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Debbie Brown fairy toadstool cake
I tried this toadstool cake for my eldest daughter’s 5th birthday and was relatively pleased with the result. I was aiming to make it look as close to the photograph in the book as possible, as I was...
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'You're All My Favourites' inspired cake for a Blessing
The book ‘You’re All My Favourites’ is a popular one with my three children, so was an obvious choice as the theme for a cake when we held a blessing and thanksgiving service this summer. I based the...
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Mum's retirement cake
So basic – but I really wanted to concentrate on getting the covering right. Once I can do that, I can move on to more complex designs (I hope!). My mum loved it, which was all that mattered.
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Pudsey Bear Cupcakes for a Children In Need Bake Sale
I got the design by browsing on the web and saw a picture on flickr. Mine aren’t as rounded as the ones I was trying to copy; cupcakes are a new thing for me!
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Christmas Cupcakes for the family
I saw a design in a cakecraft book and adapted it. I needed to buy an embossing mat, which I had lots of fun with, as well as edible glitter! It is now all over my kitchen…
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Fun Christmas Cake
My eldest daugther wanted to help decorate something for Christmas, so I made a chocolate madeira cake and we set about creating a snowball fight scene for the top. She was brilliant, making parts for...
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Jubilee Cake
This was my first attempt at a two tier creation. I used madeira but didn’t bother with dowels. I didn’t have a cutter or mould for the crown so fashioned something by hand. I entered it into a...
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Christening cake
This was for a friend’s niece’s christening. The brief was for a modern cake, with clean lines and daisies used. The colour raspberry was requested. I had a terrible time getting the ribbon to stick!
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Valentine Cake
I made this for a bake sale at my daughter’s school. It was for a sealed bid style auction. I was trying to perfect roses and used Leslea Matsis’ wonderful roses as my inspiration. I still have some...
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Unique birthday cake for a close friend
My dear friend asked me to create a cake for her 50th birthday, requesting that it be ‘a bit mad’. This is the first time that I have attempted a 3 tier cake and also had a go at carving to create a...
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