I love love love this cake!  Siobhán and Derek from Lucan ordered it for their twins’ Christening.  I carved a bowl-shaped cake and a round cake into the shape of the bottom half of the boat, and a smaller square cake into the cabin part for the top.  All the little pairs of animals are [...]

I made this cute Christening cake for my twin niece and nephew, Aoibhinn and Conor.  The bottom tier was chocolate biscuit cake, and top tier was chocolate orange cake, filled with orange buttercream.  They are both covered in sugarpaste, which I sprayed with pearl lustre spray.  I made loads and loads of little buttons from [...]

Caroline from Lucan ordered this cake for her daughter Lauren’s Christening.  I covered the cake in pale pink sugarpaste and handmade a little pair of ivory-coloured 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  They are [...]

Aisling from Celbridge ordered this cake for her baby Séadh’s Christening.  I handmade the little Converse booties from modelling paste, so they are completely edible.  I also made the building blocks spelling out “Séadh Michael”.  There are little stars winding their way around the cake, and “Céad míle fáilte” (a hundred thousand welcomes in Irish) [...]

Ciarán from Castleknock ordered this cake for his daughter Sarah’s Christening.  I handmade the whole family from modelling paste, so they are all edible – including the little west highland terrier!  Mum is sitting on top of the cake, looking into the baby basket.  Dad is sitting on the next tier down, shushing the dog [...]