Birthday Cakes

This cake was made for a 60th birthday. The order was placed by a friend which is always great because friends usually trust me to create something really stunning and pretty much allow me to design it myself.

We decided that a small cake would work best. The recipient was having a celebration with family and close friends and the cake fitted an intimate celebration. … continue reading ‘Stained Glass Birthday Cake’

This was a chocolate birthday cake made for my son’s 5th birthday. It was great fun to make. I started off with 3 layers of cake instead of the usual 2. I needed 3 to get the height for the pumpkin and so that I could cut it into a good round shape. … continue reading ‘Halloween Birthday Cake’

This chocolate birthday cake was covered with rich chocolate ganache and then covered with roses and blossom flowers in fondant icing.

I made the rose petals by rolling out balls of coloured fondant and then making them into tear drop shapes. Then I placed them inside a plastic bag and squashed them with my thumb. This created a petal shape with a raised ridge at the top of the petal. … continue reading ‘Chocolate Roses Birthday Cake’

This birthday cake was created for a 40th birthday celebration. I was given a free reign on this one which meant I could indulge my creativity.I went to Venice a year ago and loved the masks which come in a thousand variations and are amazing, beautiful, stunning and sometimes bordering on grotesque. … continue reading ‘Venetian Mask Birthday Cake’