Category Archives: Cake

Picasso never tasted sweeter

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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Picasso cake

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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Big Bang Theory

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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Pebble beach cake

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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Some like it hot – part 2

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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Some like it hot

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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Designer handbag cake

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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Racing car cake

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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Wedding window

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

Our wedding cake has gone on display at the wedding event in the local florist shop Flowers by Rosemary!

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Camera cake

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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