Jungle Cake

I made this jungle cake for my cousins birthday.  It was a vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream.  The animals were made using Youtube tutorials.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake

I made this cake for a first birthday party.  The first tier is a vanilla sponge which I drizzled with a vanilla syrup after baking.  It also had a vanilla buttercream and strawberry jam filling.  The second tier is a chocolate fudge cake with white chocolate buttercream.  Yummy!!

The decorations were mostly made with fondant icing.  I had to use flower paste for the wings of the butterfly and let them dry well so that they were rigid.  I also made some vanilla cupcakes and used some hungry caterpillar toppers which I found on amazon.

Peppa Pig Cake

I have been busy making this Peppa pig cake for my goddaughter this week.  It was quite detailed so took me a while to complete.  I used a you tube tutorial to make the peppa model and the teacups and teapot.

Baby shower cakes

I made these cakes for a baby shower.  The large cake is a sponge with vanilla buttercream and raspberry jam.

My sister's boyfriend is a bit nuts about owls so I have decided to make some owl cake pops to go with the owl shaped birthday cake this year.  I found a guide on youtube and off I went to tescos to buy all the decorations.  To make these you will need chocolate cake, melted chocolate, chocolate buttons for the wings, circle shapes for the eyes and stars for the feet.  I also found some white chocolate shapes for the beak.

And here they are...

We are all off to the pub tomorrow for a lovely Sunday lunch so I have made Curt an owl cake to go with the cake pops.  It took quite a while but I did cheat slightly by watching a youtube clip showing how to make this cake!  

It has been quite a while since my last post (baby George might have something to do with that).  Today my sister and I made a two tier butter cake filled with buttercream and strawberry jam in between feeds and nappy changes!  Hands were washed I promise! 

We covered both tiers in fondant icing and leaves sprayed with pearl lustre.  And here is the finished product...

And another...

Mum came round today and we made the Christmas cake together!  Just taken it out of the oven and it smells amazing!  Can't wait to start making decorations for it.  Off to google Christmas cakes for some ideas :)

I have finally got round to posting a picture of the xmas cake from 2011!!  Its almost time to make this year's cake.  Oops!