Cake Recreation

13/12/2022

The last of 6 cakes I’ve made and
decorated this year. I can’t make my mind up if I prefer the reindeer or the Father Christmas cake, which is here.

09/12/2022

More of my Christmas cakes this year. One left to finish over the weekend.

03/12/2022

The first of six Christmas cakes being delivered. Tentatively and very carefully on our way now to take it to my parents. We have an early Christmas dinner with my Aunt and Uncle on Monday. Hope they like it.

My Dad made the cake and I offered to decorate it as a present for them.

Fingers crossed it arrives in one piece, the road around here is shocking

27/07/2022

I had a request for a 70th birthday…A racing car, Porsche, blue and orange, registration plate with initials and age. I had some edible transfers made for the sponsor labels, and hand modelled the car. Used coconut liquorice alsorts for the rear wheels and covered them with black paste. Placed the car on the cake and brushed skid marks behind it as it went through the race line.

25/07/2022

My latest cake can now be shared, the recipient and guests have now eaten it!

I did recommend that the car wasn’t eaten as it is made using modelling paste, which hardens, not not only that, it is generally rolled out on Trex to provide a very thin layer of modelling paste i.e., flower petals, clothes for the lady in the garden cake etc. It’s great to use but needs to be quick, otherwise it cracks.

Had a lot of fun doing the car and the signage etc!

Sponge cake base. Due to the weight of the car, I had to put four dowels in to hold the weight of the car, and stuck it to the cake with edible glue and a liquorice alsort piece, so it didn’t drive away! Made the wheels using the round coconut alsorts and compressed them to the right size, then covered them in said layer of black modelling paste for the tyres.

Needless to say I ate what was left of the alsorts….. My reward! x

16/07/2022

Cakes to Order

Do you have an event, which could really do with a bespoke cake? I have made cakes for a long time, only a small selection have been included in my album.

If you have an idea in mind or a photo of something you would like, either send me a brief or a photo.

If sending a picture, please be aware that my version will be slightly different due to individuality in hand making models.

I would expect a brief to propose an idea, items, which I would generally make from my imagination, but also happy to recreate items from a photo

Below is an example of one of each.

Garden cake, a WhatsApp message
Anniversary cake, a Facebook message with a picture

My recent cake, is still a surprise for someone, so can’t be shared yet… that too was from a brief to include three specific things. Check back soon and have a look!!

Please see my price list, also below. Don’t hesitate to contact me, if you have something in mind.

Have a lovely weekend and take care in the weather, look after yourselves and stay cool!!

06/07/2022

You may have seen some of my cakes, which have been decorated by me over the last 30+ years.

Regretfully I never made either of our children a birthday when they were young….

My passion for decorating has been reawakened and I’m so overwhelmed by some of the comments on my recent cakes. Thank you to everyone who found the time to do so!

I have decided I would like to do more.

If you have a special event coming up, and have seen something you like, why don’t you contact me? I can assess and if it is a design that I can do in the time available, I’d be happy to provide you with a cost.

Please see my price list below.

Have a lovely evening!

06/07/2022

What Have I done!

I had a message from a good friend who knew I’d made cakes. It was a request for a birthday cake for her Mum who is 100 today! 😊🎂. It started with just the cake and they would find a cake topper. Me and my big mouth said “what would you like? I can model things if you give me a brief…”

Her response was “her in her garden, which is gravelled, flowers in plant pots, a visiting fox, a highland terrier, ginger cat, green budgie, hedgehog! Oh, and butterflies on flowers.

Gulp! So last weekend I started the modelling, and felt quite demoralised when my lovely supportive husband said the fox needed improvement. He was right and had verbalised my inner thoughts. So. back to it. I decided to remodel the cat, the fox and at my friends request, her Mum as well.

The outcome is attached. Fingers crossed they like what I’ve done, I will know tomorrow when it’s collected!

GULP! Postscript 27 May 2022 My friend came to collect the cake last night, and it all went well. I was so relieved, that she liked it and thought no more about it. Later I checked Facebook and was stunned, but of course delighted by the lovely comments! I’m very critical of my work and have spent hours doing the cake; only saw what I thought wasn’t quite right… It was a pleasure to make it for someone who had done me many a favour in the past. I sincerely hope that the Birthday Girl (Lady) likes it…

05/07/2022

I am new to Facebook in comparative terms to most.

Recently I had two requests for cakes following my post on the garden cake for my friends’ Mum’s 100 Birthday. It woke my desire to start making and decorating cakes again. I used to do many before our children were born. Extremely regretfully I never made a birthday cake for either of our children…. However over the last few years my passion has been recovered, having made cakes for colleagues and teams at work for Christmas.

Having done so for the past few years I decided to set up a page, can you believe it, just as the pandemic hit! I have an innate sense of timing!

Back went all the equipment into storage.

More recently I decided to republish and resurrect my page, to my own surprise, and was contacted by a friend for the lady in the garden cake. Since then I have received two requests. One has just been collected.

The cake was for a Ruby Wedding Anniversary and was collected a short while ago. I hope they had a wonderful day!

The second is yet to be baked and covered, check here in a few weeks to see the next commission… in the meantime here is the Ruby Wedding cake, with hand modelled roses (first time in 30+ years)

Have a wonderful day, despite the dreadful weather!

25/05/2022

What Have I done!

I had a message from a good friend who knew I’d made cakes. It was a request for a birthday cake for her Mum who is 100 on Friday. It started with just the cake and they would find a cake topper. Me and my big mouth said “what would you like? I can model things if you give me a brief…”

Her response was “her in her garden, which is gravelled, flowers in plant pots, a visiting fox, a highland terrier, ginger cat, green budgie, hedgehog! Oh, and butterflies on flowers.

Gulp! So last weekend I started the modelling, and felt quite demoralised when my lovely supportive husband said the fox needed improvement. He was right and had verbalised my inner thoughts. So. back to it. I decided to remodel the cat, the fox and at my friends request, her Mum as well.

The outcome is attached. Fingers crossed they like what I’ve done, I will know tomorrow when it’s collected!

GULP!

09/12/2021