of months for the women of the community to just relax, hear a bit about women in the bible or things that the bible has to say about women. Its an amazing evening, and throughout it, the women have a wide selection of cakes, brownies and other really nice desserts available to them. However, this time, they decided to have a cake which would act as a raffle prize and one of the ladies would win it at the end, and so I was asked to make said cake. Although it may seem like a lot of icing, it is very fun to do and extremely pretty to look at! Thanks to my mum for helping particularly with this one though, definitely a two person job! 

Autumn cake

As we draw nearer to winter and have to close the doors of summer, we get the stunning colours of Autumn and I love the amazing combination of leaves and stalks that the beautiful season brings! Therefore, I loved the chance to be let loose on my paint and go mental with colour! I certainly love this type of cake!