Tutorial: Spider Cake

I was asked by a good friend to make a birthday cake for her cool kid. The birthday girl in question is not a typical girly girl. No, this kid likes dinosaurs, snakes, spiders and all things awesome. To start off, I baked one half of a sphere cake pan. This was placed flat side…

Zombie Head Cake

I made a zombie head birthday cake the other day. Who would want such a disgusting thing, I hear you cry? ME!! I love the TV show The Walking Dead, and I am extremely excited and anticipating season 4 which starts in a few weeks. Yes, folks. I made my own birthday cake. I have…

Blackberry Crumble Cake

The other day I went blackberry picking at our local nature reserve. It was a beautiful day, and my nephews and I bagged a whole load of juicy berries. Immediately on my return, I made a couple of blackberry pies. I still had at least a third of the berries left, so I needed to…

riddler cake

Riddler Cake

Just a quick post to share with you all the cake I made for a good friend whose birthday it is today. Happy Birthday Bob! For those interested, the cake was based on a picture sent to me by Bob’s better half. There are three layers of vanilla sponge sandwiched with buttercream, and carved into…

Loki Birthday Cake

A friend of mine and her daughter are big fans of Loki since watching The Avengers – but for entirely different reasons I expect. Personally, I am more of a Thor girl. Last month, my friend asked me if I would make her a Loki cake for her daughter’s 9th birthday. To construct this cake,…

Halloween Sandwich Cake

Halloween sandwich cake

The Pièce de résistance of this year’s Halloween buffet was a 3 layer sandwich cake, covered in smooth orange fondant, and decorated with a hand piped Halloween freeze in black royal icing. I used a standard victoria sponge recipe x 1.5. I split the batter into 3, then using a gel colourant dyed one layer black,…