Radley Handbag Cake

My first attempt at a handbag cake......

and really loved making it!
Everyone loves a little Radley bag and couldn't resist
replicating this in cake form!

A couple of weeks ago I had a phone call
asking if I would donate a cake to put in a raffle

(along with cakes from other local cake makers/designers)

at the Royal Navy Sultan Summer Show (Gosport)

http://www.sultan.org.uk/

so if you live nearby,

pop on down to the show and buy a raffle ticket

and try and win my cake! 

:o)

Rolly's Toy Box Cake

An all edible (except for the lid which is a sugar covered board)

toy box cake for Rolly's 3rd Birthday!

A very last minute order of which I am so pleased to have made,

All the models are some of Rolly's favourite toys,

and I love how Mike Wazowski from Monster Inc.

turned out!

His mum came and collected the cake this afternoon and especially loved

the little model of Rolly!

....and who could blame her!

"Happy Birthday Rolly!"

Cake is Chocolate sponge with chocolate ganache.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Hot Pink Beetle Car Cake

I love this cake!!
and I know I said it's hot pink but the photo makes it look red,

trust me it's pink!

It took me quite a while to actually make the first cut on this cake

to carve the shape,

just something about car cakes that make me freak a little

but I'm not worried about it now

.......bring on the next one I say!

This cake is quite obviously for a

young lady turning 18 who loves bright pink.

The cake itself is a vanilla sponge with rosewater buttercream

Measurements:  Length 10" x Width 6.5" x Height 5.5"

Board size = 12" x 10"

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk/

Rachael & James Wedding Cupcake Tower

Hot Pink & White Cupcake Tower
With Giant Cupcake

The Giant Cupcake is chocolate/vanilla layer cake,

which is hand carved to match the small cupcakes shape,

decorated in hot pink and white with co-ordinating butterflies

(to match the invitations)

to look like they are in flight over the cake.

The cupcakes are Vanilla (pink cases)

Chocolate (silver cases) 

decorated each with three open roses on top.

I LOVE the look of these,

........even my husband said they they are

his favourite wedding cupcakes I have made!

..................

This Cupcake Tower was ordered to celebrate the 

marriage of Rachael & James at their

evening reception tonight (Friday 27th May 2011)

The couples wedding day was back on March 4th 2011 in beautiful Mexico

and they kindly sent me a photo of them with family & friends 

looking gorgeous on the beach!

...........and I know you'll agree that Rachael looks absolutely stunning!

The newly weds then went on to Jamaica for their honeymoon!

Rachael brought her mother along to the consultation(s)

to help on design & decision making

and I couldn't have asked for nicer people to work with!

"Congratulation's James & Rachael"

I wish you all the happiness!

x

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Ivory & Gold Bas-relief Wedding Cake

Ivory & Gold Bas-relief Wedding Cake

I loved making this cake!

I was inspired by Maggie Austin Cake,

 after seeing her beautiful Bas-relief work on her cakes on facebook,

I really wanted to give it a try!

 Granted....... it's nowhere as amazing as her gorgeous creations

but I like it and boy it was pretty time consuming too!

but now that I've made up a way of doing it myself,
with a little more practice and a few more detailed additions
the next cake should be much better!......well lets hope so!

xxx

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

"Daphne" Wedding cake

"Daphne" 3 tier Wedding Cake

with middle tier in graded green blossoms.

The gentle graded colours give this cake a pretty, delicate look and would look beautiful no matter what the colour scheme! The top and bottom tiers have a ribbon trim

with royal iced dots and scattered blossoms.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk/

"Jayne" Wedding Cake

"Jayne"

3 Tier Wedding Cake
Ribbon can be in any colour choice
to co-ordinate with your special day!
The brooch is one of my own pieces
so the design will vary but there is a choice
or you could even provide your own.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk/

Tahlia's Birthday Cake

Tahlia's Birthday Cake.

This cake is for a little girl who loves Barbie!

Wasn't quite sure what I was going to do at short notice

(the order came in Wednesday afternoon from the grandmother

.....thanks to Rhu from Pimp my Cakes... who was busy and passed my details on! x)

so I made a quick model last night to represent the Birthday girl in a beautiful Barbie dress!

Grandmother picked it up first thing this morning and loved it!

.....I even got a great big hug! LOL!

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Abbie & Dom's Wedding Tower

A Wedding Cupcake Tower

for a lovely couple who got married yesterday! The weather was lovely and sunny

and the reception was held on the waterfront in Christchurch

at www.thejetty.co.uk

just beautiful!

Teal and White is a beautiful colour combination

and when decorated with daisies, seashells & pearls....perfect!

they wanted a splash of orange in there somewhere,

so I added orange daisy centres.

The cupcakes were Vanilla & creamy Buttercream,

Rich Chocolate & Dark Chocolate Ganache,

The top cake is a 6" Rich & Boozy Fruit cake

decorated to match the cupcakes. I love this design,

simple daisies and shells look so gorgeous together

.........and so fresh!

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Hydrangea Cupcakes

Some quick cupcakes just to show off

my beautiful new Hydrangea cutters!

I ordered these the end of last week from Italy,

 from a very talented friend of mine Toni (Le Torte di Toni)

and they arrived today,

pretty good delivery time too hey!

Toni is an amazing young lady,

she won a TV Cookery competition

(which was quite a tough, long and what I would believe

an emotional experience!)

 This show was Italy's equivalent to Masterchef!

Please note that she has only lived in Italy for about 10 years

as she is originallyy from Australia
So she must be darn good!!!

Toni won her own TV series (along with her beautiful daughter)

making and decorating cakes!
Just how amazing is that!!!

......

Well, I just had to get the flowerpaste out and try them out!

I am sure you will agree they are beautiful flowers!!!

xXx

Flower Encased Cameo Wedding Cake

This simple designed cake would look fabulous at any

Vintage Styled Wedding,

big or small!

Each tier has a border of sugar pearls highlighted with lustre

and the top tier has a triple layer blossom

in pistachio green (a favourite of mine)

with a slight ruffle effect

and a cameo as the centre.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk/

Baby Boy Cupcakes

Some cupcakes made for

our next door neighbour's

as they have just had a baby boy!

Ahhhhhhhhh!

The cupcakes are chocolate covered with embossed fondant

and half with moulded fondant in a pram design

and the other half with a heart embossed with BOY lettering

and a little fondant bow,

both designs are shaded with teal dust for effect!

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

SAFARI BIRTHDAY CAKE

Last weekends Birthday cake.

A returning customer asked for a number 5 cake for their son 

in the theme of "Safari"

to go with the tableware they are having at his party!

(I love returning customers! such a nice feeling that they liked the last cake so much they order again!)

Don't get me wrong! number cakes are fine,

but they can look a little boring at times,

so I wanted to make this fun

..........and have got to say I really loved making it.

I have totally changed my mind about them now

and can't wait for someone to order another!

This cake was a triple layer chocolate cake

filled and coated with chocolate ganache

covered & decorated with fondant pieces

and hand modeled sugar tree, monkey, snake and crocodile!

All sat on a 14" x 16" cake board.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Flute & Piano Inspired Giant Cupcake

This was Thursday's Birthday cake order

for a musically talented young lady turning 18.

Her mother asked for a cake in the design of a giant cupcake,

Pink, with influence from the instruments she plays,

so I designed this!

......everything here is edible, 

(except for the three small wires at the end of the flute)

 even the flute is sugar (flowerpaste)

I am really very pleased with the results

and more importantly the Birthday girl and her mother loved it!

The cake itself is Lemon flavour.

http://www.smallthingsiced.co.uk

Military Cupcakes for "25 Regt."

Another Military order for this week!

After making the Victoria Cross Cupcakes a while ago,

I was asked if I could make some cupcakes with the Regements logo ontop

for a function they will be having tonight!

So these little shield toppers were all handmade out of sugar,

using tiny templates cut by myself

the shields, oak leaves, 25,

and loads of tiny acorns

........they took, what feels like forever to make

but the results were worth it...I think!

The cupcakes were vanilla & chocolate flavours.