Other celebrations

Diamond Wedding and 80th birthday

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Jill and Eric celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary with family and friends at a local hotel. This is a rich fruit cake (Eric’s favourite) iced with marzipan and white fondant and decorated with diamond ribbons. On the side is a bunch of hand made sugar sweet peas.

Jill was married on her 20th birthday so has always had to share her birthday celebrations with her anniversary. This year, she decided that she would also have her favourite cake – a squishy chocolate sponge, filled with chocolate fudge, iced in chocolate buttercream and covered in chocolate sweets and golden sprinkles. I hope you both had a wonderful day and congratulations

Petanque club celebration

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Back at the start of the summer, New Milton Petanque Club had a grand opening of their two new terrains. I was asked to supply a suitably celebratory fudge filled chocolate cake for the occasion. I understand the newly elected mayor dignified the occasion and that it all went well,

Two tier diamond wedding

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Rachel and Patrick are celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary with a family lunch at a local eatery. Their daughter ordered this two tiered cake – the bottom tier is lemon sponge with home made lemon curd and the top is a chocolaty chocolate sponge. Circlets of sugar roses and a bespoke topper to finish it off.

Very many congratulations to you both

Cat’s whiskers

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A double celebration lunch today. Cheryl and Lin both had birthdays this week but way more exciting than that, they are soon going to have two new adorable kittens living with them. In anticipation, here is the lemon layer cake in rather stylised cat form which they have plunged a knife into and recklessly consumed this afternoon. Happy birthday and congratulations on your imminent new family members.

Golden wedding lace and freesias

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Another golden wedding anniversary. Trevor and Alyson chose a lovely rich fruit cake soaked in brandy and covered in traditional marzipan and icing. 50 years ago, Alyson had a lace dress and carried a bouquet of multi coloured freesias so I tried to replicate that in sugar on the cake. Great party as well. Happy Anniversary you two.

Sporty Golden Wedding

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Liz and Martin celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a family party at Chewton Glen. They are both keen sports players – Liz of tennis and Martin of golf and they particularly wanted a cake that would reflect those interests. Inside is a lemon sponge layered with home made lemon curd. On top are a sugar golf club and tennis racquet and a pretty golden message. Congratulations to you both.

100th birthday cake

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Gwen had her super-milestone birthday coming up and Chris asked if I could make a cake for her mum to share with her family as well as some matching cupcakes that she could distribute among her friends. Chris had seen a cake on this Facebook page that she liked the style of and asked for similar decorations on a jam and vanilla sponge. So here we are. Very many congratulations Gwen and many happy returns.

Roses, freesias and white chocolate

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Sarah and Steve sing in the same choir as me. They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary last weekend with friends and family from all over the world. Sarah wanted a lemon and white chocolate sponge big enough to feed everyone and decorated with the yellow roses and freesias that she carried in her bouquet 40 years ago. I also made a few gluten free lemon and white chocolate cup cakes for those that preferred them. Very many congratulations to you both.

Dachshund cake

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Jack’s birthday has come round again and each year he has a big party to celebrate, during which he raises funds for Oakhaven Hospice. Jack had a cake with blue and white bunting last year and he wanted the same this time round but also a sugar model of his wire haired dachshund Lola. Here it is, they sent me a picture of Jack with his cake, by then adorned with indoor fireworks. Glad you had a good evening Jack

Cruise Liner Wedding Cake

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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.