Darragh - Pint of Guinness Birthday Cake

Darragh celebrate his birthday over the weekend.  We made this to celebrate.  It is a 7" carved chocolate biscuit cake.  (All Bernie, I'm not allowed carve cake!).

Robert - Harold the Helicopter Birthday Cake

Time is flying. We made Robert's christening cake and now he is the ripe old age of three : ) The cake is an 8" chocolate fudge and everything is edible, except for Harold's runners, they are made from foamcoare covered in sugar paste.

Daragh - Christening Cake

There is a er, funny (depending on which side of the cake you were standing) story to go with this cake. Remember how I asked if one could die of embarrassment a few weeks back??

I've put it underneath the photos as it's rather long winded and a bit sweary.

This is Daragh's christening cake. Daragh, 1 R, had an 8" lemon cake to celebrate his big day. I was delighted to make it as we had made his mum and dad's wedding cakes a few years ago. Happy days.

I posted this on a cake forum I'm a member of as I knew they'd get it. So today I delivered my Tim Burton cake to Maynooth and came home with Darren (the husband). Pottered around and then went to shop to think about dinner for tomorrow.
Oscar rang. "Colm just rang about his cake. He's wondering are you on your way?"
Turns out the cake I thought was for delivery tomorrow, on my way into town with Gruncle Bill is for TODAY!
Legged it home, met Darren at top of the road and we booted to Clontarf.
Arrived just in time for dessert. Saw customer and FELL. IN. FRONT. OF. HIM. AND!!!!!!!! Dropped the effing cake in the process.
Yup, not only was I late, I killed the bloody cake.
I picked myself up, asked where the kitchen was, limped off and began reassembling the bloody eddies that I had managed to break as I threw the cake on the ground. I broke the bow on the cake and destroyed the little boys name, Daragh, and .. yeah. It was a fecking disaster.
Colm, my client and Daragh's dad, kept trying to reassure me (as I bled) that these things happen and "sure, the baby won't remember". I replied that, whilst it will make a fantastically funny story one day, right now I was mortified, horrified and beyond embarrassed. Told him I wasn't sure what was upsetting me more. The forgetting the date was today NOT tomorrow or arriving and throwing the cake at him.
He asked if I needed a hug and I said yes. I said yes?????? I stood in front of him and cried into his pristine white shirt. I'm blushing just thinking of it. I was so upset the client gave me a big hug and told me I was wonderful and I'd always produced great cakes for them and he was sure I'd do it again in the future but ................. fucking hell.
So, in short, I was nearly a day late. Managed to be just two hours late but then fell over in front of client, in front of restaurant staff, in front of ALL the guests and killed the cake.
p.s. if you wish to assemble the most maniacal looking teddy ever all you need is a pen, borrowed from a waiter, a glass of water, a spoon and a knife.
p.p.s. In trying to save the cake I cut my wrist, bruised both wrists, knees, elbows and chin and cut my knee.
p.p.p.s. I think you can die from embarrassment NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS.

What makes it worse is, I came home and decided, on Geraldine's advice, to have a bath, ice the knee/wrists/elbows and allow myself to get over it all. I ran the hot water and ended up with about three inches of the stuff. Eldest son had used it all. So yours truly sat, crying, in a bloody puddle. For an hour. I sat in cold water for an hour, puce in the face with mortificatiion and cold of arse.

Darragh - Communion Cake

An 8" zesty lemon cake made to celebrate Darragh's communion.

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Marianne - Smiley Emoji Cake

Marianne orders a cake off us every year. This year it was a smiley emoji. A dinky little 6" vanilla cake.

Guess How Many Smarties Cake

This was a bit of a rush as the end of April came around two weeks earlier than I was expecting. The cake is a 6" vanilla cake and there were 279 smarties in that little well.

Kate - Christening Cake

Made for Kate's daughter's christening, this is an 8" x 6" high raspberry swirl cake. The cake is covered in a white chocolate buttercream. Peony and bunting handmade.

Aisling & Clare - Wedding Cake

Huge congratulations to Clare and Aisling who got married today. The cake is an 8" zesty lemon and I cannot begin to tell you how much I loved making it.

Clare and Aisling are our gorgeous brides (Clare due a baby in less than a month!), Greta sat in front of them strangling the cat is their beautiful daughter and the wee boy and girl (I want pink glasses) are their niece and nephew. 

Lot of love on that cake.

Margaret - 40th Birthday Cake

Myself and Kathryn had been emailing back and forth for a while before it clicked with both of us that Margaret is my lovely neighbour.  This gorgeous lady is the mother of four, married to a handsome chap from Bath, she herself hails from Mayo.  She teaches and loves the odd glass of wine!!

Toby - Fireman Sam Birthday Cake

Toby is a big Fireman Sam fan so I got to make this for his second birthday The cake is an 8" chocolate fudge and everything is edible excpet the top of the er, red thing? It's a cake drum covered in sugarpaste. 

p.s. anyone knw what these hose wheel thingies are called?

Enlightened Pilates - Birthday Cake

This is a 10" chocolate fudge cake and was made to celebrate the Pilates studio's birthday. A take on a christening cake we made earlier this year

Chelsey - Victorias Secret Bag Birthday Cake

This is a 10" chocolate biscuit cake and made to celebrate Chelsey's 21st birthday.  

Ferdia - Millennium Falcon Lego Birthday Cake

I was so excited when Ferdia's mum ordered this. Many, many pieces of lego later ... gulp. Nah, delighted with it and I hope Ferdia was too. The cake is a carved chocolate fudge cake and everything is edible and handmade.

Kaiden Dean - Christening Cake

This was made to celebrate Kaiden Dean's Christening day.  The cakes are an 8" and a 4" chocolate biscuit cake.  Design supplied. 

Ombre Swirl Graduation Cake

Bernie took a photo of this beauty before she iced it. It's vanilla sponge layers match the swirls on the outside.