Sandra ordered this cake and matching cupcakes for her daughter Ciara’s 21st birthday party in NV nightclub on Leeson Street in Dublin.  Ciara absolutely adored Tinkerbell and was having a whole Tinkerbell-themed party.  I handmade a little model of Tink for the top of the cake from modelling paste.  To get really delicate wings, I made them out of gelatine a few days in advance and let them dry fully before attaching them to the model.  I placed Tinkerbell on a little cake card in the centre of a flower on top of the cake, so that she could be lifted off easily and kept after the party.

The 2-tier cake is made up of a 6-inch vanilla sponge filled with vanilla buttercream, and an 8-inch chocolate sponge, filled with chocolate buttercream.  I tinted sugarpaste a mint-green colour to cover the cakes with, and then airbrushed them with edible pearlescent paint to give it a beautiful lime-green shimmery finish.  I handmade some small pink flowers to decorate the cake with, and for the tops of the matching cupcakes.

I got a lovely text from Sandra the next day, thanking me for the cake.  Ciara loved it so much that she wouldn’t let anyone cut the main cake yet!!  She did let them eat the cupcakes though…  That’s what I love to hear – customers who are thrilled with my cake creations