Cakes tagged ‘Flowers’
Black & White 18th Birthday Cake
As the name tells you this cake was made for an 18th celebration.
When the birthday girl and her mum came to see me they had a pretty good of idea of what they liked and what they wanted. … continue reading ‘Black & White 18th Birthday Cake’
Cake of the Month
My Daisy Wedding cake has been voted Cake of the Month by Jitters Wedding & Events Blog
This is a lovely site with loads of good stuff for brides to be or anyone who likes looking at beautiful pictures, new innovations and inspirational ideas.
You can see how I made this cake on my Daisy Wedding Cake post.
Floral Wedding Cake
This cake is a two tiered sponge cake filled and covered with vanilla butter cream.
Each cake consists of one layer of white sponge, one of pink sponge and one of yellow sponge.
The first thing I did was to make the flowers. My client gave me a swatch of the fabric from the bridesmaids dresses. I made flowers in various shades of this colour. … continue reading ‘Floral Wedding Cake’
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’
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’
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’
White Ruby Wedding Cake
My client needed a big cake as there were lots of guests coming to her parents Ruby Wedding celebration.
The cake was vanilla sponge filled with vanilla butter cream and covered with marzipan and white fondant. My client wanted something simple and elegant. … continue reading ‘White Ruby Wedding 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’
