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

18th Birthday Cake

A great idea for a young lad's 18th birthday cake - nudey ladies popping out of a present! The ladies were hand modelled from fondant but have some stars covering their modesty :)

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

Chocolate and Blue Giant Cupcake for Christening

Katie asked if I could make a giant cupcake for her son Finley's christening with some "normal" sized cupcakes for her guests. The colour scheme was specified by Katie, and here's the final result!

Handmade edible bow detail

Chocolate frosting with fondant stars

Bootees detail

Chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate frosting

Waiting for delivery... :)

Inside the giant cupcake was a vanilla sponge cake topped with chocolate frosting, and the normal cupcakes were chocolate sponge with chocolate frosting, made with finest Fair Trade cocoa. 

Thanks for looking! xx

Four Tier Lace and Ribbons Wedding Cake

Here's a look at this week's wedding cake. 

It was a four tier square cake, with the top and bottom tiers being luxurious fruit cake and the middle two being sponge. Each tier was iced in white fondant, then the top and third tier had royal blue ribbon detail applied while the second and bottom tiers had cornelli lace detail hand piped onto it. 

The bride also asked for some handmade sugar flowers to be added to each tier, so here's a piccie of the finished cake:

And a close up of the sugar orchid spray...

This cake was super heavy - I couldn't even lift it, so my hubby had to help with the delivery. It's a good job he's strong! xx

Mid Yorkshire Golf Club

Jo's Cakes is a preferred supplier at The Mid Yorkshire Golf Club in Darrington, nr Pontefract. This is a fabulous venue for a wedding with some very reasonable prices for their wedding packages - check out their website at http://www.midyorkshiregolfclub.com/weddings and have a browse through their wedding section. The newly refurbished Fairways suite would be the perfect venue for a wedding reception. 

Zebra Print Wonky 18th Birthday Cake

This is a version of one of the first wonky cakes I ever did, and every time I get asked to make it I love doing it. I'd have loved a cake like this for my 18th (many many moons ago now!). Two tiers of vanilla cake carved into the classic wonky shape with zebra print sugarpaste/fondant icing decoration, finished with ostrich feathers and a sparkly diamante number. 

I had a message from Amie's mum to let me know she loved it, which was lovely  ~ "Thanks so much Jo the cake is beautiful Amie loves it x". I hope Amie had a brilliant 18th birthday, and not too much of a hangover the day after! xx

Jo's Maternity Leave...

Regular followers of Jo's Cakes on Facebook (www.facebook.com/JosCakesHudds) will no doubt know that my maternity leave is creeping up, so as from 26 February 2012 Jo's Cakes will not be able to take on new orders until the week commencing 2 July 2012. Those orders booked in for June will of course be honoured, as that's my "easing myself back into work" month, but we'll be back with a bang (and a new little cupcake helper!) in July. Please note that during my maternity leave my emails will be checked sporadically, and  therefore there will be a delay in responding. 

Thanks for your understanding! 

xx

Vintage Style Butterfly Cupcakes for a Wedding

Over the summer I was asked to create the wedding cupcakes for the fabulous Richard Daniels and his lovely wife Gill. Richard is a swing singer who I've had the pleasure of listening to many times - check out his website http://www.richsingsswing.co.uk/. 


Here are the cupcakes - vanilla sponge topped with vanilla frosting, with a fondant butterfly. Some cupcakes were presented in butterfly themed cupcake wrappers, which added to the overall feel. 

Here is a professionally taken shot of the cupcakes take by Stott and Atkinson Photography of Leeds (www.stottandatkinson.com)

Photo Cakes

Stuck for an idea for a cake, but still want a personalised cake that is unique to you? What about a photo cake? We can create cakes with an edible image on - perhaps a treasured photo, or a child's drawing - if you can print it, we can put it on a cake! 

Sail Boat Themed Cake

I was sent a photo of  a boat and asked to replicate this in cake. This was the first proper boat cake I've done, and it took me a fair old while! Inside was delicious vanilla sponge cake. 

The cake was completed by adding a little edible captain figure.

Thanks for looking! x

Giant Cupcake in Pinks

A birthday cake with a difference, this giant cupcake was created for my client's mum. She loves the colour pink, so my only instruction was to make the cake with pink colours. 

Inside the cake is delicious vanilla sponge cake which is topped with pink frosting and fondant butterflies and blossoms - yum yum! x

Hairdresser Themed Birthday Cake

Here's a cake made for a hairdresser, with edible straighteners, scissors and hair grip. I love the combination of pink and black - it's a very classy look. Sorry about the poor photo for this cake - there is supposed to be a spray of stars in the top left hand corner! 

To enquire about our birthday cakes, please contact us at jos.cakes@ntlworld.com and we'll be glad to assist xx

Corporate Cakes

Jo's Cakes can create cakes and cupcakes for all occasions including corporate cakes. Whether it's a grand opening, product launch or thank you gift for one of your clients, we can create the perfect cake. We can print your logo onto a cake, or create a cake or cupcakes specifically to your requirements. Contact us for a quote - we can deliver for you as well!

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

Rainbow Blocks Christening Cake

Here's a funky christening cake! A square lemon sponge cake iced in fondant with teeny footprints traipsing across the cake. The baby's name is on building block style blocks, and the date has been put on there as well. We can change colours on this - perhaps have the cake iced in white with the rainbow blocks, or have it pink with white blocks - there are loads of possibilities! 

To enquire about our christening cakes, please contact Jo on jos.cakes@ntlworld.com and we'll be glad to assist. 

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

Bingo!

This bingo themed birthday cake was for a bingo fan's 70th birthday and consisted of delicious vanilla sponge covered in fondant and then iced with a message, a bingo card, a couple of bingo balls and a dabber. 

Hope the birthday girl enjoyed her cake and had a brilliant day!

Jo's Cakes has been featured!

Our Marilyn Monroe cupcakes have been featured (albeit a while ago!) on Allthingscupcake.com - click http://www.allthingscupcake.com/2011/05/27/marilyn-monroe-cupcakes/ for a nosy xx

Supermarket versus Homemade...

There have been a lot of posts on that there Facebook recently about the ingredients that go into cakes and what is in your cheapy cakes from the supermarket, so I thought I'd share my experience of supermarket cakes. Last year I was asked to decorate a supermarket bought cake for a lady who was on a super tight budget but wanted a nice looking cake for her mum's 80th. I wasn't too keen, but I agreed. My customer brought me a plain rectangular white iced cake from a well known supermarket to decorate. To say it was shoddily iced was an understatement! The icing was very thinly applied, and had a load of cracks. The edge where it met the cake board wasn't neat (see the piccie where I peeled away the ribbon) - all in all, not good! 

I also took a photo of the ingredients - I've never heard of half of these! This is one of the major differences between a supermarket cake and a home made one. You might end up paying more for a home made cake, but it's got to be worth it knowing what goes into the supermarket ones to give them such a long shelf life! 

Here's what we put into a typical lemon sponge cake at Jo's Cakes - flour, caster sugar, stork, fresh lemons, free range eggs - not 100 different preservatives! 

For our fillings, again we use fresh fruit juices and rinds where appropriate and 2 other ingredients. Bit of a difference, I think you'll agree. With a home baked cake you know your cake has been made with love and care, is much better for you than one with a load of chemicals in and probably tastes a million times nicer as well! 

xx