Christening Cake

I have literally just finished this one - it is for the christening of my sister's friend's son.  I was sent a photo of his favourite toy rabbit and made a model of it.  I was asked to do it in the tradition blue and white theme and am really happy with the large polka dot design.  Instead of readymade modelling paste I made my own, I mixed 1tsp of gum tragacanth with 250g of sugar paste and then left overnight.  It was easy to work with and has set hard, but I did use a cocktail stick as an internal support just in case!  This rabbit was my second attempt, the first one looked a bit evil and would probably scare the baby!
May 2011

Butterfly Birthday Cake

My friend asked me to make a birthday cake for her daughter’s second birthday, all I was told was that she liked butterflies.   I made a chocolate sponge cake and used vanilla butter cream, this was them covered in light blue sugar paste.  I made the butterflies with flower modelling paste from Squires, I used a cutter and left them to dry on a piece of cardboard which I had folded into V shape.  I made the flowers with royal icing which I piped on to a flower nail and left to dry over night.    I think it all came together really nicely and will definitely use this style again.
April 2011

Golf Cake

This is the 30th Birthday cake I made for my sister's boyfriend, Andy.  He is a keen golfer and I had never made a 2 tiered cake - so thought I would give this a go.  The bottom tier has rolling hills and a blue sky made from sugar paste and royal icing flags and clouds.  The top tier is made to look like the green using green sugar paste.  I piped bulbs using white royal icing between the tiers to look like mini golf balls.  I have never made a figure before so thought I would give it a go using Squires modelling paste – I think this is something I need to work on!
March 2011