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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
Posted in Cake, Celebrations, Custom, Design
Tagged "Big bang theory", "chillies", "Marzipan", "pebble beach", "Rubik's cube"
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Designer handbag cake
For a girl who loves shopping, make up and all things designer, I was commissioned to make a Prada handbag cake. The inspiration for this bag was taken from a handbag I liked on the Prada website. The most difficult … Continue reading
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Tagged "handbag cake", "prada purse cake", "purse cake"
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Racing car cake
This cake was made for a young racing enthusiast who celebrated his 6th birthday yesterday. As always, I started with a stencil constructed as per the proportions of my son’s toy racing car. The cake was a 10″ square Victoria … Continue reading
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Tagged "racing car cake", "red racing car", cake, car, f1, Ferrari
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Wedding window
Our wedding cake has gone on display at the wedding event in the local florist shop Flowers by Rosemary!
Camera cake
This week, I made one of my most challenging cakes … Challenging not only because of it’s shape and structure, but more so because it was for someone who would be able to identify every little part of it! The … Continue reading
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Tagged "camera cake", "Edible camera" "Nikon camera cake", "SLR cake", "SLR Camera cake"
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Clown Fish cake
My friend’s 4 year old daughter is a big fan of Nemo. Quite obviously, she wanted a clown fish cake for her birthday party – I was asked to pay special attention to the eyes and tail, as those were the … Continue reading
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Tagged "Clown fish cake", "Nemo cake", carved cakes
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Making a 3 dimensional cake – Wellies for a keen gardener
This is a birthday cake I made recently for a lady who loves gardening. I was told she practically lived in her Wellies and that’s how my customer came up with the idea for this cake. The customer had requested … Continue reading
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Tagged "Gardening boots cake", "Wellies cake", 3D cake, Wellies
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A heart shaped cake without a heart shaped pan
Hardly any shops seem to stock heart shaped cake pans throughout the year. As it turns out, they are only available around Valentine’s day. If you haven’t bought one around this time of the year, you may find this little … Continue reading
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Tagged "egg free", "Heart Shaped cake" "without heart shaped cake tin", Eggless, tricks
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A Rangoli you can truly savour!
Diwali to me is all about lights and vibrant colours. It always brings to me sweet memories of hours spent making colourful rangolis outside the house and then lighting it up with diyas. This is the one thing that I … Continue reading
Posted in Cake, Custom, Indian, Innovation
Tagged "edible Diya", "edible Rangoli", Diwali, rangoli, Rangoli cake
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