Lara from Carragh ordered this cake for her daughter Willow’s Christening.  I  had made a different version of it for my niece and nephew’s Christening, so this is an all-pink version!  The top tier is a 6″ chocolate sponge and the bottom tier is an 8″ chocolate biscuit cake.  I made hundreds of little buttons [...]

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 [...]

This is a variation of a cake I previously made.  Majella ordered this cake for her son Orán’s Christening.  I made a 6″ chocolate sponge and an  8″ vanilla sponge and filled them with buttercream.  I covered the cakes in pale green and pale yellow sugarpaste and dowelled and stacked them on top of each [...]