Classic Car

Rosemary and Derek wanted a memorable cake for their son’s 60th birthday. They chose a Victoria sandwich cake in the shape of classic sports car. We added personalised number plates and some silver lustre to make it sparkle. I hope it went down well Rosemary, it was great fun to make.

Golfing theme

Mary has made a lovely fruit cake for her friend’s birthday but asked my if I would ice it with a golfing theme. The cake looked and smelled delicious when I opened it up Mary, hope it is a success.

Climbing wall

Theo was having a very exciting 6th birthday including the installation of a climbing wall in his bedroom. His Mum asked me to make this vanilla jam and buttercream sponge in the shape of a climbing wall, complete with Theo clambering up it for his party. How wonderful. Climb carefully Theo.

Field sports cake

Maggie and Rick’s son J works hard and plays hard. He enjoys the shoot so Maggie asked for something that reflected this for his 50th birthday lunch with the family. Turns out he went off shooting after the lunch which was extremely fitting. This is icing camouflage and then hand-cut sugar silhouettes with a couple of sugar feathers to finish it off. Inside is a classic jam and buttercream vanilla sponge cake.

80th golf cake

Di organised a big day to celebrate her 80th birthday with family and friends at home. As well as making a small mountain of scones, some lemon drizzle cake and an egg free chocolate cake, Di asked me to ice this lovely rich fruit cake that she had made herself. She has spent a life time involved in golf and came up with the idea of the design of her cake. Translated into sugar with a few additional embellishments, here it is. I hope you had a wonderful day Di.

80th silhouette cake

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.

Paintballing party cake

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.

Anyone for tennis?

Ann has been playing tennis all her life and her family wanted a special cake for her 90th birthday. Inside this racquet is a jam and vanilla sponge and the balls are made out of gluten free sponge cake. Hopefully this meant that everyone could have a bit.. very many congratulations Ann, I am sure you had a lovely day with your family and friends

Matilda cake topper

I’m going to be away for Angus’s sister’s birthday so her mum asked if I could make a sugar Matilda to go on the top of her home made cake. Here she is. All Rachel has to do now is do a bit of baking.

Ted’s football cake

Ted’s birthday always falls in the summer holidays and Trish asked me to make him a special cake for his 9th birthday. Underneath the Man U colours is a chocolate sponge filled with sticky chocolate ganache. I understand that the family made short work of it. Happy birthday Ted.