Ciara from Newcastle, Co. Dublin, ordered this cake for her daughter Farrah’s Christening. I covered the cake in pale pink sugarpaste and handmade a little pair of pink Mary Jane baby shoes.  I bought the template for these shoes from Jo Ranson in the UK - she is raising money for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital [...]

Pat ordered 2 dozen cupcakes for his son’s Christening.  He didn’t want to go down the traditional cake route, so thought cupcakes were a better idea.  I made a dozen vanilla and a dozen chocolate cupcakes, and topped them all with vanilla buttercream.  Half were blue and half were white.  I also handmade baby bibs, [...]

Mairín ordered this 2-tier cake for her niece’s Christening in Co. Down. I covered the cake in pale pink sugarpaste and handmade a little pair of pink Mary Jane baby shoes.  I bought the template for these shoes from Jo Ranson in the UK - she is raising money for Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital http://the-icing-on-the-cake.blogspot.com/2010/08/mary-jane-template-mary-jane-template-2.html  [...]

Elaine from Blanchardstown ordered this 2-tier cake for her son’s Christening.  She wanted Converse baby booties (seem to be a very popular choice!), teddy bears, and building blocks spelling out baby Aaron’s name.  I also made a little train snaking its way around the cake.  Everything was hand made from sugarpaste and modelling paste, and [...]

My friend Lorraine asked me to make a birthday cake for her little girl, Emma-Kate.  It was her first birthday, and Lorraine asked for a pink and white very girly cake.
I thought a little pair of pink Mary Jane shoes would be adorable on top of the cake.  I bought the template for these shoes [...]