Vintage Birds/Bunting Birthday Cake - My Baby's 1st Birthday Cake!

This is my baby girl's birthday cake. She turned 1 on 12 April - how quickly this last year has gone! I spent my own birthday ganaching her cake with white chocolate ganache flavoured with lemon, and the next day decorating her cake. Surely that's not right?! I spent my birthday last year hoping I wouldn't go into labour! Hehe. 

I went for a vintage/shabby chic look for Holly's cake, as I love it! Not sure about Holly, but she certainly loved her cake. We put her in the high chair and gave her the top tier to "play with" - cue one very sticky, cake-covered baby! I'll have to try and get some photos of her and her cake, but in the mean time here are some of the cake. 

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Fireman Sam Birthday Cake

Here's a cake I made for Kian, my close friend's son. He turned 2 recently and is in love with all things Fireman Sam, so obviously he wanted a Fireman Sam themed cake! 

The fire engine is made from delicious vanilla cake and the Fireman character is hand modelled from fondant.

The cake was a huge hit at Kian's birthday party, thankfully! x 

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Teddy Bear's Picnic Christening Cake

Usually christening cakes are blue for a boy and pink for a girl, but not this one! This was for Darcie's christening, and she was having a Teddy Bear's Picnic theme. Her mum asked for the bears and picnic to be in chocolates and cream colours, so here is the finished cake!

All the bears are handmade from fondant. They are such fun to make!

We had a disaster during the delivery. Just as I was about to knock on the front door, a gust of wind blew the lid off the cake box, and it knocked the littlest bear off the top of the cake! Luckily he hadn't left a mark on the cake, but he suffered broken legs in the accident :-( 

I hope Darcie had a fabulous christening! xx

Owl and Hedgehog Themed Birthday and Christening Cake and Cupcakes :)

I was contacted by Joshua's mum who asked if we could make a cake to celebrate Joshua's first birthday and his christening, and she sent me a picture of the invitations and asked if we could incorporate details from these onto the cake. 

Here's the invitation (I think it's called Happitree)...

 And here's the cake!

And some hedgehog cupcakes too :-)

Happy Birthday Joshua! :-) xx

Cloudbabies Cake

This was a cake we created for Sacario's birthday. He is the most gorgeous little boy ever! He loves the Cloudbabies, so we created a two tier cake with the characters on. His mum asked for the tiers to be wonky, as she is a fan of that style of cake, so here's the finished article!

I must confess, I've no idea who or what the Cloudbabies are so I had to spend a bit of time on Google doing some research!! 

There were also some matching cupcakes featuring either rainbows or clouds to go with the cake :)

I hope Sacario had an amazing birthday party :-D xx

Three Tier Owl Birthday Cake

This was my own birthday cake which I finally got to make this weekend (only six months late hehe). When it was my actual birthday I was 41 weeks pregnant and had my daughter two days later, so wasn't really in the best frame of mind for baking!!

It's a gluten free lemon cake iced in fondant and then finished with a cute owl design. 

Happy Birthday to me! xx

Two Tier Christening Cake

Here's a gorgeously cute cake I did for Dexter's christening this weekend. It's a two tier sponge cake, the top being vanilla and the bottom chocolate, iced in contrasting baby blue and white icing. The tiers then have baby footprints in opposite colours on, and the cake has Dexter's name on blocks. 

The cake is topped off with a cute modelled train topper. 

I hope Dexter had a lovely christening! xx

Pastel Pink Funky 1st Birthday Cake

It finally happened - someone requested a girly version of our popular tiered 1st birthday cake! I love doing these cakes, but the ones I've done have been mainly for boys so I was thrilled to get the chance to do a super girly version. 

I made a number 1 from icing to sit on the top of the cake. 

Inside was a delicious vanilla cake with vanilla filling and strawberry preserve - yum yum! 

Thanks for looking xx

Fireman Sam Cupcakes

It's always nice to get repeat orders from customers, so I was really pleased to be asked to make some cupcakes for one of my recent customer's nephew's birthday party. He loves Fireman Sam, so I made vanilla cupcakes topped with vanilla frosting and a fondant disc with an edible image of Fireman Sam on. There were six different images which made a nice variety in the 24 cupcakes. 

These cupcakes are £1.75 each, and we can make them with literally any image on. Please contact us for more details. 

Thanks for looking! x

Winnie The Pooh style cake

One of my friends' little boys was turning one, so of course he had to have a cake! He loves Winnie the Pooh so we made him this cake. 

Everything is edible, and the characters are hand modelled. Inside the cake was a delicious chocolate sponge - it's making my mouth water just thinking about it! Happy Birthday Kian! xx

Purple Present Style Cake

This is my family Christmas cake this year. After creating and decorating cakes for other people all year, I've been a bit lazy with my own cake and decorated it simply like a gift! Inside is a rich fruit cake (gluten free of course) covered in marzipan. I used purple fondant, as Jo's Cakes' colours are purple and white, and put a handmade fondant bow on the top. This would make a fabulous 1st birthday cake, as we can add a message on a gift tag.

I can't wait until Christmas Eve to cut into it! 

Thanks for looking! xx

Thomas the Tank Engine 3D Carved Cake

This was my first attempt at a 3D Thomas cake, and overall I was pretty pleased with how he turned out. His face was a bit on the small side (he looks like he's eaten the Fat Controller!), but I know for next time! I also made some vanilla cupcakes to go with this order featuring Thomas' face. 

Thanks for looking x

Three Tier 1st Birthday Cake

Here's a cake I really loved making - a three tier chocolate cake decorated in different shades of blue and topped with a cute clown topper. I've a thing about clowns - I don't really like them, but I didn't mind this one! I think it's because he's so cute (and edible!).

A 1st birthday is always a massive occasion, and there's no better way to celebrate than with a special cake. xx

Two Tier Waybuloo Birthday Cake

I was asked to create a two tier Waybuloo birthday cake for Isaac's birthday. His mum sent me a picture of a cake she wanted (I'm not sure where it came from, so if you recognise the design and know who the original baker is please let me know so I can credit them!). The cake was delicious moist vanilla sponge for both tiers. 

Isaac's name was put in large letters on the top tier, and the characters were cut out of fondant and placed around the bottom tier. I then added a starburst to the top of the cake to add a finishing touch. 

Thanks for looking! xx

A Fabulous First Birthday!

Earlier in the year I was asked to make a cake for a first birthday for Charlie, who loved all things rainbow coloured. This is the cake his mum and I came up with... 

 

Four tiers of vanilla sponge which was coloured in different colours so it was all "rainbowy" (is that a word?!) inside, decorated with stars, spots, stripes - pretty much everything! Charlie and his mum loved the finished cake, and the design has proved quite popular with a number of other clients requesting very similar ones. It's one of my favourite cake designs, and I'm just waiting for someone to order a super girly version of it!


Jo x