What do you give the man who has everything?

What do you give the man who has everything?
Salli knows - she ordered 6 rugby (union) pitches and 6 Cookie Monsters to make up a cheerful, yet sporty present for her friend's 30th birthday.

Vanilla cakes with vanilla buttercream icing, with fondant and glacé icing details.

Smiley

How beautiful do this cake toppers look, laid out with their different colours? I'm definitely feeling inspired to do a 'paintbox' box of cakes... Could even do the cakes with rainbow-coloured batter... anyone want to make an order? ;-)


Am I the only one who wants to write, "acieeeeed"? ...Maybe I'm just showing my age.





6 Smiley cakes for Sam's birthday (Gefeliciteerd, Sam). I was really nervous of attempting such an iconic image, but I think they turned out really nicely.

Vanilla cakes and Vanilla Seed buttercream icing.

Zoe's Cakes

6 Chocolate cakes with assorted designs for Zoe.
My favourites are the 'princess' ones - I got the edible glitter out and finally got a chance to experiment with my new crown mini-cutter.

Roses Experiments

May 2010
Chocolate and Banana cakes with Chocolate buttercream (which is waaay too rich)



July 2010
Chocolate cakes with Strawberry buttercream.
Looks more like a snail than a rose.


Septermber 2010.
Vanilla cakes with Vanilla Seed buttercream.
Quite happy with these, but they are still a bit frilly. Delicious though :-)




Just been trying these last few months to ice cakes to look like roses. Not some flouncy flowers, though, but graphic, Alice In Wonderland-type ones.

It's obviously all about the icing nozzle, and I still don't have the right one... Yet another trip to the cake decorating shop, I think.