Birthday Cakes
Number 80 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’
Chocolate Curls 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’
Football Boots 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’
Polka Dot 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’
Casino Royale 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’
50th Pink 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’
Louboutin Shoe 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’
21st Birthday Cake
Pretty obvious what this cake was for! It is a vanilla sponge with vanilla butter cream filling.
My client in this case was pretty definite about what she wanted and gave me some pictures of other number cakes. … continue reading ‘21st Birthday Cake’
Cartoon Birthday Cake
This cake was made for a 20th birthday party. The character is a well known cartoon character. I wasn’t familiar with it when my client described what she wanted although I probably should be as I have a 5 year old and could pretty much recite the script of some scooby doo episodes. … continue reading ‘Cartoon Birthday Cake’
Roses and Ribbon Birthday Cake
This cake was made for a 50th birthday celebration. It is designed to resemble a bunch of flowers wrapped and tied with a bow.
Having covered the cake with marzipan and allowed it to harden I covered the sides of the cake. I rolled out rectangle sections of ivory fondant which were longer than the height of the cake. I then folded them to create a concertina effect. … continue reading ‘Roses and Ribbon Birthday Cake’
