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Artist’s cake for 95th birthday

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Caroline called me from Oxfordshire and said she had been searching for the perfect rich fruit cake for her father in laws birthday. He is a very talented artist and she had been googling ideas and when she came across a picture of a cake I had done many years ago on this web page. She wanted an almost exact replica except with penguins (who knows?) and Sydney’s signature ‘S’ on the sides. Caroline sent her husband all the way down to the coast to collect it – I really hope that the birthday boy is pleased with it

Poppies and cornflowers

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Florence is celebrating a big birthday this month and this is one of the two cakes I helped her with. Florence’s neice made the fruit cake and the marzipan which I used to cover it. Then I iced it and applied the edible printed border that is round the edge (no, I didn’t paint it). But I did make the sugar poppies and cornflowers to go on the top and matched the print on Florence’s lovely dress.

Happy birthday Florence

Mike’s birthday

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I made a cake for Marilyn’s birthday a little while ago and now she wants one for her husband Mike. He was in the police force, has a lovely black Labrador and his Land Rover is his pride and joy. So an eclectic mix of sugar models to celebrate his 70th birthday on top of a proper old fashioned rich fruit cake

Quilt makers cake

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Kens wife Elizabeth is a keen quilter and he asked if I could bake her a special birthday cake with the sort of applique quilting squares that she sews as part of the design. Inside is a marzipan covered gluten-free fruit cake.

Golfing theme

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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.

Roses for a Diamond Wedding

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Jan and Julian have been married for 60 years. They have been on a lovely cruise with their family and are now having a party for their friends. Jan carried beautiful orange and yellow roses on her wedding day so here they are again, 60 years on as part of her cake. Inside is a rich fruit cake covered in home made almond paste. Delicious

Florists Shop

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Back in the day, Tara’s godmother was a well known florist in Covent Garden. For her 80th birthday celebrations, Tara asked me to make Isabel a fruit cake (with homemade almond paste) depicting the shop. Tara found an old black and white photo of the property which I did my best to copy. Tara also needed me to feature a pig in the design … a long standing family joke. So here it is. I hope your godmother recognises it Tara and that you all have a lovely day.