Home made meat pies

Ok, Shane made them. But I made them look pretty. I want to make our own puff pastry next time, stay tuned!

 

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How much notice do you need for a cake?

Courtney called me on Monday and asked how much notice I need for a cake. 'I want an alpaca cake' she said. Ok Courtney. For future reference, I like to have at least a week!

 

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Accountant's cake

Happy Birthday Fleur!

Fleur asked me for a calculator cake for her 30th birthday, little did she know I would make her actual calculator!

I got an edible image made from a photo of her calculator, then cut up the parts I wanted to make the keys, switches and screen. It all turned out really well and people were having trouble locating the cake because they thought it was just a childrens toy sitting on the table.

This one was Lindt white chocolate mud cake with vanilla buttercream.

Neigh!

This little guy turned out so cute I just couldn't wait to put him on the cake before I shared him! Thank you so much to yourstrulytx from YouTube for a great tutorial on How to make a fondant pony!

I'll post another pic once he's on the cake x

Craig's Handbag

Craig wanted a handbag so I made him one. The end.

But really, this was for a lady who he works with, the lady who usually organises everyone else's birthday cakes, so they thought she deserved something special.

It was really fun to make and I've been hanging to use this recipe - flourless orange and almond cake with rich dark chocolate ganache... Jaffa!

This is my first post from my new iPad so let me know what you think! - can you tell the difference and is the photo ok?

 

Liana's Baby Shower

Thank you again to Liana for asking me to do yet another cake!

This time it was for her baby shower and she pretty much let me come up with the ideas this time. I had originally decided to do a gift box cake, but yesterday I was googling baby shower cakes to work out what message it should have, and came across this one and thought it was really cute!

I used Lia's tutu when I was taking the photos, another idea I got from a wonderful cake decorator who I follow on YouTube, mackandnorm (Andrea). And who also gave me an idea for Lia's birthday cake - can you work out which it is?

Anyway, here's how Liana's cake turned out. I didn't stick the booties down in case she wanted to keep them. Let me know what you think!

It was white chocolate mud cake with purple vanilla buttercream, yum!

Food that looks like food!

It's only a month late but I've just finished Shane's 30th cake. We've been so busy we haven't had time to celebrate.

Behold - The hamburger cake!