Jukebox Cake

This cake was for a combined birthday party for a little boy and his grandad, the cake was a vanilla bean butter cake with vanilla bean buttercream, with fondant detailing. It was a fabulously fun cake to make, and very delicious (thankfully there were some off cuts). The fondant details were just some sausages around the edge, then black pieces for the base. The screen and speakers were cut using circle cutters, then black sausages placed around the edge to highlight. The finer details were just a matter of placing a bit here, and a bit there until it looked right.

21st Birthday Cupcakes

I have been playing around with various buttercream recipes, and yesterday I decided to do a bit of them all, and made up my own variation. Here it is pictured on chocolate cupcakes, it's a softer, smoother buttercream which is great for this style of swirl...and oh so yummy! Here is a picture of the cupcakes after they were topped with a fondant plaque.

Farm cupcakes

First day back to Kindy from the June/July school holidays, and as Jack's birthday was on the weekend, I have made these cupcakes for him to take and celebrate with his friends and teachers. This is the first time I have used this grass icing tip and it was so much fun! The fondant animals were leftover from my Rocky show entry, so it's nice to see them on a cake to be eaten! The flowers were also leftovers from my recent flower garden cake, although I did make some red lady bugs and flowers, and I think the hints of red really brighten the display.

Angry Birds Cake

My little boy turned 5 yesterday, and his "big" present was an ipod touch. Both of his brothers already have one, and his favourite game is Angry Birds. I have seen several angry bird cakes online, and was thrilled when he decided to have one for his birthday. He didn't actually have a party this year, so the cake was just for our family, grandparents and some cousins. I decided to go with a 7" round chocolate fudge mud cake, with chocolate ganache. I added green fondant just to the top of the cake then assembled the angry bird tower. I have been so busy lately, I needed something easy that could be made in advance. It worked perfectly as all of the figurines have been made in dribs and drabs over the past few weeks. so the actual decorating of the cake only took me ten minutes.

Flower garden cake

It was so much fun making all of the different flowers for this design. It was so pretty and feminine and just made me smile...a bit like sitting in a garden filled with flowers. The sides of the cake are piped with pin striping in royal icing, then each flower was delicately iced in place.
The pastel colour scheme allowed a lot more freedom for the assortment of coloured flowers, but it is always a bit of a worry having so many colours on the one cake. To help ensure they all compliment each other, I used the same colours in various flowers, like using the same yellow for the large gerbera in the centres of the white daisies. I think it all worked in the end.

Bow birthday cake

This lovely little 6" (16cm) birthday cake was a last minute request for a 40th birthday. It was a chocolate mud cake with dark chocolate ganache filling, covered in chocolate fondant and decorated with the birthday girls favourite colour fondant bow.

Gift box cake

Yesterday was my Dad's birthday, so I made him a cake (what a surprise!!!) - and what better opportunity to test out a new recipe, than when making a cake for family...so I tested out a chocolate fudge mudcake.
I also wanted to try making a giftbox, I have seen so many wonderful ones on various blogs... here is a fantastic one http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/gift-box-cake
Oh, and the verdict on the chocolate fudge mudcake????? YUMMMMY! I will definitely be making that one again - especially for a desert.