Top tier fruit, the other two are a white chocolate sponge. Torted with layers of cherry preserve and covered in fondant. Can’t wait to see it assembled!

Sadly his wings didn’t dry out enough in time for me to paint them and attach them so he had to go wingless, but he seemed to go down well regardless. Annoyingly the glaze made his eyes ‘run’ a little. I am proud to say he raised £90 (photo courtesy of Hazel)

He gained eyes, and a glaze to make him look all gelatinous and slimy His wings are made and drying out ready to be painted tomorrow.

Ok, this fella stands at 10inches tall! He’s made from 4 ‘pound cakes’ stuck together with butter cream, some dowels placed in to hold him up. Sculpted and crumb coated and then covered in about 2kg of fondant. The tentacles were all individually added and then he was painted green with dabs of blue. He’s […]

Having been asked to make a friend’s wedding cake I was desperate to do a trial run of at least one tier to be tasted and viewed and duly criticised so I knew what I needed to practice and perfect for the big day. I am concerned, this is the first formal cake I’ve done, […]

Made as Christmas cakes. Chocolate sponges, with butter icing, and covered in fondant

Commissioned by a friend, chocolate sponge, chocolate butter icing and fondant. Good fun to make!

Commissioned for the birthday of a work colleague. A two layer chocolate sponge, sandwiched with chocolate butter icing (and all the extra shapes ‘glued’ on with butter icing), carved into shape. Crumb coated with same icing and then covered in fondant. It’s the first real shaped cake I’ve done that I’m really happy with (the […]