Cakes Lizzie has made, to bring joy to her friends and family
A pink ombre vanilla cake filled with vanilla buttercream on the bottom tier and a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream on the top tier. Covered with white chocolate ganache and sugarpaste. I put more effort into getting a smooth finish from the ganache and feel it made all the difference in the smoothness of the sugarpaste.
I used Funky Tappits for the lettering and found them a little tricky to use, but not too hard. I also experimented with texture mats.
For Bev’s Birthday I tried various new techniques and wasn’t too happy with the result. I was pleased with the flower I made, though.
My first three-tier cake, for Nancy’s 80th birthday. Chocolate, strawberry and vanilla cakes. This was the first time I have used ganache under fondant, and I had some issues with smoothing it. Will need to work harder next time. This was also my first time making sugar roses or filler flowers, and my first time doing this kind of an arrangement. I was pretty pleased with how it turned out.
My first attempt at a cube-shaped cake. Needs a lot of work on the corners, but I didn’t have time as we were going away on holiday. Strawberry cake with strawberry buttercream, covered in sugarpaste with modelling chocolate decorations.
For his birthday Ewan wanted a Red Arrows cake. We were away on holiday so I was limited in what I could do, but I managed to make this for him. Chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, covered in sugarpaste with modelling chocolate planes.
I got to make two girly cakes this week one for a friend but the other was my own birthday cake for yesterday. My indulgence is that for my birthday I get to try out new techniques that I can’t guarantee will work so can’t do them for friends, but have fun learning them. So this year I asked for an extruder and tried out the birdcage style of cake. The cake was only small so it was tricky, and then I had my first ever blowout from the buttercream underneath! I managed to press it back in, but the fondant cracked a little. But I’m still quite pleased with it. It is chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream filling.
I also tried out making wired flowers using the sweet pea cutters. It was also my first time using petal dusts and loved the whole process of doing sugar flowers. I definitely want to work on them some more!
I loved being able to do a grown-up, feminine cake rather than the children’s cakes I’ve been doing lately.
A fruit cake for Meg’s Birthday. Covered in marzipan and sugarpaste with hand-painted branches and sugarpaste flowers.
Inspired by Cynthia’s cake.
A small cake for Nathan’s parents to celebrate his birth. First try modelling shoes – used a sugarpaste/modelling chocolate mix for them. Raspberry cake with white chocolate buttercream filling and ruffles.
It is just a quick wee cake so nothing much to look at.
A jungle themed cake for Jacob’s first birthday. Chocolate and vanilla cakes, the coloured decoration was all modelling chocolate – my new favourite decorating medium!
Inspired by Yane’s Cake.
I made a hidden rainbow cake for Tatty Rose’s tea party photo shoot. It was really fun and looked stunning, if I do say so myself!
A vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream filling and icing.
Sweet Joy Cakes 