Neil & Angie's Wedding cake

I made my first ever wedding cake this weekend! Was excited and nervous at the same time as everything had to be perfect. If I didn't do one tier perfectly I had to start again, and it was all buttercream!
Never thought I'd say this, but fondant is so much easier to deal with. Buttercream is not my friend.
I find it hard to do anything in a straight line. Kind of like writing without lined paper. Piping is just as hard! so with the top tier, if I started going on a slight angle I had to start again! In the end I just figured that I'd do a couple of dots, stop and look at it from a distance, then continue on.

The bride and groom wanted the cake in a purple theme. So much purple! Ombre top tier, plain middle and roses on the bottom. We found the inspiration off one of my favourite internet places in the world!... PINTEREST! http://pinterest.com/pin/419045940297840948/

It was a mudcake lovers dream with the tiers being white chocolate, caramel and dark chocolate!
I even managed to get the company - MotionCAM Design to replicate the same cake topper but in white.

I really loved making it, even though I had to work through the public holiday. Blessing really, because at least my partner and my mum were off work and they could look after Eva. And the newly weds loved it too :)

Sarah-Lee's 21st Birthday Cake

My friend Sarah-Lee turned 21 this week and she asked me to make a present cake for her party, with the colours pink white and gold.
Firstly, I made my first successful fondant bow that could stand up without cracking (yay!)

Hand painted 10 fondant roses in edible gold paint

And spent many many hours in the kitchen! This is the end result!

The scariest bit was having to transport it 126km to the party! But lucky I have this cool car magnet to warn road ragers about my nana driving :)

My best cake yet? I think yes!

Beach themed cupcakes

These cupcakes are the last reminder of summer that has gone by far too quickly... 9 months to go until next summer! 

Baby shower cake

This gender neutral baby shower cake was made for Paula. A cute little stork on the top with "welcome little one" and a 'baby' clothes line across the side of the cake. Topped with buttercream ruffle edges, I think it's just the cutest thing ever!

Outer Space cake

Jack had his 5th Birthday party on Saturday and he got a space themed cake and 24 chocolate cupcakes for the party! Yummy!!!

Madagascar cake

Here's my attempt at making a madagascar cake :) Making the characters was the hardest bit! (except for the penguins, they were easy as) I learnt a few things last night, like how to make animals and curled ribbon.
Hope you like it :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Pink Ombre Cake

I made this pink ombre cake for my childhood best friend, just because she is awesome! 
I love how even though I hadn't seen her in four years, we still have that same love as we did when we were five ♥

Very pleased on the way it turned out, as I've never made an ombre cake before. 
I would have liked to pipe roses and have more icing in between the layers but unfortunately I ran out of butter so couldn't make any more buttercream. It looks delicious!

I've been busy :)

Have made a few cakes last week :)
First up is a cute giant cupcake made for Savannah's first birthday.

Then I carved up a cool looking garfield cake :)

I also made some chocolate mudcupcakes with chocolate icing, caramel sauce and hokey pokey pieces for my friends at our monthly cocktail night :)

And then I made a red ninjago cake :) I carved the body because the cake mould was too small. After looking at this photo, I can definitely see where I need to improve next time. But I'm thinking not too bad for a first go!

I currently have a chocolate cake in the oven for my mums birthday tonight. I'm all caked out. Over it! So I'm leaving it until the last minute. Dinner is at 7, so I'll have 3 hours for it to cool and ice it. Oops. Ah well, who can complain about a free cake?!

Happy 23rd birthday to me!

Hi everyone :)

Hope you enjoyed the Christmas and New Year break. I've been spending my summer by hanging out in the kitchen and having the occasional swim in the pool. Eva doesn't like the pool very much. She doesn't appreciate the cold water like I do yet haha.
On the 5th I made a cake for my birthday party (Sad that I had to do it myself, I know! It's unfortunate that nobody else in the family are great bakers. And I'm too much of a tight-ass to spend hundreds on a cake that I could do myself!)
Anyway, this is my creation.

Bottom cake is a delicious carrot cake and the top is vanilla. Both with lemon buttercream. I chose fresh flowers for decoration as I wanted to avoid using fondant. Extra work to add on my 'to-do' list otherwise. The lovely florest at Florist Ilene in Frankton did a great job putting the vibrant coloured flowers together for me She had strict instructions... I didn't want my birthday cake looking like a wedding cake.