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The Odd Egg

Benjamin’s favourite book is The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett, so I made him a a birthday cake in the sahpe of the egg.

It was a carved chocolate cake, hand-painted, with a modeling chocolate duck and scarf.

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Hourglass and Peony

My birthday indulgence! Extended height, carved middle tier piped with royal icing in a filigree design.  Sugarpaste stripes on the bottom tier and sugar peony and hydrangeas on the top.

A lot of work, but good fun.  I used four new techniques in the making of the cake and practised others.

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Swan Cake

A swan cake for my daughter’s 8th birthday.  The swan is made out of modelling chocolate  following a tutorial by Jessica Harris.  The cake is chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream and decorated with vanilla buttercream.

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Blue and Cream Hearts

This cake was for my son’s dedication.  Top two tiers were lemon cake filled with lemon buttercream; bottom tier was chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling.  Decorated with modelling chocolate hearts and accompanied by sugar cookies covered in modelling chocolate, and home-made candy bracelets.

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Purple Roses Wedding Cake

A small 4/6/8 vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream and fruit filling.  Covered in white chocolate ganache and sugarpaste, decorated with handmade gumpaste roses.

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Ladybirds and Flowers

A chocolate cake for Laylah’s birthday.  With her favourite little beasties all over it, and a special surprise inside – a cascade of Skittles fell out when the cake was cut.