Marathon cake
This cake was made for a lovely lady celebrating her 100th marathon. My friend Karen and I went to school together, we’ve known each other since we were 8. Karen and I had a lot in common,…
Wedding Cake
When my parent’s friends recently got married I was thrilled when they asked if I could make their wedding cake. I was also slightly nervous as the word ‘wedding’ somehow adds to the pressure of making sure…
Mother’s Day Cupcakes
My Mum isn’t a huge fan of cakes, but I couldn’t resist making her this cute hydrangea cupcake. I also made some cupcakes for my friend to give his wife and his Mum. Sticking with the flowers theme…
Wedding cake planning
I’m busy planning my first wedding cake. It is for my parent’s friends and I love how pretty everything is. I have loads of ideas and am busy trying them out on a set of cake dummies.…
Valentines
I was very excited about Valentine’s day this year, not for the usual reason of cards and flowers, but because I would get to make my first set of Valentine’s cupcakes. I decided to use my new found love,…
Hulk cake
I loved making this cake for my friend’s son, but it did cause me some sleepless nights. We had planned Ollie’s cake for months, Spiderman, his favourite. The the week before Ollie decreed that Spiderman was no…
60th Birthday Celebration
When my friend asked me to make a cake for his Dad’s 60th I couldn’t wait to get started. A rugby cake, cupcakes and macarons…. all dairy free. This was my first venture into the world of…
Giant cupcake
I needed to practise making a giant cupcake for the base of my Disney Tangled cake I was going to be making a few days later. So my Dad bless him got one for his birthday, probably…
Disney Tangled birthday cake
‘Can you make Maisy-Jane a Tangled cake…..’ ‘A what?’ says me. Not being fully up to date on my Disney films I had no idea what my friend was talking about. So the next day I was…
Shed cake
What do you make a 65 year old male who likes gardening? A shed obviously. I loved making this cake. When I started constructing it I had underestimated how tall it needed to be so quickly had…
