While studying as part of my coursework I had to design and make two showpieces, one in chocolate and one in sugar.
The one in chocolate had to be film or book themed so I went with Harry Potter. Using two big heavy tomes (titled from the series) as my base I then had the phoenix, [...]

Of course we couldn’t let our favourite holiday go by without some sort of party!
Wanting to build a bigger and much more impressive cake than the past we settled on the majority of it being made from styrofoam, with only the top four inches being edible. This meant we could get an impressive centrepiece, while [...]

July saw four friends sharing a birthday party. We wanted a cake that would give each person a cake at least partially tailored to them, while coming together into one presentation.
We briefly considered a tiered cake, with each person getting a tier each, but put that idea to the side after deciding that it would [...]

And what does a 64th Birthday need but a Beatles themed party.
And of course every Beatles themed party needs a Beatles themed cake.
The cake of the day was Ringo Starr’s bass drum. Made of a lemon chiffon cake with vanilla English buttercream. The drum face was covered in fondant, to get that pure white, but [...]

Butterfly book.  A 9″x13″ red velvet cake with cream cheese icing.  The butterfly and simulated text were designed and painted by Martin Whitmore.

Bolt’s dog tag.  A 12″ chocolate cake with chocolate English buttercream and milk modeling chocolate exterior.  The entire outside was detailed with an edible bronze powder to give it the appearance of metal.

A silhouette-style butter cake with chocolate English buttercream, covered and detailed in fondant. The base is tinted piping gel with chocolate and tiramisu filled cookie wafer sticks.

Presented for your delight and delectation,three more cakes have been added to the gallery.
A highly technical two tiered cake with extensive piping, pastillage and gumpaste flowers.

A devils food cake with cocoa painting and modeling chocolate details.

And a sculpted cake of tea and cookies.

Enjoy!

October found us with a commission from a friend back in New Orleans.  She requested a cake that was — and I quote — “icky, disgusting, gross and delicious… like the ones you used to have for your Halloween parties.“  How could we refuse flattery like that?
Why come to us, 500 miles away?  Because we [...]