Magnolia Magic

This cake was also for a Planet Cake course; a 2 tier square cake, with wavering bands, bamboo sticks and a beautiful big Magnolia flower.

This was a chocolate mud cake, covered in fondant. The bamboo and magnolia are handmade from sugar paste, and hand painted. The tortured willow is handmade with wire and florist tape (the only thing on the cake not edible), but is a good substitute for the organic sort that is not always food grade.

High Flyin' Teddy

This cake was done for a cake course at Planet Cake, and ultimately became a cake for 2 little girls.

The hot air balloon is carved out of chocolate mud cake, with chocolate ganache, and covered in fondant. The bear is modelled by hand out of sugar paste.

Cherry blossom delight

As it turns out, I ended up with 2 orders for cherry blossom cakes in the same week! One for the 50th birthday of the mother of a school friend, and one for the 60th birthday of a friend of the family.

Both these cakes were coconut cake, with milk chocolate ganache and brushed with cherry liqueur syrup. Both were also covered in fondant. The cherry blossoms and numbers were all hand made out of sugar paste and hand painted. The trunk of each tree was chocolate paste, hand rolled and distressed.

My favourite part of these cakes though, is the sugar paste covered tea light candles. Each petal was hand cut and rolled, and all carefully put together to bloom outwards for a pretty and sophisticated take on a traditional candle.

Erin loves Neil

Erin and Neil were holding a very elegant wedding at the Brisbane Club. Their brief to me was that it was to be elegant, not too traditional, and incorporate their colours of ivory and chocolate brown and have a vintage feel. Aside fom that, that left it to me. A scary proposition for a cake maker embarking on a cake for someone's most important day!

This cake was chocolate mud, with dark chocolate ganache, covered in fondant. The pattern on the top and bottom tiers was stencilled on with dark chocolate, the middle tier has a chocolate brown ribbon with timber vintage initials and heart. The roses on top are chocolate paste with bronze glitter, handmade and bunched together.

The happy couple loved it, it was served as dessert and I got great feedback from the guests as well! This was a lot of fun!!