Wedding Rehearsal

Some test cakes for Claire, who might want to have some Hello There Cupcakes at her wedding, in September.
She sent me some images that she liked, but they are quite different to the cakes I normally make, hence these test ones.

I don't normally post photos until the cakes are delivered to the customer, but I imagine that if these get made, they will have evolved by the time they're delivered, so I don't think I'm spoiling anyone's surprise.

Claire said that her bridesmaids would be wearing blue, and the photo she sent me had blue and white cakes. So the colour scheme I went for is dark/light blue, white and silver.

The buttercream is quite yellow in these photos, this is because I used real butter. If I was making them for real and the colour theme remained, then I would use vegetable fat to make the icing pure white.

I hope she likes them! Looking forward to hearing her feedback...


These were a copy of the cakes Claire had liked. But I don't have the nice flowers that were on the original (and don't have the skills for sugarcraft flowers), so the small shop-made ones are standing in for now.


My least favourite ones. Maybe because the colours aren't so punchy?


Blue fondant icing flowers with silver ball.


The bride and groom's initials are stamped into fondant icing.


Butterflies.


Plain roses and ones decorated with silver balls.

Life in Black and White

A really interesting commission from Cath, who is studying Surface Pattern Design and wanted 12 black and white cakes topped with her own designs to complement her degree show stand.

I researched where Cath could have her toppers printed, and then made 12 dark, dark chocolate Guinness cakes and topped them with buttercream, but this time using vegetable fat instead of butter, so that the icing would be pure white.

The toppers were a new experience for me. They were fine to use if you got them right the first time, but once placed on the icing, they tore if I tried to move them. Luckily Cath had printed a few spares...

If you like Cath's work, you can see more of it here.


12 Black and White cakes with 12 toppers.




Cath's work in situ.

Let Them Eat Cake

You could argue that a school nursery party in honour of the royal wedding is no place for political comment, but when I was asked to supply six small cakes as my son's contribution to the above celebration, I couldn't resist being a little bit cheeky.

Six chocolate cakes are decorated in red, white and blue (though I must confess that when I see these colours outside of a Union Jack design, I don't think of the UK flag, but of the Stars and Stripes or even a rosette from the French revolution ...maybe I can reprise these cakes in July: both on the 4th and 14th?!)

The message on them is definitely poking fun at the royals, but I also like the double meaning, because -of course- I'm also wishing that everyone be allowed to eat cake.


"Qu'ils mangent de la brioche"