Claire & Scott's Blue & White Wedding Cakes

Claire ordered 84 vanilla cakes for her and Scott's wedding. I submitted several designs to her, and in the end she chose her and Scott's initials stamped onto fondant hearts.

I made the buttercream as pale as possible to match the wedding's blue and white theme (it looks more yellow in the photos than it did in real life), and decorated the cakes with silver balls, pale and dark blue flowers and the stamped hearts.

I also made 3 teeny-tiny cakes to go on the top layer of the cake stand, the hearts spelling out 'S+C'. I would have preferred using an ampersand: 'S&C', but I didn't have a stamp for that.

Thank you Claire and Scott for the order, and wishing you a long and happy marriage!

Claire and Scott's initials, stamped into dark blue fondant hearts.

The cakes are decorated with ivory buttercream, silver balls (I found some soft ones that won't break your teeth!), and mix of pale and dark blue flowers and the stamped fondant hearts.

Teeny-tiny cakes with S+C to go on the top layer of the cake stand.

Cake set-up at the venue (matching shirt optional!)

7-tier stand in action.

Tiny toppers.

Baking Today

Just been busy baking for 2 birthdays: a 40th, and a slightly younger one (37, if you must know). 37 seemed a bit of an odd number to put on a cake, not so landmarky as 40, so the ever-popular lions are back (with ears this time!). The 37 year-old is a leo, you see.






I also made 2 batches of Banana and Chocolate Chip cakes with Chocolate buttercream icing. The first batch are here: 6 cakes for a housewarming present. The next batch I'll post later, they're for a friend's birthday, and I think she'd like to see them in real life before she sees them on the blog.

Healthy Hips and Hearts

24 Brown Sugar Chocolate Cakes, iced with raspberry buttercream, for a 'Healthy Hips and Hearts' class (low-impact exercise for older people).
The teacher decided to tell her students that, "The raspberry is the healthy part, the heart is for the heart and the rest is for the hips!"

A morning’s worth of experiments

April 2010. I had a fun morning baking and trying out some of the ideas I had for designs, with my sister. Some worked, some didn’t… here are some of the more successful ones, and a shot of the very messy kitchen table.