birthday cakes

80th silhouette cake

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Paul is enjoying a full and varied life and has had a wealth of experiences over the years, starting off in the tank corps of the army and then going on to excel in all sorts of sports and pastimes. Denise asked if I could make an 80th birthday cake to reflect all of this. So here we have a rather smart black, white and gold creation featuring sugar silhouettes around the sides. Inside are two cakes – one lovely farmhouse fruit cake (Paul’s favourite) and the other a vanilla madeira layered with raspberry jam and buttercream. They are stacked on top of each other and iced as one. The cake survived a journey to Devon and formed the centrepiece for his surprize party with family and friends.

Owl cake

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Fearn’s family love owls and this year her birthday party has taken on the owl theme. Fearn’s grandparents always organise her cake and asked me to make this one with a rather solemn looking but endearing sugar owl perched on the top.

Jane’s flower garden

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Beth’s mum is a keen gardener and fills her garden with beautiful flowers. Here is her birthday cake – a jam and buttercream filled vanilla sponge decorated as a pretty garden with pink roses climbing up the sides. All edible and a treat for the family party

Richard’s vegetable patch

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Richard is 80 this weekend. He is a keen gardener and his wife Liz asked me to make this surprise vegetable patch cake for their weekend away with the family. Inside is a vanilla sponge layered with jam and buttercream. On top are sugar vegetables (yes even sprouts) set in chocolate soil with a pair of wellies, a spade and a jolly robin on the top. I hope you all have a lovely time.

Scottish Birthday

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There is a double birthday in this family so Jenny ordered a gluten free vanilla sponge filled with jam and buttercream so that everyone can celebrate together. Decorated with tartan ribbon, thistles and flags and of course a jolly highland cow in the middle, I hope this is Scottish enough for you all!

Hearts and Cosmetics

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Tia’s 16th birthday is later this week and she is off to New York. So her family are celebrating this afternoon and her Gran asked me to make this heart-shaped vanilla sponge, layered with jam and buttercream, featuring her favourite e.l.f. cosmetics

Have a god birthday and fabulous trip Tia

Paintballing party cake

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Arthur and Louis are going paintballing this afternoon for their 11th birthday. Here is a chocolate fudge layer cake covered in chocolate buttercream and dripped with white chocolate ganache. hope you have a great time boys.

Singing Friends

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Margot’s birthday has come round again. This year she wanted her and her five best friends singing their hearts out around a microphone. All on top of a sticky chocolate fudge layer cake. her mum sent me photos of them all so that I could at least get them mildly recognisable! I know you had a sleepover with them all Margot, I hope the rest of your day was as much fun.

Cake for a cancer research champion

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It is Hannah’s birthday today. She has had a really rough year dealing with a diagnosis and then treatment for breast cancer. But, has had the all clear (hurray) and has become quite the local celebrity with her fundraising and appearance in the new cancer research fundraising campaign on national television. Here is her cake festooned with the iconic pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness. Happy Birthday Hannah, you are a star.

The Gruffalo

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Twins Evie and Harry are having their second birthday party today. The Gruffalo is a firm favourite of theirs so here is a chocolate fudge cake topped with all the familiar characters from the story. Hopefully no roasted fox, owl ice cream or scrambled snake today. Have fun