Category Archives: Fun

Easter hamper

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Deepali Gandhi

Everything inside is handmade chocolate – the flowers, the grass, the butterfly, Easter bunny and of course, the Easter eggs. There’s nothing like a “Spring in a basket” to beat the cold wintry blues.

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This season’s “must-have”

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Deepali Gandhi

This cake was ordered for a young lady who is surrounded by fashion all day. She works in an upmarket boutique and has a keen eye for clothes and accessories. Naturally, the theme for her birthday cake had to be fashion. … Continue reading →

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Cake for Olympics torchbearers

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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 →

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Shoe box cake

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

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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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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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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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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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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New chocolate flavours

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Deepali Gandhi

Some new flavours were added to my range of truffles this week: (Left ->Right, Front -> back row) Coffee and Tia Maria:   Milk chocolate truffle filled with filter coffee, Tia Maria and a dark chocolate filling. Perfect as a … Continue reading →

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Making a 3 dimensional cake – Wellies for a keen gardener

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Deepali Gandhi

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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