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Themed Wedding Cake
A unique, personal cake for a lovely couple xxx
Dad's 60th.
My dad loves St. Ives so this seemed an appropriate cake for his 60th.
Cleaner.
A retirement cake for a cleaner.
Wedding Roses
I was thrilled to be asked to make this.......my first official wedding cake! It took ages but the bride loved it :)
Love You Mum
For a friends mummy x
Beep beep....
A fiat 500 fan.
Angry birds
Commissioned by a 9 year old boy.
English Sheepdog
With hand rolled strands of fur this was a cute cake to do.
Spiderman....
with red and blue sponges and black buttercream. A true 'boys' cake.
Lego Halo
The reponse from the 11 year old boy was......."Awesome!" :)
Spitfire
Hand painted from a picture the customer gave me.
Ho Ho Ho...................
Magical reindeer cake.
........over the rooftops.
Heli pad.............
A grown up cake......
.........Tower block
for a heli-copter fan.
T-Rex
Wishing a 3 year old a very happy dino birthday!
Beep beep!
6 year old birthday cake......to exact specifications! :)
Neeee Nawww
An ambulance for a surfing paramedic!
Pink Christening
Girls Christening cake with hand made teddy.
A little boy's......
A lovely little boy designed this cake, he was quite fussy......
..........dream cake!
but it looked fab :) Nice and bright!!
Fred
Someones lovely pet Fred in cake form.
Something like a Tractor......
a forager.... apparently lol
Horse Lover
surprise 21st birthday cake for a horse mad lady.
Mini Bees
An alternative birthday cake.
Wedding cupcakes :)
For some specials friends on their special day x
Handmade Thistle Cake
I copied a real thistle to try and re-create a beautiful scottish thistle!
Buzzzzz..........
For a promotional evening,,,,,
Bumble bees and flowers
......to advertise some new products.
Pretty!
Simple but pretty :)
Promotional Cupcakes For Boots
Boots were having a promation and wanted some tasty treats to give to customers. I was very excited to be asked!
Rainbow
Looks simple enough from the outside, but this cake had a hidden surprise!
Birthday girl
Such a cute photo the parents gave me permission to use a pic of their gorgeous daughter eating her 5th birthday cake :)
Jungle
A bright, colourful cake for a 1 year old.
Henry Hoover
Probably the cutest cake so far :)
7 year old cake!
I may not be an expert on the Pokemon characters, but the 7 year old I made it for certainly is!
Chocolate Fan
A yummy, pretty cake for my sister and 2 friends. They got to share a big cake this year as it was my sisters 30th!
Roses
This is such a pretty but simple way to decorate a cake, I love it!
Race horse
This was a bit of a challenge, getting all the pieces to stay in one place, but I was really pleased with the result
Surprise cake............
My 5 year old designed her own birthday cake this year. All very colourful......but I thought I would add a little colour of my own :)
............rainbow cake!!
And here's the surprise. Her little squeal of excitment when she saw it was just lovely!!
For my HK mad 3 year old
My youngest daughter was adament she wanted a Hello Kitty cake with a purple spotty dress! Not fussy then lol
Sweetie bag
My brother in law had to share his birthday with my girls joint birthday party so I made him a special cake to make up for it!
Ice cream cakes
No icecream involved at all!!
Commission for Boots.
The staff at Boots were having a Christmas shopping evening and wanted some celebration cupcakes..
Greenday
For an added surprise the red cake is green sponge and the green cake is red sponge!
Hello Kitty :)
I enjoyed doing this one very much. And after seeing it my little girl decided she wanted one for her 3rd birthday.
Cupcakes
Lemon cupcake with lemon curd filling and lemon cream frosting. Vanilla cupcake with strawberry filling and srawberry swirl frosting. And chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting!
Quackers
For our local duck race. The kids loved them! :)
Brrrrrm Brrrrrm
This may look similar to the other Tractor I made but it is infact a 'Ford' and the last one was a 'New Holland!' lol See..... I know my tractors! Well, 2 anyway :)
Horse mad!
For my cute nephew :) He wanted horses and rabbits xx
Bright and funky!
This one was for a lovely lady in Wales celebrating her 60th birthday.
Spring cupcakes
I made these for a thanksgiving service of a lovely lady from my church who passed away to be in heaven with her Lord Jesus. x
Chocoholic
Yummy yummy! A chocolate cake made of chocolate cake :)
Hole in one!
Happy birthday Graeme!
Christening Cake
This one had to travel to Wales!
Girlie Christening
For a gorgeous girl. God bless!
Dustbin Lorry
A little boy is dustbin lorry mad! And his mum loved it as well.
Buzz lightyear!!
For my nephew Joel who started this whole fiasco 2 year's ago :) Love you xx
Artists Canvas
Complete with oil painting tubes!
Tractor
An 18th birthday cake. The young man recieveing this drives a 'new holland'?? And that is the extent of my tractor knowledge :) lol
Mini Mario
A 5 year olds dream cake.
Pink Animal Print
A girlie cake for a 21st girlie party.
Arsenal
A surprise birthday cake.
70th Birthday surprise
The person I made this for has always loved horses.
Diamond wedding anniversary
For a special couple celebrating an incredible milestone!
Chocolate snowman
An alternative Christmas cake! :)
Flowery birthday cake
For a friend's birthday x
Christmas fruit cake
A silvery, sparkly, snowy cake xx
Gup A
I made this for an Octonauts fan for his 6th birthday. The sugar screen was removable!
Baptism cake
A celebration cake for a baptismal service at our church.
70th birthday
An old family friend asked me to make this for her mum. They come from a big farming family.
Chocolate raspberry
Made for my husband's birthday :)
Cheeky monkey!
A lovely 10 year old girl drew up a design for me of her perfect birthday cake. And she was very pleased with the result :)
Bath tub
For my 'designer' husband. Happy birthday. Complete with sugar bubbles. xxx
Sewing machine
My biggest challenge to date!
40th birthday
A 40th birthday cake for an F1 fan.
Dedication cake
My friends asked me to re-ice their wedding cake for their little boy's special day. A pleasure!
Gardening
A twist on my gnome cake for a keen gardener who hates gnomes. :)
Christening cupcakes
For a baby girl's special day x
Jigsaw puzzle piece
I hand painted this. Is it baking or art???
Ben 10
Not a subject I am familiar with having 2 girls, but the boy I made it for seemed to think I'd done a good job, and that's all that matters :)
New shop opening
I started working for a certain company and I took a cake in for the staff on the day the shop opened.
Spotty!
For my sister Emma and friend Emma who share a birthday. I love the reversible ribbon!
Band master.
My first master class helping a friend make a cake for her brother. A very enjoyable evening!
Mario!!!
I had to keep this one secret as it was for my brother in law's surprise 30th birthday.
Mario close up
I tried to get the details of the game correct.
Pink palace
I try to make each castle individual. Colours, and extras etc are picked by the customers unless they give me free reign on design!
Square castle
This one was made square, and is chocolate inside!!
Garden gnome
I made this one for my dad who grows his own veg and loves gnomes!
Flower pot
This one was a spur of the moment creation one night for my mums birthday.
Owl
My father-in-law,, who has always adored owls, was turning 80. This was a perfect accompaniment to the owl experience day he was given as a present.
Lotso bear
I had no idea who Lotso was when I was asked to make this cake as I hadn't yet seen Toy Story 3. Now, I am an expert!
Gruffalo
My Nephew who started this whole cake situation a year ago had a Gruffalo party this year, so he requested a Gruffalo cake.
Fairy castle
This is a simple version of the Princess castle below. But is one of my favourites.
Princess castle
This was my 2nd ever 3D cake for my 2 princesses. My eldest, who was 3 at the time, still talks about this cake!
Thomas
Apparently the 3 year old I made this for thought it was a toy when he first saw it.
Cat
A friend wanted a cat cake for her Nan. This one was a bit of a challenge. I ended up hand painting it.
Digger
I love this digger. And thought the smarties worked well.
Cricket bat and ball
My husband got 2 orders through work, for the same guy. One to share with his family.......
Secret cake
A lovely man came to me with a design he had done to get a secret cake for his wife's party :)
2 Tier cricket theme
and a bigger one for his party. Both cricket themed.
Spring cupcakes
A closeup of the embossing.
Golf Bag
Another sporting fanatic!
Chocolate Christmas tree
As half our family don't like fruit cake I decided to make a chocolate cake as well, and my daughter requested it in a Christmas tree shape.
Football
When the little boy I made this for saw it, he actually hugged it! What more could I ask for!
Shoe box and shoe
Mt sister's mother-in-law has a shoe obsession. She is also very good at cakes so I was a bit nervous about this.
Dedication star
My youngest daughter's name actually means star, so it seemed fitting to make her dedication cake in a star shape.
Chocolate dedication star
I made this cake for my eldest daughter's dedication service.
2 tier ballerina
A ballerina cake for a little ballerina.
Giraffe
And here is where it all started! Still probably my favourite of all. I'm emotionally attached!
Woody
I take it all back! Woody beats Thomas for the most challenging. But he is cute :)
Rugby cake
This was for a rugby fanatic who was turning 30!
Animal Print
For an animal loving teenager!
Girlie
A quick cake whipped up for a fab friend x
Mini wedding cake
This was a bit scary to do but turned out pretty well.
Quack Quack!
For my youngest nephew's 1st birthday, and he loved it!!
Jewellery/Make up
For a teenage girl who is mad about make up and jewellery! All things girlie :)
Woody No.2
My second attempt at Woody. How do you think it compares??
Ariel from little Mermaid
My daughter requested this for her 4th birthday. She was so pleased!
Snow White
And my youngest had this one for her 2nd birthday x
Pretty piping
So after making Ariel for Keziah's party I made this small one for family tea time on her actual birthday.
Irish theme
The brief for this one was that it was for an Irish, Catholic priest!