Hats off to you Anne

A birthday present for a friend of mine.  Anne likes hats.  I found the ribbon first and worked from there.  The cake itself was made up of a 10" vanilla madeira and 2 x 8" vanilla madeiras before being covered in fondant.

Sydney Opera House

This cake near broke my heart.  Bernie did a fantastic job on the Harbour Bridge (and baking a 12" zesty lemon madeira) and my job was the opera house.  The client was delighted but I wanted more.  I have since been emailed templates to make the opera house out of paper so, should you want one, next time the opera house will be, in my eyes, perfect.  We named the company well! 

Damien and Dee's Ski Slope Wedding Cake

Every now and then you get to play when you make a cake and this was one of those instances.  Both myself and Bernie didn't actually want to make this cake as Dee is extremely allergic to peanuts.  We cook from our kitchen so kept tying to say 'No' but they wouldn't listen. They both came over for a tasting and it ended with the top layer (8") being a Lemon Madeira, the second layer down (10") as Ginger and Date and the largest layer (12") as a chocolate biscuit.  The couple were delighted but myself and Bernie learnt an important lesson with this one.  ALWAYS leave cutting instructions with the hotel.  They did a terrble job, frustrating for us as, after all that work, you want the cake to be looked at and enjoyed on the day.  Dee and Damien were delighted though - as you can see from the testimonial below.

Firstly thanks again so much for your time, courtesy and great advice - which coupled with your skill and patience resulted in an amazing cake!! It became a star all on it's own on the day, with people literally queuing up to be photographed beside it or to photograph it.  You'll be please to hear that every last bit was eaten between the bbq and family over the next few days. We had many many compliments about all 3 layers, and overall the cake really went down a treat. (I'm already trying to think of an excuse, Christmas, a birthday, anniversary etc for which we can get another cake from you!!)

All the best,

Damian & Dee ( both about 2 stone heavier thanks to large amounts of choc biscuit!!)

Wedding Cake for Jackie

It's funny, all our wedding cakes are named for the brides.  Shall have to look into changing that.  This cake was a feat in itself.  The bottom, 12", cake is Chocolate Biscuit.  The outside of the cake is decorated with white chocolate cigars and the top of the cake is covered in layers and layers of strawberries and red currants.

The next cake, 10", is a Sticky Ginger and Date Cake.  It is covered in fondant before being recovered with a white chocolate fondant.  The top of the cake is decorated with fondant strawberries and leaves.

The top cake, 8", is a zesty lemon madeira.  This was layered with lemoncurd and lemon buttercream before being covered with fondant.  The 'strawberry plant' on top is completely edible and is made of pastillage.

As for the fairy cakes.  These were made in a variety of flavours.  Chocolate Orange, Raspberry and Lemon.  They were topped with either fondant, buttercream or a fabulous white chocolate and sour cream icing.  They were further decorated with handmade flowers, buttons, ribbons, fruit and chocolate curls.

Christening Cake for Jamie

10" Chocolate Biscuit Cake with an 8" Lemon Madeira cake on top.  The bears are all made from fondant and are edible as is the bow and the blocks.  The 'ribbon' stands proud of the cake and has been styled to look like it's threading in and out of the cake.  In total we made 90 cupcakes in varying designs and 50 of those were boxed up to be taken home as 'favours'.

First Birthday - Boinn

This was a late order but it really appealed to us.  The little girl in question has parents who are keen surfers and rugby fans.  The little girl, Boinn, refuses to wear her hat or her sunglasses and is a delight to be around.  That's the spec we were given.  The cake itself is Zesty Lemon, layered with Italian Meringue buttercream and Lemoncurd before being topped with fondant icing.  The water is made from piping gel which has been coloured blue.  The figures etc. are all edible having been made from modelling paste and the sand itself is a simply crushed digestive biscuits.  We were asked to include the Ethiopian flag on the cake as that is where Boinn is from and we thought that the colours would look fantastic wrapped around the cake.

Wedding Cake - Joanne

This, four tier, wedding cake is made from chocolate biscuit (12"), Zesty Lemon Madeira (10") and two polystyrene layers (8" and 6").  We did this as the bride wanted a tall cake and we thought it would be a terrible waste of cake to make an additional two layers.  The couple were very happy with our suggestion to fake the additonal tiers and, as you can see, the result looked fantastic and you'd never know the entire cake isn't 'cake'.

Alice turns 40

This is a 10" Zesty Lemon Cake.  Decorated to look like an exploding parcel.  All the stars, both large and very, very small are handmade.  As is the ribbon.  We also included cake flares and sparklers for more Wow.

We also made a variety of cupcakes/fairycakes, decorated with Italian Meringue Buttercream and handmade stars. 

Callum

 

10" Chocolate Biscuit cake covered in fondant before being decorated with handmade bears and ribbon.

Imogen

10" Zesty Lemon decorated with handmade flowers and buttons.  A number of the buttons have been 'sewn' onto the cake and the ribbon also appears to have been sewn.