Cakes we made in May, 2009
Fondant Flower Cake
This cake was made for the Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity. The charity were taking part in the Essex Food Show at Cressing Temple Barns. They wanted to use the cake as a raffle prize to contribute to their fund raising efforts. … continue reading ‘Fondant Flower Cake’
Bowser Birthday Cake
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’
Fairy Toadstool 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’
