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Fireman Sam Cake

I’ve got a few more things to catch up on and then we will get to Christmas. Swear. Cinnamon, snowflakes, sparkles, the whole lot. But for now let me tell you about this birthday cake. So I had a request for a second birthday with a specific design…a Fireman Sam cake (cute!) but, could fireman Sam be putting out a fire…It took me a while to figure out how to translate that on to a cake. Mostly because

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Peach Birthday

It’s been a while. Too long in fact and I’m sorry. I have a pretty good excuse though, so hear me out. I’m currently doing an internship in an amazing cake shop. Working as hard as I can and learning a lot. I’m there most waking hours of the week so outside of work have only made a few cakes here and there over the past six weeks. They have also had to happen mostly in the dark at night so I haven’t had a chance to take many proper photos. Ok excuses over. Let me tell you about this cake which

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Happy Birthday Donna

You can’t really go wrong with flowers. In most cases flowers are always a good option. Whether you’re remembering an anniversary, thanking someone, finding a way to jazz up your hair, deciding what to put on an empty table or choosing how to decorate a cake for your Pilates teacher. In my mind, flowers are the way forward. I wanted this cake for my teacher, Donna, to be both simple and pretty, with a little touch of birthday sparkle. I’ve only made sugar flowers a couple of times and

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Gin and Tonic Cake

Let me be honest and tell you that I got a bit drunk while making this cake. I guess I was asking for it when I tasted my first (I think) gin and tonic at 9:30am on a Wednesday morning. I don’t really ever drink gin and tonics, it’s not really stored in my brain as something to choose as a drink or even like that much. However, I know lots of people love it, including my Grandy, so it was the perfect flavour choice for her birthday cake. There is a serious amount of gin in this cake which is good because

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