Not me relaxing in the hot tub, unfortunately… too many cakes to decorate!!   Caitriona asked me to make this cake for her friend Eamon Farrell (yes, his brother is Colin Farrell!).  As the birthday party was being held in Krystle nightclub, the request was for a “show-stopping” cake… and I was told I [...]

This cake was ordered for baby Patrick for his first birthday by his mum Janet, from Dunshaughlin.  Patrick is very much a little man, and loves tractors and farm animals.  As he was having quite a large 1st birthday party, they decided to go with a 2-tier cake.  I designed the bottom tier to look [...]

This 3-tier cake was for my cousin Robert and his fiancée Aine.  They had already bought a topper for the cake, and wanted a simple white-iced cake.  I gave the icing a nice pearly finish, and finished off the cake set-up with a navy satin ribbon to match the bridesmaids’ dresses.  I also iced a [...]

This Christmas cake was for my friend Thomas.  He asked for a penguin Christmas cake, so I handmade loads of little penguins playing in the snow.  There are a couple sliding down the outside of the cake, one climbing back up again, one sunbathing, and one throwing snowballs!  This cake is based on a design [...]

This pretty cake was kept quite simple, just decorated with roses and sprinkled with icing sugar.  However, when I finished working on it and adding the ribbons, I thought it looked quite like a lady’s hat!  It’s a very versatile design – if you had different colour flowers, it could be for a birthday or any celebration really.  [...]