A few more recent cakes

YUM

Hawaiian Cupcakes for a cause

Some time ago I contacted a lovely lady called Debbie, who was running charity auctions on Trade Me and asked her if she would like to auction a voucher for cake or cupcakes. We initially were fundraising for the Weekes family who tragically lost their triplets in the mall fire in Doha.  At the request of the Weekes we donated the proceeds to the wellington neonatal trust where the Triplets were born :)

The lady that won the auction asked to add to the intial order and these cupcakes are the end result, Hawaiian cupcakes for a 21st birthday, all 100 of them :)

Bobby Socks and poodle skirts

I was asked to make this cake for a friends mum, who was celebrating her 60th birthday.  She provided a picture of a cake by pink cake box which I used for inspiration. I really enjoyed this cake as there were a few firsts in it.... I have never put decorations on wires before and I hand cut all the musical notes

The most challenging part of this cake for me was that the top tier was fruit cake which I do not love baking

Playable Angry Birds Cake

So, I saw online this amazing playable angry birds cake created by a Dad for his son here and decided that since my son and I enjoy playing this game that I would surprise him with one for his 8th birthday.

Here are the photos of what was a very fun cake to make,  it took somewhere between 10 and 12 hours in total to put together everything including the board and slingshot.  All the components were kept hidden until cake time at his birthday party.  His face when he saw the cake was priceless!

The best part was when he got to load the birds in to the slingshot and let them rip and try and demolish the piggies :)  All the children had a go and seemed to thoroughly enjoy it :)

Roller Skating Fever

Roller Skating cake for my friends little girl that turned 8 yesterday :)  She loved it and I was pretty happy with it over all,  I thought my skates looked a little clog like. I was pleased with the way the marbled icing  came out,  it was the first time I had tried that.

Boys and their toys!

Here is a cake I made for my friends little boy who turned 2 today.

Wedding Bells

I was asked by a lifelong friend to make her wedding cake, she provided the topper (from Keepsake Bouquets)  and the lovely gold pearls.

This was my 2nd wedding cake and only my 3rd tiered cake,  I was a little nervous about living up to expectation! I was very happy with the end result though and I think the beautiful Bride and her Groom liked it too :)

Sewing themed cake

I was asked by a friend to make a sewing cake for her Mother in law,  she told me the recipients favourite colour was blue and let me have free rein on the design.  There were a few firsts in this cake (as always)  It was the first time I have used my new extruder which was used to make the thread and also the pins and needles. It is a great tool but a little hard to squeeze the fondant out of!  I will try adding more kremelta next time and see how that goes.  My favourite part of the entire cake was the tape measure, I just thought it was cute!

Family Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas yesterday,  spent at my Grandmothers with our extended family. It was great for all the little cuzies to get together and play, seemed like the day was 1 huge long water fight for them hehe. Our food was amazing with everyone contributing, lots of salads, cold meats and best of all lots of seafood!! We had marinated mussels, fresh oysters, kina, raw fish and creamed paua!  We came home very full and tired.  I hope you all had equally special days with friends/family :o)

Merry Christmas

Rudolph, who will be gracing a mini cake for some one,  I have yet to deliver it so I hope they will be pleasantly surprised

Christmas fairy,  I think she will be on the cake I am making for us to eat on Christmas day but I am not totally sure yet

I have been really enjoying my attempts at modelling and am seeing a little inprovement in my figurines....  the christmas fairy is a bit chubby, like me hehe

Stay safe this festive season :o)

Chocolate overload!

I was asked by my firends at the local kindy to make a cake for the head teacher who will be having a special birthday during the holidays. She loves chocolate and she loves fruit. I got a text from her last night to tell me how yummy it was :)

Mini Christmas Cakes

I made these Mini Chrstmas cakes as gifts, they were fun to make and I enjoyed doing the figurines although I am not sure they turned out very flash! I hope the recipients like them :)

Learning to make sugarpaste flowers

For the last little while I have been wanting to learn to make sugarpaste flowers. I have a cousin that is amazing at it! (Hi Lyn) So I have been watching you tube clips and reading up and slowly putting together the techniques in my head. I have had a couple of attempts at roses that were truly pathetic. Yesterday I woke up and felt inspired to try again, so here is attempt number 3.

The best thing I could have done for my flower making efforts is to buy a pasta machine, it rolls the sugarpaste so thin and evenly and makes it easier to keep things uniform. I have a long, long way to go though. I started out in this rose rolling to number 3 on the pasta machine and then changed to 5 which is why the middle petals are thicker than the outside ones.

Once I uploaded this picture I realised how ragged my edges look, it is all progress though and as I keep telling my son, practice makes perfect!