Stars, Spots, Stripes and Victoria Sponge

The lady I made this cake for wasn't very specific when she placed her order. Usually I'd start with a photo, picture, figure or specific theme. My brief for this one was to come up with something different, original, 'out of this world.'  Where do you start? It's for an adult so little green men and UFO's didn't seem quite appropriate.

Instead I took inspiration from the birthday girl who loves all thing blue, stripey and/or spotty. It was as easy as pie (well cake) after that. I can't help feeling that this could be the inspiration for any Jubilee orders next year. A little bit of red in all the layers and maybe some white in the stars and I think we've got something very special indeed.

Shaun the Sheep

I lost sleep over Shaun the Sheep. I loved making him for my latest commission and I was really pleased with the end result. The problem was - the photo! I don't know what was going on yesterday but my friend tells me it was a full moon. I'm not usually superstitious about these things but I'd swear that my Shaun got a bit of the curse of the old were-sheep. He certainly didn't like being photographed.

I took a great photo on my digital camera but the Creative Director got hold of it. How an almost 3 year old can find a way to permanently delete a file is beyond me. She is surely a technical genius. So there I was, all blogged up and no photo to show.

And then Mama Kitty Gate stepped in. Well Papa technically. A little bit of technical wizardry, fairy dust, a 1-2-3 and here we are. I'm really proud of him and I'm pleased to say so was the birthday boy. I'm happy to welcome Shaun to the Mamma Makes Cakes Menagerie.

So, if you need a cake, you know who to ask - email me on mammamakescakes@hotmail.co.uk.

No ewes. lambs or rams were harmed during the writing of this blog update.