Cinderella Cake for Freya.

Here is a cake I have done for a little girl called, Freya, who will be 4 tomorrow. They wanted the cake to be similar to a cushion that Freya has so I took a picture of the cushion and made the cake from that. I was really nervous making this cake, as it took me a while to figure out how I was going to do it but I managed to do it and I am pleased with how it came out. I hope they enjoy it!

Baby in a Pram.

This is a cake that I have done for a lady, Maureen, who works with my mum. it's her granddaughter's third birthday today so I thought this cute little baby and teddy sleeping in a pram would be ideal. My mum rang this evening to give me the verdict and they absolutely loved it!

Avila's Garden Cupcakes.

On Monday I looked after my niece, Avila for the day and as usual in Blackpool it was pouring down with rain! So we decided to make some cupcakes, we went with a garden theme, making bumble bees, ladybugs, butterflies and flowers from sugar paste and I was really impressed with how good she was at doing this. Once the cupcake were made, we covered each cupcake with green sugar paste, as this was the grass and then we decorated them. Avila seemed to really enjoy herself and it certainly kept us busy for a few hours!

Here Piggy, Piggy!

Here is a "pig pen" cake that I have made for my niece's boyfriend, Jamie for his 30th birthday. My niece, Mel, has a pet name for him which is "pig" (don't ask!), so when she saw this, in a cake book that I have recently bought, she thought it would be great for him!

I really enjoyed making this cake, at first I was a bit worried that I wouldn't be able to do it but I am really pleased with how it came out.

Here are two sugar paste models that I made as practice, a pretty pink teddy enjoying a tea party and a dog which is supposed to be my own dog, Bruno.

At college on Wednesday, Brenda demonstrated how to make flowers, she started by showing how to make a filler flower, which is just a small flower that would be used to add more volume to a spray. She then went on to show us how to make roses and carnations. I managed to do a filler flower and two roses, they are really pretty and not as complicated to make as I first thought.

For next time, I have to bring at least five flowers, that I have made, then we will be showed how to dust the flowers to add a touch of colour and we also will be shown how to arrange the flowers into a spray.

Here is my model I made at college on Wednesday. Brenda gave us the options to make either a baby sat up, a baby sleeping, a teddy bear or a elephant. Brenda gave a demonstration of how to make each model using sugar paste. From the way she showed us, you start with the same thing for every model and then just adapt it, depending on what you are making. Brenda sent us off to make our own model, I decided to make a baby sleeping and added a blanket, bottle, the building blocks and a little rubber duck. I am really pleased and really enjoyed doing it, I think my sleeping baby would look great on a christening or baby shower cake. I am going to get some sugar paste and have a go at the other models that Brenda showed us to make. Next week we are making flowers.