Mothers Day Cake

This Mothers Day Cake created for an old work colleague after he had seen some of my previous creations!  I was asked to recreated the Boofle dog which I think I have done quite successfully! The cake was a 2 tier 7" sponge cake filled with strawberry jam and buttercream.  This was covered with a layer of buttercream then a layer of white fondant.  The dog was build up using a blend of chocolate and white fondant.  I then mixed up a selection of pastel coloured fondants to create a patchwork effect. As I didn't have room to add any writing on the top of the cake, I decided to write in royal icing 'Happy Mothers Day!x' on the top white edge of the cake, which I'm sure my friend will be more than happy with!

Toy Story Cake

This cake was made for my son Charley's 3rd birthday!  As you can see, the Buzz and Woody dolls were not created by me - on this occasion I cheated and used some of Charley's toys to add to the fun of the cake! This is a 2 tier cake - the bottom tier being a 3 layer vanilla sponge filled with strawberry jam and vanilla buttercream.  The top was baked in a cereal bowl to give the rounded effect. The cakes were then covered first in a layer of buttercream, followed by a thin layer of white fondant.  The top cake was then covered in blue fondant adding stars and the moon for Buzz to stand on.  The bottom layer was covered with another layer of white then chocolate fondant added in to give the cowhide effect.  I then added mini smarties around the bases to add some colour. As we had to make the cake last over a weekend of birthday parties, we had the top layer one day then I made a sherriffs badge and painted it with gold edible glitter for the top of the bottom cake, which we had for the next day!

Manchester City Cake

This was an order from my next door neighbour for a friend who's partner is a huge Manchester City Fan and it was his 50th birthday! As with my previous football shirt cakes, I used a large rectangle tin for the main cake and a cereal bowl for the football.  The cake was a vanilla sponge filled a layer of strawberry jam and buttercream, covered with buttercream then a layer of white fondant as the base.  I then coloured some more fondant and covered the cake again. The football effect was created using hexagon and pentagon shaped pieces of fondant as the base then I went about recreating the Manchester City logo from fondant.  This was left over night to firm then painted with a solution of glycerine and edible glitter for the golden effect. The cake was a success and had many photos taken of it!!