Michelle from Leixlip ordered this cake for her son Patrick’s birthday.  He’s completely addicted to playing Angry Birds, and since I had a phase of being addicted to it myself I was really looking forward to making this cake  I handmade little edible models of the yellow, red and black angry birds and [...]

Laura from Ballyfermot ordered this cake for her 21st birthday party.  She is a huge fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and sent me a picture of  a cake she wanted replicated.  The original cake was made by Little Cherry Cake Company, who very kindly gave me permission to recreate her fabulous cake.
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I think this is definitely my favourite cake so far!  Ciarán rang me to order a “wow” cake for his wife Kim’s 30th birthday.  Kim is a seamstress and makes absolutely gorgeous 1950’s-style aprons.  I had a look at her website (www.missperkins.ie) and saw the perfect apron to transform into a cake – the Tea [...]

My little nephew Donncha had his first birthday a week before Christmas.  He’s just learning how to walk, but is great at climbing and exploring everywhere, so Curious George seemed like the perfect theme for his birthday cake!  I made an 8″ chocolate sponge cake and filled it with lemon buttercream and chocolate buttercream.  I [...]

Rory from Leixlip ordered this cake for his mum’s 70th birthday.  She loves her cups of tea, and apparently it’s a standing joke that she takes so much sugar in tea, as she doesn’t have a sweet tooth at all!  I made three 6″ sponges and a 4″ sponge, and stacked them up and carved [...]