21st birtday cake with peonies and girlie cupcake tower

My final cake of the week is for the daughter of my lovely friend Helen.  We have been friends since we were at school  and probably only catch up 3 or 4 times a year, but that's all we need to put the world to right, and have a good girlie chat.

Helen left the design up to me, so long as it was feminine, and  I took this as  an opportunity to make peonies to go on the main cake.

LV cupcakes

Strawberry whoopie pies!

These little treasures really are my idea of heaven!   I adapted a recipe from the Hummingbird book and the resulting cakes are absolutely amazing! Those lucky people at LV are going to find it hard to choose tomorrow!

These cakes are all the rave in The States at the  moment and now I know why.  Made using natural yogurt and whole  milk to bind the mix together,  they are incredibly  light and tasty.  They are then sandwiched together with a buttercream and vanilla fluff.   Yum yum!

Blue eyed black lemur

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This next cake has a really interesting story to tell!  To many it would not be an obvious choice for a christening cake, but for Chris and Nora Schwizer it was perfect.  Chris is Head of Conservation at Bristol Zoo, and along with Nora they have been to many an exotic location in search of the Blue Eyed Black Lemur whose numbers are now so low that it is rated in the top 25 of the world's most endangered species.

Enjoy a wonderful day Sunday with all your family!

Cake pops for Breast Cancer Research

This is my first attempt at cake pops.  They are part of a large order placed by LV in support of Breast Cancer Research.  I really like them and my girls think they are delicious!

Peppa pig

I have made several Peppa Pig cakes since being in business, but never an actual 3d Peppa .  I really enjoyed making this one and it was a challenge to have to make a cake it look quite simplistic.  The main body of the cake was made  from vanilla sponge, but the legs and snout were made from a cookie pop mixture, which is nice for any younger children attending the party.  The pictures are actually quite deceptive and don't give you a true perspective of size, the cake is actually nearly 2ft tall!

Have a lovely 3rd birthday Maria x

Graduation Cake

This week is busy, busy, busy and I hadn't realised it was half term when I booked all the work in!   This is going  to  be fun...

My first cake  this week is for a young man who has graduated from Plymouth University.  Well done Mark!

'Thank you' giant cupcake

I have taken a little time out to try and finish off all the bits of outstanding painting at home and now I am refreshed and ready for all the lovely jobs that I have booked in.

my first offering for you is a giant cupcake that I have made for a lovely lady named Linda Lewis who has been a teaching assistant and French teacher at Almondsbury primary School for 29 years.  Linda will be leaving Almondsbury this Friday, and as she has taught all seven of my children I felt very honoured to be asked to make  a cake for her.  Linda,  all the parents, children and pupils will miss you enormously!

Mad Hatter's Tea Party

My one and only cake this week is for a lady who is having a Mad Hatter's tea party tomorrow to celebrate her birthday.  It has taken hours and hours of work and my hands are so stained with colour that I don't think the colour will ever come out! 

Hopefully Laura will have 'A very merry, unhappy birthday'.