This cake was for my lovely mother’s birthday.  She’s always got the kettle on for a cup of tea, so I thought a teapot birthday cake would be perfect for her!  I made the basic round shape from lemon sponge, filled with lemon buttercream, and covered with pale sugarpaste.  I handmade the spout and handle from [...]

I made this cake at a class taught by the wonderful Gráinne MacClancy of www.acakeforyou.ie.  I absolutely adore this cake – I think it would be a fantastic cake for an intimate wedding, or for a very special birthday.  It was 3 small cakes (6″ and 7″) stacked on top of each other, carved into [...]

I made this cake for my friend’s parents on their wedding anniversary.   It’s quite a simple cake, but very effective, I think.  I filled a heart-shaped chocolate sponge cake with chocolate ganache, and then covered it with chocolate ganache and sugarpaste.  I handmade some sugar hydrangea blossoms and scattered them over the top of the [...]

I made this cake for Sinéad and Damien’s wedding in Galway.  They wanted a fairly simple design on their cake – just dark blue ribbon to match the bridesmaid’s dress, and flowers to match Sinéad’s bouquet.  Sinéad showed me pictures of the bouquet she had chosen, so I handmade ivory and white roses and tiny [...]

Diane ordered this cake for her niece Niamh’s second birthday.  Niamh loves visiting her grandparents on their farm, and absolutely adores her grandad’s red tractor!  So Diane thought it would be nice to have a little red tractor on a pink girly birthday cake.  I covered the cake in pink sugarpaste and decorated it with [...]