Grace is 7 this year. Quote : ‘ I need a chocolate horse with a white mane and a white flash on his nose’. So this is what she got. Didn’t take long for a dozen youngsters to demolish him down to the last ear!

Gemma is throwing a house party for her family and friends this weekend, two of whom are celebrating their birthdays. She chose a lemon layer cake decorated to reflect their interests. Hope this fitted the bill.

Val wanted a cake for a family celebration of her husband’s big birthday. Trevor splits his time between golfing and sailing so we decorated this lemon filled madeira cake with themes from both pass-times. Hope it fitted the bill.

George enjoys his vegetable gardening and is a great reader. His wife wanted a fairly simple cake which depicted these interests. Hope this fitted the bill

Grace is going to be six and asked for a unicorn cake for her party. This has chocolate layer cake under the icing and glitter. Hope your friends like it Grace. Have fun. 

Pat asked me for a 40th birthday cake for her daughter. She planned to take it up north with her to the party. Her daughter refused to have her name or age on it, just wanting a combination of lemon and chocolate cakes decorated with chocolate shards. Of course it turned out to be one of the hottest weekends on record when it had to be iced and transported which didn’t make it easy. However, I believe it made it in one piece and was pretty much demolished at the party. Success.

Daphne had a very special birthday celebration tea party at a hotel in Brockenhurst but wanted plenty of cake left over for her neighbours and herself! So we chose two rich fruit cakes in the shape of her age, one to eat at the party and one for later. Her son had very firm ideas about the design and particularly wanted blue and yellow flowers, remembering specially the wisteria that grew around Daphne’s house.

Michael’s special birthday was due to fall while he was away in Tenerife. We needed to make a cake that would travel safely in the hand luggage – so we picked a rich, nutty fruit cake that would fit snuggly into a sturdy tin. Florence wanted the cake to reflect Michael’s love of Flamenco dancing as well as his home overlooking the Solent to the Isle of Wight and the holiday view of Mount Teide. And the whole thing was to be a surprise. Well, I got the cake made, smuggling it to Tenerife without Michael seeing was Florence’s problem!

Barbara’s birthday falls at exactly the time that the apple blossom is out, so what better to decorate her cake. Pretty in pink, complete with little butterfly. Hope you enjoyed your party Barbara.

Karen asked for a small cake to celebrate her daughter’s 30th birthday at home with the family. What better than to dress up a lemon drizzle cake as a Tiffany gift complete with bow and locket. Happy birthday Caroline