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Cake for Olympics torchbearers
At the recently concluded London Olympics, 8000 torchbearers carried the Olympic flame across the country. One of my friends, Sara, had the honour of being one of them. As you can see from her story, she is highly respected in … Continue reading
Shoe box cake
This is one is for all my shoe crazy girl friends. Ordered for a customer who loves pink shoes, this was one fun girly cake to make! As recommended by several fellow bloggers, I referred to the excellent tutorial by … Continue reading
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Tagged "Gumpaste shoe", "High heeled shoe cake", "Shoe cake", "Shoebox cake"
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Cake fit for a toast?
A few weeks ago, I was approached with a challenging brief. A customer wanted a cake for his wife who is allergic to eggs and lactose. The cake would have to be in the shape of her favourite champagne bottle. … Continue reading
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Tagged "Champagne bottle cake", "Laurent Perrier", Champagne
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Party in the park
Woking Council celebrates its annual Party in the park tomorrow at the Woking park. It is a celebration for the entire community and there are a variety of family events held during the day. We will have a stall in … Continue reading
Picasso never tasted sweeter
As I mentioned in my earlier post, this cake is based on a painting by Pablo Picasso. It was commissioned by the husband of the artist Rayne Bellinger. I was debating between painting directly on the cake or creating an … Continue reading
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Tagged "Nude woman in red armchair", "Tate Britain", cake, collage, Picasso
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Picasso cake
One of my most exciting and creatively satisfying challenges to date is coming to a conclusion this week. It’s going to be fantastic. I have been commissioned to make a cake for an artist. It is based on one of … Continue reading
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Tagged collage, decoupage, Innovation, painting, Picasso
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Big Bang Theory
This cake is inspired by the “Melting” Rubik’s cube T-shirt worn by one of the geeks on The Big Bang Theory. The cube was assembled from an 8inch square raspberry & white chocolate cake which was trimmed to get this … Continue reading
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Tagged "Big bang theory", "Melting Rubik's cube", dessert, food
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Pebble beach cake
I was commissioned to make this cake for a 40th birthday party for a lady who loves the tranquility of pebble beaches and has a particular fondness for marzipan. The pebbles, starfish and shells are individually crafted pieces of marzipan. … Continue reading
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Tagged "Brush embroidery", "Cheshil Beach", "marzipan pebbles", "Marzipan", "pebble beach cake"
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Some like it hot – part 2
Here’s how the cake looked with the chillies thrown on… The cake itself was a rich chocolate cake filled with chilli chocolate ganache. The chillies were handcrafted from marzipan and painted with various shades of red food colours to give … Continue reading
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Tagged "Chilli chocolate cake", "Chilli ganache", "Marzipan chillies", "Marzipan", "red chillies"
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Some like it hot
I am looking forward to making 3 exciting cakes this weekend, each with a different theme. The first one will have red chillies made from marzipan (see photo). All of these have been hand rolled and painted. The second one … Continue reading
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Tagged "Big bang theory", "chillies", "Marzipan", "pebble beach", "Rubik's cube"
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