Princess Castle

My very pink princess castle.  I really love this cake - so girly and pretty.  The bottom three tiers are filled with layers of white chocolate mudcake with strawberry buttercream.  All the decorations with the exception of the beads and the fairy are hand-moulded fondant. 

 My ugly bug cake!!  This was the first time I had attempted a round cake.  His body is cake with the tail and head hand-moulded in fondant.  My favorite part of this cake is the two little bugs - they are so cute.  Hope you enjoyed it Josh - happy birthday!!!

This mushroom cake was the biggest challenge I have given myself so far.  The cakes were strawberry cakes with strawberry buttercream.  The mushrooms and fairies were hand-moulded with fondant.  I am really happy with the final result.  Happy birthday Sophie!

Cupcakes for a 16th

Croquembuche

My very first attempt at a croquembuche - each pastry is filled with either vanilla or chocolate continental custard and then dipped in chocolate.  Yummy!!!

Cute Cupcakes

Cute ladybirds and bees with buttons and bows.  So much fun working with fondant - I really loved making these.

 Anyone for chess?  When cut there are small white and chocolate squares inside reflecting the pattern on the top.  The entire cake is covered in chocolate ganach and chocolate squares.

Chocolate Truffle Box Cake

 Well I certainly had fun making all the different truffles for this one.  The cake itself is a citrus white chocolate mudcake covered in ganache.  The decorative side panels are solid chocolate and the entire cake is then piped with ganache around the edges and of course, topped with all the truffles.  Delish!!!

Black Forest Cake

 This has certainly been the most decadent cake I have ever made.  Three layers of cake interspersed with ganache, cream, cherries and kirsch.  The decorations on top are meant to reflect the forest floor with twigs and leaves.  This cake was truly delicious!

Fairy Log Cake

 I loved making this Fairy Log Cake - it was completely different to anything I had done before and I learnt quite a few new techniques.  I'm sure any little girl would love this for her birthday cake.

Chocolate Windmill Cake

This cake has three layers with chocolate
buttercream inbetween each layer.  It was then covered in ganache.  The hardest part of this cake was doing the chocolate collar.  It took me two attempts but I think it turned out ok in the end.

Chocolate Cupcakes

Term 3 of my cake decorating course and I decided that learning about the art of chocolate would be a fun term to do. 
These cupcakes were done in the first class where I learnt how to make the chocolate decorations on the top.  I think they look quite impressive.

Birthday Cake

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I made this cake for the daughter of a very dear friend of mine.  I was pleased with the way it turned out - hope she was too!

 I made this cake for my sister for her birthday.  I was really happy with it - I think it looks very girly and pretty.  It is a carrot cake filled with lemon buttercream and iced and decorated with fondant.
Happy birthday Christine Anne - love you xx

Masquerade Cake

Had fun making this masquerade cake - hope you like it.  The masks, draping and balls around the base are all in fondant.  It was my first attempt at draping and I think it turned out ok. 
This was my last class for this term.  I now have a few weeks break and when I go back for my 3rd term we will be doing cupcakes and cookies.  I've had a sneak peak at what we will be making and they look great so am really looking forward to starting.

Engagement Cake

With this cake I learnt how to marble the fondant and do the cut-outs along the sides.  Ring box and lid made with fondant.

Baby Shower

 I made this cake for my niece Sharon who had just had a beautiful baby girl, Holly.  This was a white chocolate mud cake.  The blocks, booties, bib and dummy were all made from fondant.  The bib has a patchwork design over it with a lacy-look edging.  The same quilted tiles are around the base of the cake.

This cake looks nice done in any pastel colour or even in a combination of colours.

Mothers Day Cakes

 I made these two cakes for my mum and mum-in-law for mothers day.  Both were fruit cakes covered and decorated in fondant.

Gift Box Cake

 This was my first attempt at working with chocolate fondant and I also learnt how to do the embossing along the sides of the cake.

Celebration "explosion" Cake

  This cake was a lot of fun to make.  It can easily be adapted to suit any occasion.  A change in colours or cut-out shapes can convert this cake to suit Valentines, Engagement or even a Baby Shower.