Larissa's Present

I never get tired of these present cakes. This one for Larissa was covered in white fondant with a white glitter all over it. I didn't know where to put the '40' so decided to put small ones all around the cake. I think it turned out quite effective.

Joe & Gemma's Flag

I am not sure if this is a flag for an actual country, but it was the picture which was sent to me to try and copy. I think I did a fair job of it except for the hole I left in the lion's tail. I don't know why I didn't see that at the time. The lion was made out of royal icing with the rest being fondant.

Bailey's Princess Castle

How cute is this one! The colours just came together to well and girly. I also sprayed the whole cake with an edible pearl lusture which made it shine. The letters of Bailey's name were made with melted white chocolate. It was effective but time consuming.

George's 'UP' House

It was so much fun making this one, but also so time consuming getting all the details just so. I was so pleased with the way it turned out though, as was the customer. The balloons are especially nice and I can't take any credit for them. My husband painted little polystyrene balls and then inserted some metallic wire into them and the effect was stunning.

Erin's Spongebob & Dora

The paparazzi have nothing on me. Here is proof that Dora the Explorer and Spongebob are an item. You heard it here first! As you can see by their expressions, they were surprised to get their photo taken.

Bailey's Dorothy

Once again with was Russ to the rescue. Sure I could make the cake and the cupcakes, but when asked if I could also supply a cupcake holder I had to ask 'Shipping and Dispatch' if they could devise something. The end result was a nice, sturdy, polystyrene tower that did the job perfectly.

Joe's Spiderman

I had such big plans for this cake - two buildings made out of cake with a gumpaste Spiderman on the top throwing a royal icing web over everything. Reality is different. Okay, the buildings got made, but when it came to the last minute attaching of Spiderman, he broke. All I could do was use the cast metal Spiderman I had been using for a model and I also had to forego the web. I hope you weren't too upset Joe as you ended up with a really cool metal toy to play with.