Martin’s favourite cake is a Black Forest gateau and his favourite thing to do is play golf. So for his 80th birthday lunch Sue asked me to make a proper squishy gateau with chocolate ganache, cherries and cream, on top of which I made a sugar 80 shaped like a tiny golf course. I hope it ticked all the boxes Martin.
Noah loves the Julia Donaldson book ‘Tiddler’ and Lucy asked me to make his third birthday cake featuring the characters from the story. Inside is a jam and buttercream layered sponge and all around are Tiddler and his fishy companions. I have three grandchildren under four, all of them discerning Donaldson fans and I was relieved when all of them instantly recognised the theme of the cake from this photo.. phew!
Happy Birthday Noah
Hugh is 4 this weekend. His grandparents showed me a picture of a cake with a dinosaur bursting out of the top and asked if I could make something similar. This great big dinosaur has a centre of marshmallow and Rice Krispie cake and is covered in sugar paste. Inside the whole cake is a layered Victoria sponge. Hope you had a lovely family party Hugh. Happy birthday.
Ann’s mum’s favourite flowers are freesias so what better than a spray of sugar freesias on her lemon layer birthday cake. This 10″ sponge filled with fresh lemon curd and finished with a pretty pale green sugar ribbon and piping was more than enough to feed 25 people. Hope you weekend went well everyone.
Fearn was 7 this weekend and was off to celebrate with a climbing party. Her grandparents have asked me to make her cake every year for a while now so here is Fearn climbing up two tiers of strawberry and buttercream filled sponge cake. Hope you had a great party
Karen contacted me months ago to ask me to make a gluten free cake for her 60th birthday party. The ice bucket is made of gluten free lemon sponge with the ever popular fresh lemon curd filling and everything else is made out of sugar. Hope your party went well Karen.
Carol had a surprise party just before Christmas. Her family gathered all her friends together for a wonderful celebration of her big birthday. Carol loves her garden and is a keen bird watcher so I made this two-tiered cake in lemon sponge with fresh lemon curd filling for her to share with all the guests. The bird box is all cake and the little blue tit is made of sugar. Wishing you very many happy returns Carol.
Clare asked me to make a chocolate cake for her her mums birthday. The cake in the picture she showed me had a chocolate collar which I have to say, I have never been asked to do before. But hurray! it all worked out. So this is a chocolate cake filled and covered with chocolate buttercream and finished with a chocolate lattice and chocolate-dipped strawberries. I hope the terrible weather doesn’t dampen your celebrations.
A little while ago I was asked to make a slightly off the wall cake for an informal wedding. The Groom has a deep interest in sharks, with his particular favourite being Hammerheads. The Bride is fascinated by edible seaweed….. and they have a cat. So I was charged with getting them all onto this layered Victoria sponge cake. Roses might have been more conventional. I understand it went down very well. Congratulations to you all.
Claire and her new husband John met on a cruise on the Queen Mary 2. They got married today and asked for this layered lemon cake to be iced to reflect their love of the sea, topped with a sugar cruise ship. They are booked on another trip on the QM2 for their honeymoon. Congratulations to you both, I hope you had a wonderful day.
Cakes on Sea 