Amanda from Newbridge ordered this cake for her husband’s 40th birthday.  She wanted a cake that looked like a gold box of Leonidas Belgian chocolates, with some real chocolates around it.  I baked the cake in a loaf tin, because handily enough, that’s almost exactly the shape of the chocolate box!  I covered the cake with yellow sugarpaste, and carved [...]

Ciarán from Castleknock ordered this cake for his daughter Sarah’s Christening.  I handmade the whole family from modelling paste, so they are all edible – including the little west highland terrier!  Mum is sitting on top of the cake, looking into the baby basket.  Dad is sitting on the next tier down, shushing the dog [...]

Sheila from Leixlip ordered this cake for her twin baby boys’ first birthday.  I carved an 8″ square sponge into the shape of the number “1″, so it actually ended up being about 12″ long.  I covered the sponge with baby blue sugarpaste and handmade the two little babies for the top, along with their [...]

Joanna ordered a birthday cake and cupcakes for her baby girl Ruby’s first birthday.  She was having quite a big party for her, so she actually got 36 mini cupcakes, 12 regular cupcakes and an actual birthday cake.  The birthday cake featured little handmade figurines of Minnie Mouse, Special Agent Oso, and Rubee the bee.  [...]

Jennifer from Castleknock ordered this cake and cupcakes for her 21st birthday party.  The top tier cake was covered in pink sugarpaste, and decorated with silver and black sugarpaste stars.  I also attached some of the stars to curly wires, and inserted them into a cake pick, so they seem to burst out of the [...]