Hello

My name is Susan and I live in Preston and this is the place to see my yummy cakes! I have had an interest in baking since I was a child as you can see from the photo:

But more recently I have finally made the move into cake making and decorating. I get satisfaction from seeing the final product. You will be able to read about my progression on this blog as well as view the most recent pictures of my cakes. One day I hope to go full time professional but right now I am starting out making cakes for friends and family. If you are interested in me making a cake for you, please feel free to get in touch. My email address is: eatcakesbysusan@gmail.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/eatcakesbysusan

Vans cake

I was asked to make a cake with the Vans logo and chequer board pattern, as well as a pair of 'Gok Wan' style glasses and a laptop. The real challenge in this cake as you can imagine was creating both the glasses and the laptop. For these I used black sugar paste. I drew a template of the glasses and used this to cut out the shape. I then left it to set by hanging it over an object the same width as the front of the glasses. The laptop had to be left to set in the 'open' position before sticking on my screen and keyboard!

This was a fun cake to make and I think the chequer board is effective and actually a technique that I will be using in next weeks cake.....so watch this space!