Tantalising Teddies - It's a Christening Cake

Congratulations to 8 1/2 month old Jessica Kate on her Christening yesterday. To celebrate this momentous event her parents commissioned a simple victoria sponge with strawberry buttercream filling. I hear her 3 year old cousin went dotty for the spare spots I made.

If you're planning a Christening and would like a cake for the occasion give me a shout and hopefully I can get cooking for you!

30th Birthday Cake - Gift Wrapped

I know, I've been a bit quiet lately. I've been busy helping my brother set up a sandwich shop, moving house, looking after my kids and of course making lots of lovely cakes.  I thought you might like to see my biggest commission to date, a 30th birthday cake for 100 people.
 
Everyone loves a nice pile of presents for their birthday which is why my customer thought her daughter would like ones that were good enough to eat.  We worked on the design together and I have to say, I'm really pleased with the results.

Down to the technical details. There are three different cakes here, a 10" Chocolate Sponge with 50 portions, a 7" Victoria Sandwich for 25 people and a 7" Fruit Cake for 25 people. That's 100 portions which I charged at £1.50 per portion - a grand total of £150.

If you like what you see or have something specific in mind please do not hesitate to email me and we can talk.

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.