Birthday Cakes

This cake was made for a 5th birthday party. The birthday cake itself was vanilla sponge cake with vanilla butter cream filling. The usual layer of marzipan was omitted and replaced with a layer of fondant icing.

I began by making the Bowser figure who, for anyone who does not have a five year old boy is a character in the Mario series of computer games. … continue reading ‘Bowser Birthday Cake’

This cake was made for a 60th birthday celebration for a lady who loves fairies.

It is a vanilla sponge cake with vanilla butter cream filling.

The first thing I did with this cake was to make the fairies and pixies so they had plenty of time to harden. I used coloured fondant with gum tragacanth added (see jewel wedding cake) … continue reading ‘Fairy Toadstool Birthday Cake’

This cake was made for a girl’s 7th birthday party.

It was a vanilla sponge cake with vanilla butter cream filling. I missed out the marzipan on this one and substituted it with a layer of fondant icing.

There was not too much shaping to do with this cake because the shape of the bag was almost rectangular. … continue reading ‘Pink Handbag Birthday Cake’

This cake was made for an 80th Birthday celebration.

My client wanted the scout emblem piped onto the cake.

The numbers were fruit cake covered with marzipan and ivory and maroon fondant. When covering numbers it is impossible to cover the cake with one piece of fondant and get a smooth, neat finish. … continue reading ‘Number 80 Birthday Cake’

This cake was made for a friend of mine for her 30th birthday celebration.

It is a chocolate sponge with rich chocolate ganache filling and covering. Ganache is lovely to work with, it spreads beautifully and has a lovely velvety texture. … continue reading ‘Chocolate Curls Birthday Cake’

This cake was made for a 30th birthday celebration. It was a vanilla sponge cake with vanilla butter cream.

My client sent me a picture to work from. … continue reading ‘Football Boots Birthday Cake’

This cake was made for a 21st birthday celebration. My client was having a big birthday party and her colour scheme was pink and orange.

These are both strong, vibrant colours which work very well together. … continue reading ‘Polka Dot Birthday Cake’

This cake was made for a 40th birthday celebration for a man who loves Bond films, particularly Casino Royale. … continue reading ‘Casino Royale Birthday Cake’

My client ordered this cake for his wife’s 50th birthday celebration. He wanted pink and white decoration.

It is possible to buy or hire numeral shaped baking tins. In this case I had a frozen square vanilla sponge cake. Providing it is well wrapped cake freezes very well. … continue reading ‘50th Pink Birthday Cake’

This designer shoe cake was made for a 30th birthday celebration.

The cake was chocolate sponge covered with chocolate marzipan and fondant. I began by making the shoe. I cut the shoe shape from the sponge, filled it with chocolate butter cream and covered it with chocolate marzipan. The colour of the shoe was black with red soles. … continue reading ‘Louboutin Shoe Birthday Cake’