birthday cake

Today is my Dad’s birthday! The plan for the cake came from my sister Lauren. She chose a Rugby themed cake because Dad is Rugby mad AND the Six Nations are on at the moment. Bonus. I made him a Victoria Sponge cake covered in green fondant and decorated with an England rugby player scoring a try. I moulded the figure and the ball out of …

Last week I made this birthday cake for my friend’s Stepdad who was turning 65. I’ve known him for a long while now and I can safely say he is one of the kindest people I know. I don’t think I’ve ever made him a proper birthday cake before as he’s typically travelling around this time of the year, so I wanted to make him something special for his big birthday. He has so many interests and great achievements that could have been incorporated on the cake but my friend and I decided to celebrate things a little closer to home. I kept the design …

Happy New Year! I hope 2016 is a wonderful one for you. Sorry if you’re on a health, no sugar, vegan, whatever kick but there’s going to be lots of cakey and foodie travel posts coming up this week. Having a little catch up to ease myself in to this year. Starting with this 80^th birthday cake I made just before Christmas. I wanted to keep it pretty and floral while still …

I’m completely in love with this cake. It was an order to celebrate a lovely lady called Holly’s 21^st birthday. To design the cake I did a few things. I spoke with her Mum about the kind of party she was having, including colour schemes, invitations and table settings. She also linked me to Holly’s Pinterest, this gave me a good idea visually of all the things she likes. We decided to include her love of palm trees, beachy vibes and inspiring texts. I saw a Hey There Cupcake! Cake that used patterns and text in a cool way which inspired the design. Keeping to the monochrome theme I set about …