Cakes by Cathy UK

Cakes by Cathy UK Hobby baker making cakes for friends and family! I made cakes professionally for about 6 months but it never took off. I hope you enjoy looking at the results!

I still love to bake, but now it's friends and family only.

I haven't baked a wedding cake in over 3 years now, but I was delighted and honoured to be trusted with baking and decor...
26/10/2021

I haven't baked a wedding cake in over 3 years now, but I was delighted and honoured to be trusted with baking and decorating this beauty for my friend's son and his bride.

3 tiers of (top to bottom) lemon drizzle with lemon curd buttercream, chocolate mudcake with milk chocolate ganache buttercream, and strawberry prosecco with real strawberries, strawberry jam and prosecco syrup-infused buttercream, all coated in vanilla bean buttercream and decorated with fresh flowers.

It was a pleasure to be baking again. Many congratulations to the happy couple!

Birthday cake no.2, this time for my daughter, who turns 13 this week. That's 11 years I've been making cake now :o !She...
11/02/2018

Birthday cake no.2, this time for my daughter, who turns 13 this week. That's 11 years I've been making cake now :o !

She wanted a vanilla-flavoured rainbow cake with cream cheese icing, and a My Neighbour Totoro theme, inspired by a gorgeous cake I saw on Boredpanda, from Deliciously Yummy of Sydney, Australia. Theirs is much more polished!

Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic before it travelled to the venue, so poor Totoro lost half his whiskers in transit...

A week of birthday cakes. First up, a chocolate Lego Ninjago cake for a friend's little boy. This guy is called Jay Walk...
11/02/2018

A week of birthday cakes. First up, a chocolate Lego Ninjago cake for a friend's little boy. This guy is called Jay Walker, apparently...

Latest cakes - a footballing 18th, a Slothy 9th, a thespian 60th and a 90th. Excuse the messy kitchen!
05/11/2017

Latest cakes - a footballing 18th, a Slothy 9th, a thespian 60th and a 90th. Excuse the messy kitchen!

Not the best lighting, but this is a cake I made this week for a friend's circus-themed birthday party. The second photo...
14/05/2017

Not the best lighting, but this is a cake I made this week for a friend's circus-themed birthday party. The second photo is of the bottom tier, a humongous vanilla Madeira with jam and buttercream, unfortunately I didn't remember to take a pic of the top tier before assemblage at the venue, but it was a lactose free lemon cream Madeira with homemade lemon curd and vegan lemon buttercream filling - a bit of a challenge for me but the end result was delicious.

A Minecraft 'Cake' cake for a 12th birthday, with a surprise inside - it's a rainbow cake! Layers of moist vanilla spon...
23/10/2016

A Minecraft 'Cake' cake for a 12th birthday, with a surprise inside - it's a rainbow cake! Layers of moist vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream, covered in dark chocolate ganache and details finished in fondant icing.

07/07/2016

Making my own birthday cake for my 50th. Watch this space...

Someone left half a watermelon on the table - oh, wait, it's a cake! Pink velvet with chocolate chips covered in Italian...
28/04/2016

Someone left half a watermelon on the table - oh, wait, it's a cake!

Pink velvet with chocolate chips covered in Italian meringue buttercream and hand painted fondant. Inspired by Yolanda Gamp's mega watermelon cake 😊

Drip cakes are all the rage these days and I've been wanting to try one out. A friend's birthday gave me the opportunity...
12/03/2016

Drip cakes are all the rage these days and I've been wanting to try one out. A friend's birthday gave me the opportunity to have a go this week.

This is 4 layers of delicious chocolate mudcake sandwiched with strawberry puree-enhanced Swiss meringue buttercream and chopped strawberries, covered with the strawberry Swiss meringue buttercream and dark chocolate ganache dripped over the sides, topped with strawberry bonbons, lindt lindor balls painted with gold lustre dust, milk and white chocolate covered strawberries and edible glitter.

Ridiculously over the top but I rather like it!

14/02/2015

Making the decorations for a gorgeous-smelling birthday chocolate mudcake, slathered in chocolate ganache buttercream - mmmm!

What's your favourite cake flavour?

01/01/2015

Happy New Year to all my followers - have a great 2015!

The most elaborate birthday cake I've ever made - and probably the most fun as well! 3 layers of coffee and walnut spon...
14/09/2014

The most elaborate birthday cake I've ever made - and probably the most fun as well! 3 layers of coffee and walnut sponge with coffee buttercream covered with purple fondant, silver-lustred royal icing details (inspired by a design from Mich Turner) and a ton of bling!

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