Posts tagged Dog

Orán’s Christening cake

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 [...]


Lucy’s Christening cake (family scene)

Owen in Tallaght ordered this cake for his daughter Lucy’s Christening.  I made little models of the mum, dad, baby and dog from modelling paste, so they are completely edible.  Mum is looking lovingly in at the baby in a moses basket.  Dad is busy shushing their beagle dog.   I also made little soothers / pacifiers from [...]


Second birthday cake for Ben

Ann from Maynooth ordered this cake for her son Ben.  I actually made Ben’s Christening cake – love my repeat customers!  I made a vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream, and carved it into the shape of the number 2.  I handmade 4 little characters to go on the cake – Special Agent Oso, Mickey Mouse, [...]


Colm and Lisanne’s wedding cake

I made this 3-tier wedding cake for my friends, Colm and Lisanne.  Lisanne had very definite ideas of what she wanted the cake to look like, and I think it turned out very well! (If I say so myself )  She sent me pictures of cakes she liked, and we took ideas from a [...]


1st birthday farm-theme cake

This cake was ordered for baby Patrick for his first birthday by his mum Janet, from Dunshaughlin.  Patrick is very much a little man, and loves tractors and farm animals.  As he was having quite a large 1st birthday party, they decided to go with a 2-tier cake.  I designed the bottom tier to look [...]