For the local astronomical society we made a butter cake with English buttercream. Covered in fondant and airbrushed to resemble the night sky, with just the last hints of daylight on the horizon.
The stars are pearl dragees and royal icing, for some variety in size, then we added some large stars on wires.

We were set the task of creating a Roman themed cake “with pillars and marble” for a toga party. Settling on a slightly different presentation to normal we created the base with the cake being held up by the pillars, painted to resemble marble.
The main challenge was how to decorate buttercream to look like marble, [...]

And since it’s the festive time of year, what’s more festive than a Christmas Cake.

Now, this is apparently an entirely English thing that I’m introducing America to, but it’s a good cake, even if it is a fruit cake.
But it’s a good fruit cake (I’ve seen the ones in the shops here, I wouldn’t eat [...]