Jak turned 22 yesterday, so we celebrated with presents, cake and cookies (more of which in another post). After eating most of the devil’s food cake I made at Christmas, he decided he wanted to same cake for his birthday. The whole cake is chocolate (bar the blue vanilla buttercream), so it was ideal for him! Continue reading “Chocoholic Heaven”
I had the final class of my Wilton Cake Decorating course on Monday night, not sure what I’ll do with myself now it’s all finished! We spent the first half of the class learning how to pipe writing and ribbon roses. Piping writing is still tricky, it’s hard to keep it looking neat but it really helps if you have a thin consistency of buttercream to work with. I found that my buttercream wasn’t thin enough, so midway through a letter, the buttercream would break off, so some of my words ended up a bit lumpy when I tried to join them back together. Continue reading “Wilton Cake Decorating Course – Final Week”
I made this cake for my cousin Sophie, who turned 17 just before Christmas. Her original request was .. a little too difficult to fulfil (a blue ferret, with pink glittery wings as the centrepiece) so I decided to go with something a little bit easier! I originally saw the cake design done all over with fondant icing, but thought it might taste a bit too sweet so went ahead with vanilla buttercream and a bit of fondant icing instead. Continue reading “Sophie’s Birthday Cake”
This is probably my most ambitious cake to date! It was a New York themed chocolate birthday cake for my dear friend Zoe 🙂 Continue reading “Z’s Birthday Cake”
This was the first “proper” cake I made, for my friend Miriam’s 21st birthday. I had recently tried out a red velvet cupcake recipe and they tasted yummy, so I decided to bake her a red velvet cake! Continue reading “Miriam’s Birthday Cake”