We got a request for a peanut butter cup cake, it didn’t need to be huge, the shape and flavour were the important bits. We umm-ed and ahh-ed over trying to make a peanut butter flavoured cake but finally settled on a chocolate cake with a peanut butter flavoured icing. The cake had some mild [...]

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 [...]

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.

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!

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 [...]