Hello and sorry for the lack of sugar.

Firstly I would like to apologise for my huge lack of posting over the summer months. I was off doing exciting things in Thailand and Australia! I have a few posts I want to share that I managed to pull out of the bag somehow! 

we're off to the zoo.

excuse the terrible photo's of this one the camera made it look all shiny and glossy! it was actually allot more matte than this! It needs something else you know! I was happy with it but only 90% happy!

"Hi Barbie, Hi Ken"

This is for a little girl that's six tomorrow! I hope she likes it, it's the perfect little girls dream cake! It was just a simple cake mixture with jam and butter cream in the middle. It was a bit of night mare to cook in the pyrex basin and there were more than a few knives stuck in it to check it was perfect but I got there in the end. Also, I couldn't beleive how well the icing went on the cak to cover it!

I decided to completely cover the cake first and then cut out a little hole for barbie to sit in then filled it back up with cake and icing finishing it of with a white frill of icing to hid the gaps! All in all a sucsessful day caking!

C.O.F

I am so happy with this cake! it was for a very special baba who happens to be my God son, it was his christening a few days ago and I was asked if I would do the cake.. It was a serious cake! SIXTEEN eggs! luckily there were no problems at all cooking it and it came out perfectly. I popped a cheeky bit of butter cream and jam in the middle to keep it really tasty and moist.

On to the icing of it, I wanted to use baby blue to cover it to make it that little bit more 'boyish' which I think worked really well actually, and then chose really bold brights so its playful and fun. The idea of a more traditional christening cake really scared me so I am afraid I played it safe and stuck to what I know best. The lettering was actually very similar to a canvas I had painted for his christening pressie by a very talented friend of mine who I think I am going to to a separate blog post on because I think she deserves some recognition for her clever, paint covered fingers.

hope you like this one!  

Birthday Balls!

I Am SOOOO incredibly proud of this! This cake was for my boyfriends Dads 50th birthday this past weekend! I mad it with a very simple sponge and did need help with the initial covering of the cake with the green icing, however everything else I sculpted and stressed over for five hours! But I am so happy with how it turned out. I wish I had taken a few photos of the process of making the character because I did it really simply piece by piece and It would be nice to show you guys just how easy it can be. I got the idea from a book filled with all sorts of cake designs, I'm so glad I found it, because I was stressing so badly about what cake to make for the occasion! 

all in all, I am DEAD pleased with it. 

I'd forgotten about this!

Why I miss summer! Prizes for cakes and pear cider!

The importange of making a mess.

Something I love about cooking is how much mess I get to make! I think its import to stop panicing about being perfectly clean and tidy it makes me feel to steructered I completely ignore the "Clean as you go" rule! I managed to get half way through a recipe and relise I had no vanilla extract left! aaaaarrrghhhh! panic stations! I left to kitchen as it was and ran to the supermarket only to discover they had none in stock! three shops later I finally found some! :)

 The above were my Friends 21st birthday cakes yesterday! however shes way to hungover to eat them! I meant well!