Posts tagged Baby

The animals went in two by two…

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 [...]


Lauren’s Christening cake with Mary-Jane shoes

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 [...]


Séadh’s Christening cake with Converse booties

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) [...]


Peppa Pig 1st birthday cake

Yvonne from Lucan ordered this cake for her daughter Leah’s first birthday.  I covered the cake in pink sugarpaste, and handmade Peppa Pig and George from modelling paste.  They are sitting in a puddle made from chocolate sugarpaste.
The cake itself is a 10-inch vanilla sponge, filled with chocolate ganache, and covered with chocolate ganache and [...]


Sarah’s Christening cake – featuring the whole family

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 [...]


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