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.  [...]

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  [...]