Gruffalo

My latest cake was in the design of the Gruffalo. I made an 8 inch chocolate cake and shaped it to the outline of the Gruffalo and covered it in Chocolate buttercream. The features were made from coloured Regal Icing. You can find the design on-line if you would like to make one similar. 

Princess Peppa Pig

This cake was more involved than the other two Peppa Pig cakes due to the crown and the wings. The cake started off as a 12" square and I was able to cut it to obtain all the sections you can see here. In future I would use a 16" square board instead of the 14" I used, in order to give myself a bit more space for laying out the cake.

I have used the 'official' picture of Princess Peppa as my template but varied it by changing the background to a pale blue in order to allow the pink to stand out more. I was also requested to make it glittery and so as you can see there is a lot of shine/sparkle to this cake. The sponge is lemon with a lemon buttercream.

Fathers Day Cake

This is a cake I have done for Fathers Day but really it could be used for any occasion. It can also be personalised with different colours, company logos, school badges or even a message. Inside it is a sponge cake with jam and buttercream layers, however this can always be changed to your favourite filling. Simple but effective :-)

Spotty cake

This was a very easy cake that I made for a friends birthday. Another sponge cake with jam and buttercream (there seems to be a patten here!) It can be personalised with any number of colours and shapes. (I was going to use hearts but thought he wouldn't have been impressed!)

Royal wedding cake

Unfortunately I had to work on the day of the Royal wedding (boo!) however we decided to have a Jacob's join (buffet) to celebrate the happy couple. I made this cake to take to work and thankfully it went down well! It was a sponge cake (with jam and buttercream) with flowers, letters and numbers made from icing. It took me ages to stick them all on, but I was happy with the outcome. I even got a clap from all my work colleagues :-)

Football cake

This was the football shaped cake that I made. I was very impressed with how much it actually looks like a football! The coloured coconut around the board make a good grass effect. It's also good that you can personalise it by making the scarf the right colour for the recipients football team (in this case Preston North End). Again it was a basic sponge cake with jam and buttercream layers.