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.
Pam had a few days away with her old friends to celebrate her big birthday. Ann surprised her with this lemon layer cake carved into a golf hole. I gather you all had a fabulous time.. I suspect the noise level was pretty high at dinner that night!
Ian and his twin brother celebrated their 70th birthday together this weekend. Ian has spent a lifetime playing golf so his chocolate seven was decorated as a golf hole (big dogleg right!). His brother on the other hand is a railway enthusiast and builds model trains so his gluten free lemon cake zero has a track with a sugar steam locomotive on it. I hope you enjoyed your weekend chaps.
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.
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.
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.
Margaret and Alan both have their birthdays just two weeks apart. This year they had one big party to celebrate a bit of a milestone at Rays in Milford. They asked me to make this very personalised two tier cake to share with their friends after the meal. The bottom tier is for Margaret – a fresh lemon curd and buttercream layer cake decorated with flowers and butterflies. The top tier is Alan’s – a carrot cake filled with cream cheese frosting and decorated to reflect his love of playing golf. I know you had a lovely day. Happy birthday to you both.
Barbara loves her golf and her friends organised a celebratory lunch at the golf club for her birthday. This is a lemon layered sponge, iced in fondant and topped with an edible sugar golf buggy. Happy birthday Barbara.
This is a cake that I made to commemorate the long and happy life of a very special lady who passed away earlier this year. Her family gathered from far and wide to remember her together. She had a wealth of interests but especially golf, bridge, her garden, embroidery and jigsaws. She was well known for her intolerance of squirrels, so I sneaked one on as the picture on the puzzle. Every last bit edible of course.
This cake was made for the 80th birthday of a lady who threw a big party for all her friends. She has spent much of her life raising money for hospices, she continues to play golf weekly and is a demon bridge player. All these activities were symbolised by the sugar decorations on the cake.
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