Wildlife Cake

This is a WildLife themed cake, bottom grass layer is 12" with a zebra 8" layer then a tiny 4" tree/giraffe layer on top.
£65 to feed 75/80

We will miss you

This was a last minute order for a farewell party, it's a 3 layer 6" vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream and jam.
Decorated in a sky and aeroplane theme.
£30 for 15 people.

Rex

This is a 3 layer 6" vanilla sponge and chocolate buttercream filling.
£30 to feed 12/15 people.
Decorated in a Minecraft theme.

Miles

Happy Birthday Miles!
This is an 8" PS3/FA Cup and Arsenal chocolate cake.
£45

Rose

I realised that I didn't have many classical cakes on here so here is a hand painted rose cake with a plain ivory ribbon. Simple and elegant, perfect for an engagement do.
6"--- £20 to feed 12.

A 'slice of cake' Cake

This is a triangle shaped cake, made to look like it is a slice of a birthday cake but in fact it's really quite big, feeding about 4.
Its a lovely idea for a small family who want a birthday cake without the leftovers!
This Slice Of Cake is £10.

All Wrapped Up

This was a last minute request for a 70th birthday, it's an 8" vanilla and raspberry sponge with buttercream and decorated all wrapped up in a big bow with polka dots in a cerise pink and coral theme for £35.
Portion:  25 people.

Christening

I had a wonderfully busy Saturday getting ready for Lucy and Tom's christening on the Sunday.

I had free range on this cake as long as it included: teddy bear toppers, a layer for Lucy and a layer for Tom, the date and greeting!

On the inside the bottom layer was an almond and cherry cake with almond buttercream, the top layer was a 4 layer raspberry and vanilla sponge. This cake was priced at £65.
Portions: 63

Bertie

This week we had a lovely sunny birthday party for little Bertie's first birthday, he had a 'Mr Tumble' inspired cake.
It was a light 4 layer vanilla sponge with a white chocolate buttercream, it was an 8" cake priced at £35.
Portion: 25 people.

Joseph George

My little man turned one this week and since we had a whole bunch of people over I decided to make a really huge Carrot Cake that was double depth feeding about 50.
Since rolled fondant really doesn't go well with cream cheese frosting I decorated it instead with hundreds and thousands and a bow with a large number one on top; and idea I saw a while ago on Pinterest. I have to say, the floor was covered in sprinkles by the time I was finished!
The little stick in the top is a sparkler since he's too tiny to blow out a candle.

Matilda Mabel

Welcome Matilda Mabel Burlinson!
Since there would be no christening cake, Mr&Mrs Burlinson wanted a 'welcome to the world' cake so it was a white iced fruit cake with navy ribbon and her name and birthday piped around the edge. Very simple and not too girly!
Portion: 25 people

Tom & Lucy

These are two matching cakes for a pair of twins that were turning 1, a girl called Lucy and a boy called Tom. I thought the shape of 1 was already quite a lot of detail so, no wanting to over do it, I simply added their names in building blocks, a few details and a bit of piping and off they went!

The flavours went down a great success, a raspberry vanilla sponge and a cherry & marzipan one, the latter was a new recipe for me which is always a worry but it turned out great, cooked with a thin layer of marzipan inside the cake mix!
Portion: 25 each

Christmas cake

I did a few christmas cakes this year for family members so I tried to keep them all quite different, here are two of them (my favourites) that are 8" for £25.

Lauren&James' Wedding Cake

This summer was my sisters' wedding so I before I left on holiday (about a month before the big day) I made all of the cakes and cupcakes (Carrot, Chocolate Guinness and Vanilla/Raspberry) and froze them, seeing as they are such moist cakes I didn't even have the slightest worry that it wouldn't work.
Only I returned from my holiday 2 days before her wedding to see that there had been a power cut and the freezer and turned off, cakes were all thawed.
It was definitely a challenge to get it done that next day and night but it was good fun with help from family and it made it!

Fathers Day

This Fathers Day was more special than usual because it was my partners first Father's Day as a father himself.
Every time I make a cake or tart my dad will ask whether it's a cheesecake since my mum makes the all time best cheesecake that my brother has had every birthday now for about 15 years...
So I thought I would treat him.
By the way, this cheesecake gets better as every day goes by, not that it will last very long!

Click here for the recipe. 

Coconut Meringue Cake

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!

This is a Hummingbird Bakery recipe, a coco-nutty sponge with a really fluffy meringue frosting.

I knew I wasn't going to have time to make it on her birthday so I made the sponge a week earlier, froze the layers wrapped in greaseproof and cling-film.

They defrosted really easily the night before then that morning I whipped up the frosting which is done on a water bath, its final consistency similar to that of a marshmallow!

Click here for the recipe.

Celebration Time

This was a cake to celebrate many things: My dads new job and Nala coming home after 5 months away and most importantly, the first day we've been able to have lunch outside!

I'm pretty sure this was a Hummingbird Bakery recipe but it was so long ago that I found it I honestly can't remember. 

I've iced it with cream cheese frosting, the roses on the sides are a style I saw on a fellow bloggers' site which I am addicted to. I've shared her link down below. Its a technique that's really quite speedy and you only need a star nozzle and piping bag to master it! 

Find the recipe and method here. 

http://iambaker.net/

Wedding Season

I've been a bit busy lately so I decided that after such a long wait it needed to be worth it. This is my first Wedding cake. Coated in rolled icing, piped with royal icing pearls and detail. Topped off with a W emblem. Hope you like it as much as I enjoyed decorating it.

St Patricks Guiness Cake

Happy St Patricks day!

All I knew in preparation for this cake was that I wanted to make it as Irish as possible. I scoured my books and a Guinness Cake was quite common with really good feedback so I had a go, using the Hummingbird Bakery recipe.

The sponge ended up being surprisingly light and moist, with a light cream cheese frosting it tasted delicious.

Highly recommended. 

English Rose

I wanted to do something really fiddly so I made a bunch of rolled icing roses and I finally got to use an old French lace ribbon that I bought quite a while back but I didn't have a cake simple and delicate enough to suit it.