Cakes we made in April, 2009
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’
Brown Ribbon Wedding Cake
This cake was made for a wedding to match an ivory and chocolate brown colour scheme.
The bottom tier was a round 10 inch cake with overlapped sections of ivory fondant. I measured the circumference of the cake and divided it into inch wide sections. I cut pieces of rolled fondant that were an inch and a quarter in width and laid them over the sides of the cake, overlapping them as I went. … continue reading ‘Brown Ribbon Wedding Cake’
Ribbon and Jewel Wedding Cake
This Wedding cake was designed to match the ribbons and jewels of the bride’s wedding dress.
It was a three tiered cake comprising fruit cake, chocolate cake and a dummy polystyrene tier
The first two tiers were covered in marzipan and ivory fondant, the top tier was covered in ivory fondant. … continue reading ‘Ribbon and Jewel Wedding Cake’
Daisy Wedding Cake
This wedding cake was made for a summer wedding with the reception in a marquee decorated with daisies and some wild flowers.
The main colour on the cake is pale eucalyptus. It has pale yellow and white daisies and brush embroidery decorations.
The sponge was moist lemon with lemon butter cream. I covered each tier with marzipan and pale eucalyptus fondant icing. … continue reading ‘Daisy Wedding Cake’
Wedding Dress Wedding Cake
This is the one of the most ambitious cakes I have made so far. I made it to display at the Squires Kitchen Annual exhibition.
It is completely over the top and I love the design which reflects the design of a wedding dress.
I started a the top and worked down with this cake. … continue reading ‘Wedding Dress Wedding Cake’
Miniature Wedding Cake
I entered this miniature wedding cake in the annual Squires Kitchen Exhibition Competition.
There was a lot of trial and error involved with this cake, mainly because of the free standing collar around the cake. I originally wanted it to be constructed from the ribbons used on the top tier of the cake. Because the ribbons were thin there were a lot of weak points in the collar and it broke. … continue reading ‘Miniature Wedding Cake’
