Project Number 3

Here is my third and final cake for my course.  This time it was covered with sugar paste and we made flowers using flower paste and cutters, we also had to include embossing, crimping, cut out letter and a sugar paste border ... phew!  Quite a lot of techniques on one cake but it was good to learn all of them.  I am on the lookout for another class I can take on making the flowers as this is something Ii have really enjoyed.
June 2011

Cousin's Wedding Cake

This is the wedding cake I decorated for my cousin.  My aunt made the 3 cakes, which are a rich fruit cake, and I decorated them with royal icing.  It is amazing how much work goes in to covering a cake with royal icing but I am really pleased with the result.  I was a little worried about adding the dowels for support as I thought the icing may crack but I was advised to add glycerine to softer the icing and this worked really well. I received loads of compliments on the day and most importantly the bride and groom loved it.
June 2011

Derby Cup Cakes

I made some cupcakes for a party we had after the Epsom Derby last weekend.  They are vanilla cupcakes with vanilla butter cream which was piped with a 1M tube.  I made some run out horse racing themed designs.  After a day of gambling and drinking in the sunshine they went down really well.
June 2011

Project Number 2

This is my second cake which I had to make as part of my course.  It is a round royal iced cake with scrolls and flowers. It has S and C scrolls piped along the top edge and rope scrolls along the bottom.  It is pretty over the top for such a small cake but I quite like the finished look.  Apologies for the messy work bench behind the cake, I am not a tidy cake decorator!
May 2011

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