80th in bloom

People find me in may different ways and Janet was put in touch with me by our hairdresser. Janet wanted a special but simple cake to share with her family and friends on her 80th birthday. This is a vanilla madeira cake filled with jam and buttercream and topped with tiny pink and mauve sugar flowers in the shape of the eighty. Just right.

Two tier diamond wedding

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

Rosie’s first birthday

Annie contacted me through FB messenger to ask if I could make a cake for her daughter’s first birthday. She sent me some pictures from the internet of the sort of thing that she liked and after a chat on the phone we came to a decision. Inside this pretty cake is a Victoria sponge layered with jam and buttercream. The cake is covered with more buttercream and decorated with handmade models. Happy first birthday Rosie.

Vegetable patch birthday

Teresas mum is 90. She wanted a special cake decorated as a vegetable garden. Just one snag, her mum doesn’t like icing. So we left one corner of this lemon cake uniced, put some biscuit crumb gravel in the top and made a sugar garden shed to cover it up. Hey presto. The rest has chocolate soil and little sugar vegetables. Hope we’ve kept everyone happy!

Bright Gerberas

Libby has had cakes from me in the past and this time asked me for a lemon cake decorated with bright sugar gerberas for her daughter’s birthday. When I delivered it she admitted that she was going to share it as it is her birthday too

Happy birthday to you both

100th birthday cake

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.

Freesia cake

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.

Pretty pink flowers

Jason asked me to make a cake for his mum’s 70th birthday. He found a picture of a design he liked, sent it to me and we based the cake on that changing the colours and flowers to suit. His mum loves pink lilies so this jam and buttercream layered Victoria sponge was iced in white and then covered in pretty pink flowers and a little bit of sparkle.

Carol’s Bird Box Cake

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.

Roses, freesias and white chocolate

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.