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.
Ian is a keen road cyclist and celebrated his 80th birthday with his family. To add to the fun, Penny asked me to make him a cake for them all to enjoy featuring his beloved blue bike. So here is the lemon layer cake, decorated to fit the occasion.
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.
Debbie contacted me months ago to order a special cake for her intrepid mother in law. Margaret will be celebrating her 80th birthday this weekend and then on her actual birthday will set off in her campervan with her Labrador Molly by her side. They are off up to the Scottish Highlands to complete the North Coast 500. What a way to celebrate!
So here is a lemon layer cake depicting the scenery of Scotland around the sides
Good luck to you both, have a wonderful trip.
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!
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
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.
Christine’s partner Neil chose to have a cartoon character themed fancy dress party to celebrate his 50th birthday. He chose to go dressed as Jim Carey in The Mask and after a few different ideas we came up with this simple but effective design which would cater for the large number of guests. The bottom tier is a raspberry and buttercream vanilla sponge and the top is lemon cake with homemade lemon curd between the layers. Everything is completely edible – I was particularly pleased with the sugar hat and the vivid colours are certainly eye catching. I am sure you all had a fabulous time. Happy birthday Neil.
Karen contacted me months ago to ask me to make a gluten free cake for her 60th birthday party. The ice bucket is made of gluten free lemon sponge with the ever popular fresh lemon curd filling and everything else is made out of sugar. Hope your party went well Karen.
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.
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