Horse Themed Birthday Cake

Here's a first attempt at carving a horse from cake! This was for Sophie's birthday and she loved the end result! 

The whole thing is edible, including the rosette :)

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

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

Horse/Pony Themed Birthday Cake

Macey loves horses and ponies - what little girl doesn't? I know I did as a youngster! Macey's mum asked if I could create a cake for her birthday with a modelled pony on, and this is what I did. It's based on a cake she found online here (I'm not sure of who the baker is of the original) and is delicious vanilla sponge decorated with fondant. 

Close up of the border detail and fence post

Piped message on cake

Modelled fondant horse detail

Thanks for looking! xx

80th Birthday Cake

About a month ago I made a very individual wedding cake (http://www.joscakeshuddersfield.blogspot.com/2012/01/80s-themed-wedding-cake.html) and the bride's mum asked if I could make a birthday cake for her next door neighbour who was turning 80. He keeps geese, so she asked if I could make a duck pond style cake but with some white geese on, and here it is. 

The bullrushes were made using raw spaghetti and everything was edible. 


What a lovely neighbour! xx

Border Collie Dog Birthday Cake

I always like a bit of modelling (no, not the catwalk variety unfortunately - I'm way too normally shaped for that!) and when asked to model things for cakes, I can't wait. This week it was the turn of a border collie dog for my client's mum's birthday. I was sent a picture of the dog and asked to recreate a cartoony version, so here it is! Complete with rug and bowl of food... 

How cute is that?! xx