tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18418949556223546642024-03-14T08:24:00.563+00:00OutCakesJandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-77020742818573937992013-12-24T14:03:00.001+00:002013-12-24T14:03:51.753+00:00Toy Turtle Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made this cake with my daughter for her 11th birthday. She loves a toy turtle she has and wanted it to look like that. The sponge cake was baked in a pyrex bowl and cake offcuts used for the head and legs and tail. The filling is two layers, one of raspberry jam, the other swiss meringue butter cream. I covered some of the cake drum with blue icing then softened some white icing to use to drag with a fork to look like waves. The remaining drum has light brown sugar for the sand. Emily modelled the shell, starfish and octopus and helped with the shapes on the shell too.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-75459708137800687182013-12-24T13:51:00.001+00:002013-12-24T13:51:22.553+00:00Holly and Ivy Christmas Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my 8" fruit Christmas cake. I used to make one each year as it was my Mum's birthday Christmas Day. My mother passed away in 2010 and this is the first year I have felt like making my own cake since then. It has been fed with brandy for the past 3 months so I can't wait to taste it. Very simple design using PME holly and ivy cutters. The green ribbon has Merry Christmas on it in gold lettering.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-70078982574594934162013-09-24T19:08:00.000+01:002013-09-24T19:08:26.163+01:00Jazzy Piano Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was a tricky cake to do. The pianist is meant to be Bill Evans for any jazz enthusiasts. The piano is the actual cake and there is also some cake in the piano stool. I baked an 8" square sponge cake, slicing it into three layers and cutting it into the piano shape. I used cake pillars fro the piano legs but cut them down to the size I needed. Making sharp corners was extremely difficult when covering it with icing. To make it shiny I brushed it with confectioner's glaze. The piano lid, keyboard lid and music stand are all made from Pastillage icing so it would set hard enough to keep it's shape. I finished it off with a black and white piano keys ribbon around the drum board. Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-63853986918801752502013-09-24T18:53:00.001+01:002013-09-24T18:53:46.264+01:0018th Bed Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a sponge cake I was asked to make for a lady, whose son was turning 18. I made a 12" square cake then halved it, sandwiched it together with butter cream then cut 2" off one end. All the pieces for the bed frame are made from pastillage icing which sets hard, then brushed with an edible wash of colour. I patterned the frame pieces with a wood grain effect first. The frame is attached with royal icing. Obviously I was copying the style of the bed from a photograph I was sent, so the colours were the same as his bedroom decor. I modelled the extra items around to make it more like a typical teenagers bedroom.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-49741880957522224542012-11-24T19:38:00.003+00:002012-11-25T16:21:56.839+00:0080th Birthday Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a 10" sponge cake with raspberry jam and Swiss meringue butter cream. I was asked for a white cake with yellow piping and yellow roses. I chose to also use gold in the colour scheme, using ivory ribbon with gold edging for the posy pick, a gold 80 sign ,gold wired pearls and gold dusted hearts around the sides where the swags joined. There are quite a few shades of yellow, but I tried to restrict myself to two shades only. I attached a thin yellow ribbon around the cake just above the piped trail and then matched it with a wider ribbon to edge the drum board. I piped the sign onto an icing plaque which I had embossed using a daisy rolling pin, then used the same Royal yellow icing for the piped trail and the three dots dropping down from each gold heart. I supplied two sparklers in the numbers 8 and 0 which they lit as everyone sang Happy Birthday and the cake was brought in. I have been told it went very well and the sparklers were a great success.<br />
Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-56925576722634429082012-10-14T11:44:00.001+01:002012-10-14T11:44:44.706+01:0018th Birthday Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is an 8" square sponge cake filled with raspberry jam and Swiss meringue butter cream. The cake was to be pink and white and quite girly so I chose to use pink organza ribbon to form a bow at the front. I iced the cake and board in white and crimped around the edge of the drum board while it was still soft. Then I mixed raspberry shimmer edible powder with Royal Icing to pipe around the base of the cake with a shell pattern. I added some tylose powder to sugar paste and cut out a plaque shape onto which I piped the birthday message using the same Royal icing colour from earlier. I dusted the plaque with snowflake and the edges with the same raspberry shimmer so it would stand out. The roses,white flowers, ribbon loops and pink hearts are all made by hand and pushed into a posy pick. The same colour Mexican paste was used for her name and the small hearts around the drum board and cake to link the top and bottom together. I did buy the silver number 18 and attached it to a pink wire pushed into the centre of the posy pick.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-15928045334766278102012-10-14T11:28:00.001+01:002012-10-14T11:30:08.225+01:00Golfer's cupcakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was asked to make cupcakes for a man's 70th birthday and to present it on a stand. The only guidelines were that the cupcakes were to be chocolate flavoured and that the gentleman played golf in his spare time. The cupcake cases were brown with polka dots which would link in with the white golf balls. I used play sand, real golf balls and a green hanging basket liner to fill the stand. The flag is a clear cake support decorated to look like a golf pole. The chocolate cupcakes are covered with swirled chocolate butter cream, uncannily the same colour as the sand in the bunker! To link in with the red of the flag I modeled red Tees from sugar paste as well as white golf balls,using a ball tool to indent the pattern on them. Each alternate cupcake has a gold 70 on it made from Mexican paste dusted with bright gold edible powder. I hope the party went well and they got cupcakes <u>and</u> a new set of golf balls to replace those that inevitably get lost!Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-48701570856830433082012-06-22T18:48:00.001+01:002012-06-24T14:39:02.352+01:00Lattice Pie Cake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This may seem strange, but my son has a particular talent for maths and there are also other funny reasons ( known within the family) why a pie cake was made for his 12th Birthday. I shaped the cake to more of a pie ,offset it on the cake drum and iced it all over in brown. The lighter colour was cut into wavy strips using a ribbon cutter and arranged across the top, then finished with a long sausage of icing to cover the edges. The pie sign is held on wires pushed into a flower pick. The tablecloth is just lots of red and white squares joined together then smoothed over. The actual cake is an 8" madeira sponge with two layers of jam and butter cream. I used a red Happy Birthday ribbon around the cake drum. This is a quick and easy cake which could be adapted to other types of pie, but our Joseph is rather partial to mince pies and treacle tarts.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-37728620344722551582011-11-26T12:56:00.005+00:002011-12-10T17:04:55.364+00:00Glee Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MgAykVf24v9YtmbSPjL6gF4z_xeD_rUXfiraRVM4cSMEeGzf9Y0XY_9uVu0JspEwAGH_PxEqI24We8ZG8x99bEXVCK1JbWsKxwzJatLdImuthMc8prFHwWOJz6KbjHUPU1b2Hh3rkq-Z/s1600/P1010440web.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MgAykVf24v9YtmbSPjL6gF4z_xeD_rUXfiraRVM4cSMEeGzf9Y0XY_9uVu0JspEwAGH_PxEqI24We8ZG8x99bEXVCK1JbWsKxwzJatLdImuthMc8prFHwWOJz6KbjHUPU1b2Hh3rkq-Z/s400/P1010440web.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5679287812569258482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">My daughter is absolutely mad about Glee and asked me to make her a Glee birthday cake. She actually helped to design her cake but left me to work out how to do it. To create the stage at the back I sliced the cake into three layers, then halved the top layer and put the halves on top of each other to make the back section of cake x4 layers tall, the front section just two layers. As in the series, we added gold stars as the character Rachel always puts a gold star after her name. The five main girls in the show are dressed like the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">WMHS</span> cheerios, each holding a letter to spell my daughter's name. She even stressed which order to seat them and how they should have their hair done. Emily helped to brush colour over the floorboards of the stage and add the red curtain <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">around</span> the back. There was a lot of modelling on the characters but it was fun to see it all come together. </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-17406275162776022572011-10-02T15:23:00.006+01:002011-10-02T15:38:11.457+01:0050th Birthday Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCkQ_9pTX0ws-47mcgkAsR09K_C_IK0Qc-tIog0xbwwtVnnuYJGMYZn7LsT8dFLkqNfPxwMb8sXQqwI-y7dY3KedS3eed7WEMuujdM1-sRSoBb5VbTyAE_Q-K1mmdujXY9tslYeiLGhzf/s1600/Kathleen.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCkQ_9pTX0ws-47mcgkAsR09K_C_IK0Qc-tIog0xbwwtVnnuYJGMYZn7LsT8dFLkqNfPxwMb8sXQqwI-y7dY3KedS3eed7WEMuujdM1-sRSoBb5VbTyAE_Q-K1mmdujXY9tslYeiLGhzf/s320/Kathleen.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658900481025339826" border="0" /></a>This is a 9" hexagonal sponge, jam and butter cream cake I made for my friend, whose sister was about to celebrate her 50th birthday. I used a daisy rolling pin to pattern the icing around the cake board, covering the joins with flowers made from Mexican paste. I dusted over it with snowflake lustre powder to make the embossed daisy pattern stand out more. I also made the numbers for the 50 from white mexican paste, attached them to wires and covered them with white disco hologram powder. The numbers, ribbon loops, carnations, roses and gems are all in a flower pick. I piped a snail trail around the base of the cake before tying on the organza ribbon.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-54040235482946917742011-07-29T17:51:00.006+01:002011-07-31T10:21:57.240+01:0021st Birthday Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xuAqOzovG8V5Bhu9onffRf7kzY5YbwHCwJlOYKvWzVfp1o0O8d_3KiJnzHSPDl8s5x6Enhsseb_KhtA_SXrLOYlszL8Fis6M1TNbp3EpF9e-nWIW4jtes7WkEyVzmGawdB0RTL7HDRNH/s1600/21st+cake+big+boobs_edited-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xuAqOzovG8V5Bhu9onffRf7kzY5YbwHCwJlOYKvWzVfp1o0O8d_3KiJnzHSPDl8s5x6Enhsseb_KhtA_SXrLOYlszL8Fis6M1TNbp3EpF9e-nWIW4jtes7WkEyVzmGawdB0RTL7HDRNH/s400/21st+cake+big+boobs_edited-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634817945391868418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">This is a 10" sponge cake with jam and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">butter cream</span> fillings. I was asked to model Sophie on the cake but her Mum also requested ribbon, flowers, a sparkly 21 sign and certain items around the cake. The birthday girl is also a mother and drives, so I included a set of car keys with a "best Mum" keyring attached. The chosen colour scheme was peaches and cream although I had to model some items in contrasting colours otherwise they wouldn't stand out. The board itself is iced in soft peach then rolled over with a silk pin to add texture. I had a photograph of Sophie to follow so I hope she can see some <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">resemblance</span> and finds it flattering. The champagne bottle candle was a finishing touch to the final cake, which they can light at the celebration party.</span>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-32383470160655407762011-07-09T18:45:00.002+01:002011-07-09T19:00:49.516+01:0050th Birthday Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNw981CJg-V9RUIWbCPnZSRtezXheCA3YVwFUBGXQ3MQ9f0tFEqhC5iwQUUP4MApe2_qW3QGtTOoTOBgEUmqAwmp1L54rcuzVAY2N8z8xxDwmoCtb_bqXd5HykcpuUXXI8FPx1IdRfuXiZ/s1600/P1250267web.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNw981CJg-V9RUIWbCPnZSRtezXheCA3YVwFUBGXQ3MQ9f0tFEqhC5iwQUUP4MApe2_qW3QGtTOoTOBgEUmqAwmp1L54rcuzVAY2N8z8xxDwmoCtb_bqXd5HykcpuUXXI8FPx1IdRfuXiZ/s320/P1250267web.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627410347155231810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0AHHg-4zfd20mORQv8abpHMWJ1kXZWzGdLvnGyczr9sR08ldrMUoJmjxhvXvIetL4ShwKfjjsSpTwuv6Ovh1Fs2OK9M4wcIkEoc3RZsHGLwEJXc63PHcFH6-hJExl3fTZZzadr5DpFRD/s1600/P1250272web.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0AHHg-4zfd20mORQv8abpHMWJ1kXZWzGdLvnGyczr9sR08ldrMUoJmjxhvXvIetL4ShwKfjjsSpTwuv6Ovh1Fs2OK9M4wcIkEoc3RZsHGLwEJXc63PHcFH6-hJExl3fTZZzadr5DpFRD/s320/P1250272web.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627410343875553410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">I made this cake for my eldest brother's 50th . It was hard to think of what to put on it because he has quite a few hobbies so in the end I decided to make a hexagonal cake and show his life from birth through each decade until the present day. You cannot see one of the sides from these two images but one side shows him in a love heart with his wife Jackie. It ends with him singing as he is a member of his local male voice choir. At first I modelled all the heads, some of them only thin as they were to be attached to the sides with royal icing. The most time consuming was all the modelling. I used a circle of greaseproof paper positioned on the top as a guide when I was putting the lettering around the top. The stars and 50 are made from Mexican paste and allowed to harden on the wires before inserting them into the flower pick. I didn't want to model anything too delicate as we were driving to East Midlands with it and needed it to arrive intact. We had a firework candle at the party, but were asked to light it outside, (fire and safety regulationsand and all that!)</span> I didn't get to eat a piece as we had a long drive back, but my brother and his family assured me it tasted delicious.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-66600474133848470252011-04-03T15:30:00.003+01:002011-04-03T15:41:33.118+01:00Liqourice allsorts cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvaBy9zJxW8T5y8NM1UGyLKLTPueV039YcoWGBl87vEmy6yTmvLqojx7x00RKn1_RSH2BOlldbUOXJUCv4dAH_QP27C47ccQTvLXMLHlMS_tBSVAl_OCUc1X9LwpfjyrWOftFkoLl9WGQ/s1600/Owen-cake.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvaBy9zJxW8T5y8NM1UGyLKLTPueV039YcoWGBl87vEmy6yTmvLqojx7x00RKn1_RSH2BOlldbUOXJUCv4dAH_QP27C47ccQTvLXMLHlMS_tBSVAl_OCUc1X9LwpfjyrWOftFkoLl9WGQ/s320/Owen-cake.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591364728303625970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I made this 8" sponge cake for my son's 13th birthday. As his favourite sweets are liqourice allsorts I decided to incorporate them into a design for his birthday cake. The sweets were easily stuck onto the ends of white wires inserted into a flower pick in the centre of the cake,together with the number 13 in yellow Mexican Paste. The other allsorts are stuck on with softened sugar paste. This is a really simple cake to make but extremely colourful, and could be adapted for other children/people using their favourite sweets.ie. Maltesers or wine gums. I added his name in black Mexican paste using the FMM Funky letters cutters. To finish it I attached a black Happy Birthday ribbon around the square board. All the family are enjoying the cake, but only Owen gets to eat the liqourice allsorts!</span>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-33204571488978411032011-03-23T19:14:00.002+00:002011-03-23T19:26:31.255+00:00Simple Birthday cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv24Dk_Dz5GoZ7As9xckVgt1_9xIotlb6YdPuvsx4_p8S8XJ7b582oFA5n4RSlJippSt6P2IJsTCqXM8nLiWIa0fay-K7kuCZeYqMxra4a9hYeOausrQG-vtYvpi9iLt3qBQmaFgQiKy9L/s1600/P1010254-web.gif"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv24Dk_Dz5GoZ7As9xckVgt1_9xIotlb6YdPuvsx4_p8S8XJ7b582oFA5n4RSlJippSt6P2IJsTCqXM8nLiWIa0fay-K7kuCZeYqMxra4a9hYeOausrQG-vtYvpi9iLt3qBQmaFgQiKy9L/s320/P1010254-web.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587355937173951714" border="0" /></a>This is an 8" square sponge cake I made recently for a friend of the family. It was his 82nd Birthday and I wanted to make a simple but elegant cake just to say Happy Birthday. I made the swags with my sugar craft gun then made the icing bows to place over the joins where the swags met. Using Royal Icing coloured blue I piped four small dots down from each bow. Royal icing was also used for piping the shell trail around the base of the cake and the icing on the board itself is crimped at the edges. I wanted it to be quite traditional but obviously didn't want to include flowers on a cake for a man. Although you cannot see it clearly in this photograph there is a sparkly blue ribbon around the cake board.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-28118664369050605762011-02-27T09:44:00.004+00:002011-02-28T19:31:46.673+00:0040th Birthday Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuT-knc6eEMdc6zBV-iI0gsWvJRzX6Gx2SfTrQ8nJo6k-2Kgo2aJMp_PsOQNDshKOI_jxc7vlLRfD5trz4nTZrMsES-xNhKfMrXiEbHwgFBE4b_HEl33V9gonnoncacmfDhyymU6pUTvRK/s1600/michelle-2.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuT-knc6eEMdc6zBV-iI0gsWvJRzX6Gx2SfTrQ8nJo6k-2Kgo2aJMp_PsOQNDshKOI_jxc7vlLRfD5trz4nTZrMsES-xNhKfMrXiEbHwgFBE4b_HEl33V9gonnoncacmfDhyymU6pUTvRK/s400/michelle-2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578302919063264978" border="0" /></a>This is a 9" square cake with jam and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">butter cream</span>. I was asked to use a lilac and white colour scheme and to add a lilac ribbon around the cake itself. I used a photograph that was emailed to me to help with modelling the lady's family sitting on the front edge of the cake. I wanted to include the number 40 somewhere so I made the numbers from Mexican Paste covered with disco white hologram and left them to harden. When I was putting the children onto the cake I placed the numbers on their laps to look as if they were holding them up. I piped a shell trail around the base of the cake and added flowers using shades of lilac to finish the design.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-66005350600017882772011-02-27T09:43:00.008+00:002011-02-28T19:32:38.219+00:00First Birthday cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEazB2RVbgKyGP1ebof44rhVtGmPDYM3kkBjT9Ly6dUNYH4aQVszzUN1prWDidfYS9Kdy7TAh_VdJqxZWrfKtFOAxDRdpYVR4yElKHKh2sqTfFnnpFFjQzY8HWkOHu9i7zmMap1uC1sNfU/s1600/BUNNY-1.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEazB2RVbgKyGP1ebof44rhVtGmPDYM3kkBjT9Ly6dUNYH4aQVszzUN1prWDidfYS9Kdy7TAh_VdJqxZWrfKtFOAxDRdpYVR4yElKHKh2sqTfFnnpFFjQzY8HWkOHu9i7zmMap1uC1sNfU/s400/BUNNY-1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578302708810508578" border="0" /></a>This is a number one cake for a girl's first birthday. I used a Wilton tin which has a nice shape and makes quite a large cake. This cake was chocolate with chocolate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">butter cream</span> in the middle. I was asked to do a pink and white colour scheme and to include pink hearts and a pink rabbit. As you can see I crimped around the edge of the board and make an icing rope in pink to go between the cake and board. The idea for the rabbit came from a Maisie Parish book where it showed how to make brown rabbits to go on an Easter cake but I made mine in just pink and white and added a small pick containing hearts on wires dusted with Raspberry shimmer, disco white hologram and snowflake lustre, at the side of it to complement the hearts around the cake and board.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-70098064529000661772011-02-27T09:43:00.007+00:002011-02-28T19:32:20.418+00:00Cow Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyFt1b_zU51EXDgvA9Hg1duQaFoJHY3odU96aFnePHRrsfyGnJcOqLp3PrN8X9xJVJT-QHJ9mR9Hbqwd-Rxq5ufYyNGWhvBIFnWPgeuIZNyKnkS14jh-DQl0_FaYJx2iVz8YBJq_fOLWw/s1600/WEB-COW.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyFt1b_zU51EXDgvA9Hg1duQaFoJHY3odU96aFnePHRrsfyGnJcOqLp3PrN8X9xJVJT-QHJ9mR9Hbqwd-Rxq5ufYyNGWhvBIFnWPgeuIZNyKnkS14jh-DQl0_FaYJx2iVz8YBJq_fOLWw/s400/WEB-COW.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578302833679129138" border="0" /></a>It was nice to be asked to make this cake because it was good fun. I looked at some ideas on google images and we decided to go for this design. This is a 9" sponge with just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">butter cream</span> because the birthday girl didn't like jam. I used a new nailbrush to create the texture on the green icing before adding a few icing blossom flowers. I modelled the cow's head from white and pink icing, using a ball tool to create the nostrils and to make indents for the eyes. I modelled the udders by hand from a ball of pink icing then rolled the edges thinner using a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">cel</span> stick. Finally I used a circle cutter to complete the udders and stuck in onto the front edge of the cake using sugar glue. All the legs were quite simple to make, leaving the belly plain for the message. I needed short lengths of raw spaghetti to help attach the ears and supported them with sponge until they had hardened. All the black markings were just roughly shaped by hand then I chose a spotty back and white ribbon which was the finishing touch.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-86143798981883352902010-12-28T15:46:00.003+00:002010-12-28T16:09:36.842+00:00Pony Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4COtHp0jrQdgFZGlB4TtULhcBezydEMmEtilcKnMQEAAyjxirzgwhHVSH4f-9A4nN5SL0lhLG5FU3eM5jNVw28sjlh8xL_eW7LIB30ObSShFepHupYuyOeA9WRMUL8_YtOfdPRD_yada/s1600/web-horse.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4COtHp0jrQdgFZGlB4TtULhcBezydEMmEtilcKnMQEAAyjxirzgwhHVSH4f-9A4nN5SL0lhLG5FU3eM5jNVw28sjlh8xL_eW7LIB30ObSShFepHupYuyOeA9WRMUL8_YtOfdPRD_yada/s400/web-horse.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555760017729137698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I made this cake for my daughter as she was having a pony party with some of her school friends. The pony is made from sugar paste and based on an idea in a Maisie Parish book . This is like an earlier cake I had made for someone else which you can also see on this blog. </span>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-44777928186891489152010-12-28T15:45:00.005+00:002010-12-28T16:02:34.261+00:0080th Birthday Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiFU7OvvKGiKG8_oSHDQIV2_MeO1lOILMrFRiEYmIaqDjY8zKVdtY72AKhkBGyedRY9ldnr477IUkuk6DRVcXKyqHtrYlXXW5NeXkF5j4w7NvgvSI-BP_H2lCvs2C4MxBwsmziJNVeQ2x/s1600/webcake.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKiFU7OvvKGiKG8_oSHDQIV2_MeO1lOILMrFRiEYmIaqDjY8zKVdtY72AKhkBGyedRY9ldnr477IUkuk6DRVcXKyqHtrYlXXW5NeXkF5j4w7NvgvSI-BP_H2lCvs2C4MxBwsmziJNVeQ2x/s400/webcake.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555759892218069314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A friend asked me to make this cake for her parents, who share the same birthday. In their younger days Pat was a seamstress and Bob was a coalman, so I modeled a Singer sewing machine and a sack of coal as requested. The style of the cake is based on another 80th cake I had done for my own father with playing cards on it, like a present bursting open. As my friend asked, I tried to make it very visual with contrasting colours in cerise, black and silver. I hope the cake helps to make it a celebration to remember. </span>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-73037640939673340102010-09-15T19:29:00.003+01:002010-09-15T20:02:51.681+01:00Diamond Wedding Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh230xQfu1DCkRBs2mTskyDxzdF-dsTQG3UCa4dEoi6JtY7OvlJuJ1B6sFVuPtAhCsTij8KYaOtJSawvcxNJXngjIemtW-xQCPPZyJjsnQk3nqjguzrvL2u03vK_MO2t4aNJhLxi6e1y8XW/s1600/web.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 368px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh230xQfu1DCkRBs2mTskyDxzdF-dsTQG3UCa4dEoi6JtY7OvlJuJ1B6sFVuPtAhCsTij8KYaOtJSawvcxNJXngjIemtW-xQCPPZyJjsnQk3nqjguzrvL2u03vK_MO2t4aNJhLxi6e1y8XW/s400/web.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517209301944781378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">This is an 8" sponge cake I made for my sister-in-law, who wanted it as a surprise present for her parents, to help celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary. I bought the sparkly '60' on a wire and the 'diamond' effect trim to match it. She wanted to include two walking sticks on the cake so I tried to position them to look like a realistic pose, but also forming the shape of a heart between the couple. They are made in mexican paste so they harden. They may be a little large but I needed them to be tough enough not to break when I was attaching them to the figures.The letters are dusted in snowflake lustre powder ,as are the hearts on wires arranged around the number in the posy pick. The lady's glasses are made from a white paper coated wire. The diamond trim, which is stuck onto the ribbon with Royal Icing, is very sparkly, as you can see by the reflections it is creating around the cake board when we used a flash on the camera. I hope they enjoy their special day and that this cake brings a smile ,along with the many other surprises in store. It is quite something to reach such a milestone!</span>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-11781551686351926002010-08-15T18:42:00.002+01:002010-08-15T19:04:29.933+01:0060th Birthday Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkmBOlkv5zehgwKd4_lfvXQUXoiLLoaaBD0_qAXWmS1vfxv8Ct8S4z1oJhPWz4OealZ0xYkhhGV_5N0B-3FHp4gVE6cDtxtYFSpbHlAkfLPZTV2cMJsrpYHhHs4vfPw42uVWbf_fd5WXJ/s1600/web2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOkmBOlkv5zehgwKd4_lfvXQUXoiLLoaaBD0_qAXWmS1vfxv8Ct8S4z1oJhPWz4OealZ0xYkhhGV_5N0B-3FHp4gVE6cDtxtYFSpbHlAkfLPZTV2cMJsrpYHhHs4vfPw42uVWbf_fd5WXJ/s400/web2.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505693805730940786" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQzZHWby6L3eRq0YUDUeJE_bvdzHLSC4jqqQ_cy0wPvVwd73soC_Jkvac3G2fgrqr8llfFT8sLSdWBTxBNTFFI0MqmSNUT0bOrhk9aOnHMZV4N0m6fjPUSRd-SfmyprC4D4MnnAb7tW2iK/s1600/web1.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQzZHWby6L3eRq0YUDUeJE_bvdzHLSC4jqqQ_cy0wPvVwd73soC_Jkvac3G2fgrqr8llfFT8sLSdWBTxBNTFFI0MqmSNUT0bOrhk9aOnHMZV4N0m6fjPUSRd-SfmyprC4D4MnnAb7tW2iK/s400/web1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505693801004081074" border="0" /></a><br />This is a cake that is a variation of another cake I had done. The lady wanted it for her husband but requested a Manchester United F.C. shirt instead of a Liverpool F.C.one and on a laptop instead of with a football. She also specified which drink cans to model. I made the laptop with flower paste mixed with modelling paste to give it more strength and dried it over a folded piece of card to get the right angle. It was fun making the cans and other objects around him. I hope I didn't make too many cans of drink as he may think it gives the wrong impression of him to his friends! The smaller stars around the sign are coated in disco white hologram powder which will give it some sparkle under lighting at the evening celebration. As the top is all on a cake card it can be removed and saved as a keepsake. The icing rope covers the edge between the top card and the cake itself. If you want to see the original cake design look up 21st cakes in the side bar.Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-39180729370093656592010-07-24T19:14:00.003+01:002010-07-24T19:37:26.071+01:00Graduation Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPRom0pTjNL8gqsYCc7AaAjuutzI-WHsLPVogymADGEi_FI0o0U3k3dtogOC1AnxQeNDZCYHnp7LURY6ESF0zmPZ8PgsfNLAVgHDE5Z6FwaNPu4tTpJLRs_AroAEb9Qe9o-jTVH2ezOja/s1600/web1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPRom0pTjNL8gqsYCc7AaAjuutzI-WHsLPVogymADGEi_FI0o0U3k3dtogOC1AnxQeNDZCYHnp7LURY6ESF0zmPZ8PgsfNLAVgHDE5Z6FwaNPu4tTpJLRs_AroAEb9Qe9o-jTVH2ezOja/s400/web1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497538130745095618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjRzm9MERgc-kugDLe6GW2HUlJ45CYg5M-UiUDIMMUbYUP8bsJ8AsYGbSfzwkOvh58eO-rjGYh9UslbxYIIivcO77oahmKlZ6b_hfRrr4E9Z9lPL0_ulYpg6bozj0Nyz7NipexzY58_yi/s1600/web3.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjRzm9MERgc-kugDLe6GW2HUlJ45CYg5M-UiUDIMMUbYUP8bsJ8AsYGbSfzwkOvh58eO-rjGYh9UslbxYIIivcO77oahmKlZ6b_hfRrr4E9Z9lPL0_ulYpg6bozj0Nyz7NipexzY58_yi/s400/web3.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497538123311080658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">This is a 9" square sponge cake a lady asked me to make for her husband who, as a mature student, had just graduated from John Moore's University to become a social worker. The main colours were based on the navy cap and gown with grey sash that he wore at the graduation ceremony. He also wore a pale blue shirt so I restricted my colours to grey, navy and pale blue. I used a black edible food pen to write suitable titles onto the books I modelled to place under his feet and on the cake itself. I piped around the base of the cake and attached a navy blue ribbon with softened sugar paste. I piped the message onto a white scroll of icing using Royal Icing coloured navy, then attached it to the top with boiled water. Around the board I made a tiled pattern to contrast with the smooth finish on the cake. The sparkly stars are just a finishing touch to a celebration cake for a great achievement. </span>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-11461286190759057632010-07-16T19:27:00.003+01:002010-07-16T20:03:03.980+01:00Posy of flowers Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJi_I4rGMx-zb-pLP0ujdw_984YpY8VQ57Su7olPtxMa080Rr2qY3MVA0baPpUkL6-UMhSQa5YQS1SM-IWWfm9R-n1NQUFWnYnG7V_YXuropqfNp-9gVemTuoS9VMyMN2NPpMYz4rQQycH/s1600/web.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJi_I4rGMx-zb-pLP0ujdw_984YpY8VQ57Su7olPtxMa080Rr2qY3MVA0baPpUkL6-UMhSQa5YQS1SM-IWWfm9R-n1NQUFWnYnG7V_YXuropqfNp-9gVemTuoS9VMyMN2NPpMYz4rQQycH/s400/web.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494572489229181970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">This is an 8" sponge cake I made for my friend whose nan was celebrating her 88th birthday. Her favourite colour is lilac so I chose lilac ribbons then decided to complement the lilac with soft peach roses dusted with ruby powder . I modeled some deeper lilac fantasy flowers with cotton stamens dusted with grape shimmer and interspersed them with the roses, ribbons and pearls. I used some of the lilac ribbon to wrap around the posy pick and create two tails . The flowers take a lot of time to make but I wanted it to be an elegant cake for a special celebration.</span>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-20910203843096548822010-06-27T19:02:00.005+01:002010-06-27T19:33:27.881+01:00Pokemon Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSa3N_F_ESfRC5b2Su5B5DditteNB6a6TXrwvSRJVNTgsQGPqER0XVXgX8Sb5VmKSKSSbJ_BFEGrlCkJorL49EFS3ccZdEWay834oQgcLv4_hn0f5_uocbL3Xb9iHFey7mG3IwhB12nd5/s1600/poke-blog.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSa3N_F_ESfRC5b2Su5B5DditteNB6a6TXrwvSRJVNTgsQGPqER0XVXgX8Sb5VmKSKSSbJ_BFEGrlCkJorL49EFS3ccZdEWay834oQgcLv4_hn0f5_uocbL3Xb9iHFey7mG3IwhB12nd5/s320/poke-blog.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487515520963768034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">This is a stacked cake with a 9" sponge cake on the bottom tier and a 6" cake on top that I made for my youngest son's birthday. It was fun for Joseph to help design his cake and choose which Pokemon characters he wanted to include on it. I bet you may be able to guess which is which by their names :- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Dugtrio</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Lugia</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Tangela</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Spinark</span> and Ditto. Joseph modelled Ditto by himself. Joseph is painted onto the sign in edible black in Unknown Pokemon writing. I modelled him sitting on the top wearing an 'Ash' cap and holding his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Pokeball</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Lugia's</span> wings were made separately then attached last with Royal icing and supported with sponge until it had set. I used green and red on his top to match in with the lower tier. Joseph and his friends enjoyed pulling everything off and eating all the characters before starting on the cake itself!<br /><br /></span>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841894955622354664.post-45775316098663581192010-06-25T22:10:00.002+01:002010-06-27T19:42:11.792+01:00Red Roses Cake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13DbKy-UeAXlzH3QKR2iMT5gd9MJWvInElvLE4o3Tr75NChJYQv2js_0HvCmA7wCuRdm1IiS374LVAtxVGFwpsWtfj4V4e6WNsPLkaWPF1sSeI_CuY1sxGoTkhLGPUZlAsX4cUtie8s9f/s1600/rose-cake.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13DbKy-UeAXlzH3QKR2iMT5gd9MJWvInElvLE4o3Tr75NChJYQv2js_0HvCmA7wCuRdm1IiS374LVAtxVGFwpsWtfj4V4e6WNsPLkaWPF1sSeI_CuY1sxGoTkhLGPUZlAsX4cUtie8s9f/s320/rose-cake.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487523627766613186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I was asked to make this 8" round sponge cake for a lady who loves red roses and had been at a party where I had made the pink roses and carnations cake. This time I only made red roses, ribbon loops, pearls and rose leaves. I was asked to give it an organza ribbon and bow, so I offset the cake towards the back of the cake drum to leave room for the bow ans some smaller rose buds and jewels. Although it is quite time-consuming, I really enjoy making flowers from Petal Paste, and the leaves are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">brushed</span> with confectioner's glaze to give them a sheen.</span>Jandoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10133410956690990180noreply@blogger.com0