Poker anyone?

Last week Lauren decided to spoil her boyfriend with this Poker Birthday Cake. Isn't it fun! I'm told the guests were shocked that it was a cake - Love it! The fact that it tastes fabulous too is just the icing on the cake ;)
Happy Birthday PJ we hope you had a great day.

Alana's Beautiful Wedding Cake

I just love this cake and am really proud of the design. The design brought together the beautiful elements of Alana and Aaron's wedding. The scalloped piping with handpainting was inspired by their invitations and the sugar flowers and pale pink tied in perfectly.
The pearl beading just finished the floral arrangement perfectly. I selected pearl beading in the palest of pinks and wired them with very fine cake decorating wire so that they would hold in place.

It is a little hard to see from my photos (I'm getting there with my photography skills) the gorgeous detail that Alison painted. A beautiful design of roses and flowers were painted in white over a beautiful pale pink.

Thank you Alana and Aaron for the opportunity to make this beautiful cake. We wish you all the very best for your lives together - Congratulations!

Half Chick, Half Bloke ...

... that was the brief for the design of these cupcakes. My fabulous and very generous accountant ordered these cupcakes for a good friend's 30th birthday. After some email consulting on the things that Danni is into I came up with this fun cupcake design.

So how do you get girly cupcakes like this:

to co-ordinate with blokey cupcakes like this:

Well, just like this:

Lucky for me Danni was there when I made the delivery and I got to see her delight as she watched me take them in ... one of the best parts of my job!

Happy 30th Danni - I hope you had a fabulous day (oh and that your team won the backyard footy!)

Fantastic Tutorials

Hi everyone
I recently was made aware of these great tutorials and just had to share the link. Definitely worth a look at whilst having your next cuppa!
http://www.rolledfondant.com/how.htm
Cheers
Belinda

Ben 10 Cake

What 7 year old boy wouldn't be delighted with this Ben 10 cake? Nope, it isn't an edible image and it hasn't been printed. The gorgeous plaque on this cake was hand painted by Alison. I have preferred on some of the handpainted cakes such as this one (and previously Man U cake and 'pig cake) to opt for painting on a plaque. The main reason for this is that it allows me to use bright colours as the main colour for the cake which gives the cake the finish it needs. The same Ben 10 cake would have looked very boring in white.

Carousel Cake

One of the cakes we made this week was this very gorgeous carousel cake (or as my kids preferred to call it The Merry Go Round cake). I met with Judy a few weeks ago to design little Sophie's Naming cake. I had been day dreaming about doing a carousel cake and as it turned out Sophie had been given a gorgeous carousel as a newborn. This design was based on the carousel that Judy brought in as well as another gorgeous book that featured a carousel.

To say that Judy was delighted would be an understatement. Here is the email Judy sent through:
Belinda,
OH MY GOD!!!
I know I was a 'guinea pig' for this beautiful cake you designed but a happier 'guniea pig' there never was.
The cake was absolutely amazing - you are a wizard with icing.
Everyone at Sophie's Naming were equally impressed and awed by your creation.
I know you tooke heaps of photo's but thought I would send you a couple as well.
Thank you again for your amazing creation I was devastated to have to cut it and all of our guests were equally upset to have to cut it up - however, after serving it up we were all then amazed again at the taste from within. YUM! YUM! YUM!
Thank you so much again.
Did I mention YUM!!!!!
Love Jude

Here are some close ups of the beautiful painting detail done by Alison. She really did outdo herself here don't you think.

Welcome Spring

Well it is Spring at last and the season was kicked off with this beautiful four tier Wedding Cake for Sarah Jade and Michael. Sarah fell in love with the 4 tier cake on my home page and it was a delight to make again. It is always nice to know that the cakes we design and make are loved!

Congratulations to Sarah Jade and Micheal and all the best for a beautiful future together. I also made beautiful cupcake bombonieres for Ann this weekend but unfortunately the photo of them was not so wonderful. I hope your day was fabulous though Ann :)

This 60th Birthday Cake is simple but effective. The picture is an edible image of Mick's car. I really love the yellow - what do you think?

Til next week.

Belinda