Where it all began...Under the Sea birthday cake

My obssession with cake decorating began with my son's 1st birthday cake back in October 2009. I had a fair idea of the kind of cake I wanted and thought Id have a go at making it myself. This was the end result...

Vanilla sponge (from a packet!) decorated with fondant icing and candy rocks.

Close up of the octpus and crab both made from cake and covered in fondant

I was suprised but very happy with how well it turned out especially being my first attempt at decorating a cake with fondant icing. And, I realised how much I enjoyed doing it-creating edible art! It seemed like the perfect hobby to keep me occupied whilst staying at home to raise my gorgeous little boy so I started offering to do cakes for my friends and their children as well.


I fell pregnant with our second child, our daughter Lila, in March last year. Being pregnant really slowed me down but now that she is here (and I am finally no longer pregnant!) I am very ready to get back to baking!

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Choo Choo! Train Birthday Cake

I love using lollies to decorate kids birthday cakes because I know how much kids love to eat them!! This colourful train cake (December 2009) inspired by one from an old Women's Weekly cake book has tee-vee stix train tracks, oreo wheels and licorice all sorts for cargo!

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'Christmas Presents' fruit cakes

We hosted christmas at our place in 2009 so I 'made' these cakes to match the colour theme of blue and white. When I say 'made' I mean I went to the supermarket, bought two fruit cakes and then covered them in fondant icing!Yes, I cheated!

Two Tiered Funky Red Heart Engagement Cake

I was very happy with how this cake turned out but unfortunately my poor photography skills just dont do it any justice! It was a two tiered chocolate mud cake with dark chocolate ganache and red fonant icing. I then personalised it on the top with the happy couples initials embezzled with silver cachous. This was also before I discovered thicker cake boards and covering the board with icing!

White Chocolate Mudcakes with Fluffy Frosting

Just experimenting making fluffy frosting...

Twin Babyface Cupcakes

One dozen twin babyfaces!



 A friend of a friend called me very excited!! She ordered these cupcakes as a suprise present for her friend who, after years of trying to conceive, had just discovered she was finally pregnant-with twins!!

Alice in Wonderland cupcakes

Alice

The cheshire cat



'tick tock'



tempting...



Queen of Hearts



singing rose



a wonky cup of tea

The Mad Hatter



In the meadow, before the rabbit hole...



The white rabbit



Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum



Set of 12 Alice in Wonderland themed cupcakes



Gift wrapped in a personalised box

Ok, these were ALOT of fun!!! I borrowed the movie and released my inner child to design a set of 12 cupcakes to match the theme of the party. Definitely some of my favourite creations!

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Pink Babyface Cupcakes

Set of 24 pink babyface cupcakes

Pink beanie babyface cupcake

Pink babyface with dummy and hair bow cupcake

Three Tiered 'Hawaiian Luau' Birthday Cake

Front View

View from the top

With matching cupcakes

Sugar Art Figurine-Hawaiian man with guitar

Chocolate hibiscus cupcakes-'A' for aloha and 'A' for Ashton, the birthday boy

Vanilla 'tropical island' cupcakes-blue buttercream 'ocean' with a sand icing 'island'

Close up of the tiki hut-Dark chocolate mud cake, covered in a dark chocolate ganache and then decorated with cadbury flakes

Sugar Art Figurine-surfer boy

Birthday Cake Number 5-December 09. This cake was alot of fun to design and create!




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Pink & White Personalised Butterfly Cake

This was my fourth birthday cake (November 2009) but is still one of my favourites! I had so much fun decorating it especially being so pink, pretty and girly! I cant wait to start creating cakes for my own little girl!

Baby Face Cupcakes

Three cakes later, I was hooked! I started obssessing about cakes and cupcakes and spent hours googling all the different creations. After purchasing the Planet Cake book, I decided to try out the baby face cupcakes for my girlfriends baby shower and they were a huge hit! As she didn't know the sex of the baby, I went with a neutral colour scheme.

Giant Birthday Cupcake

Feeling creative, I decided to make this giant cupcake as a gift for my  friends 21st birthday.

Cars Themed Birthday Cake

So, following my son's 1st birthday party, friends started to ask if I wanted to do their children's birthday cakes. This cars themed cake was for our friends little boys second birthday and was my second time decorating a cake with fondant.

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