The first known recipe using the term “cupcake” appeared in an American cookbook in 1826, although they were probably made long before then. It became revolutionary because of the short length of time it took to cook, their size meaning that the outside was not burnt before the inside was baked. In recent years the [...]

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 [...]

A wedding cake for the lovely ladies over at Freak Revolution, it’s a 9″ square white almond cake filled with vanilla buttercream. Wanting traditional with a twist we gave them the classic cherry blossom cake but with the blooms in rainbow colours. The flowers are made out of gumpaste, with some on wires to give [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]