40th Wedding Anniversary! {Ruby}

I recently had the pleasure of creating this two tiered 'shabby chic' style cake for my very good friend Deanne.  She hosted a fabulous afternoon tea to celebrate her parents 40th Wedding Anniversay, the weather was absolutely perfect and she did a great job putting it all together.

Inside was red velvet cake, which I thought would be perfect for a 'ruby' anniversary {it turned out pretty close to the same colour as the ribbons} and the top tier was chocolate mud cake.

I really underestimated how long the ruffles on the top tier would take me to do, totally worth it though I was very happy with the end result! and it was very well received :)

Thankyou De for trusting me with the job!

'Congratulations Ray and Donna, 40 years!'

Dora the Explorer! {First Birthday Cake}

I created this cute and simple design for a special little girls first birthday. Personalised with her name 'Savana' in vibrant pink letters cut from fondant icing.  I also made some little curly streamers to brighten up the cake board a bit.  The figurines are plastic and come in the set of three that you see here, Dora, Boots the monkey and Swiper the sneaky fox! Inside is three layers of delicious chocolate cake.

'Happy First Birthday Savana!'

If you are like me and love a good 'cake face' photo opportunity {especially for first birthdays!} then you will love these creamy ruffle smash cakes.  I added a little edible glitter to this one which looks amazing on a bright and sunny day, great for an outdoors party!

Life has been busy lately as you might have guessed from my lack of blogging, we also caught a nasty bug just before Easter that went through all four of us and put me out of action for a little over a week! So I'm very pleased to be back on track and getting close to being up to date with my paper party orders.  Also, my daughter turned nine on Easter day{!} as we were away we could'nt have the usual birthday party at home so instead a very simple afternoon tea with the family in Warwick.  Caitlin even decorated her own cupcakes this year using her favourite icing tip and topping them with tiny speckled easter eggs.

They turned out really cute don't you think? She did a great job!

Mr & Mrs Keleher {Middle Ridge Wedding Cake}

Last weekend saw some beautiful spring weather across the Darling Downs, I was lucky enough to be out enjoying it...even if it was working!  I love being involved in a couples wedding day, so much fun arriving at the venue seeing all the planning and preparation that has come together to create the amazing reception for the guests.  This cake looked right at home...

 ...with a colour scheme of black, white and a touch of red.  Delivered to the Toowoomba Golf Club,  Middle Ridge and set up in the Diamond Function Room, flavours for this one were deluxe moist chocolate mud for the top and bottom and dreamy white chocolate mud for the middle!

This is a smaller version of the 'Wingett' wedding cake , this one is also black and white not black and ivory.

Compared to a couple of weeks ago with all the rain around this one was a pleasure to put together and deliver, the grounds and gardens in Toowoomba were so green and beautiful.

'Congratulations' Mr & Mrs Keleher!

White Floral Fantasy {21st Birthday Cake}

This cake was so pretty in real life!  The fantasy flower took alot of time to make and measured approximately 20cm {8inches} across but was definately worth the effort. The cake drum was 8 inches round and 8 inches tall.

I delivered this one to a private residence in Warwick last weekend, they had a marquee

in the backyard that was absolutely beautifully decorated in white and silver complete with

fairy lights, tea lights and candles scattered throughout, paper lanterns in varying sizes

adorned the ceilings some even with lights inside them, too many gorgeous details to mention...I didn't want to leave!!

The damask pattern around the cake is done with royal icing, once dry I dusted with a small amount of pearl lustre dust

Finished off with white satin ribbon, I think this balanced out the look of the pattern

Here is the top view of the huge flower,  each petal was made individually and set aside to dry before assembling it petal by petal, I used a bunch of white stamens for the centre ...crystals would also work well for something like this.  

I have no doubt this was a fabulous party,

'Happy 21st Birthday!'

'Pastel Pink Roses' 70th Birthday Cake

I was recently asked to create a birthday cake for my Aunty 'June' and this is what I came up with! She loves flowers so that is pretty much all I put on it! Her daughter Leah {and family} and her son Alan {and his family} organised a surprise celebration for her in Toowoomba over the weekend. We enjoyed loads of good food and drinks and got to catch up with family we don't get to see all that often.

You can't really see it in the photos but I dusted the cake and fondant covered board with pearl lustre dust, so it was nice and pearly which made my dome of roses really stand out!

This is the top view, I love how this one turned out ;) Inside is chocolate mud cake...

I used styrofaom {to create the dome}as the base for my roses

so they could be easily removed and kept as a keepsake.

I trimmed the cake with pink satin ribbon tied in a bow at the front,

"Happy 70th Birthday June!"

Cherry Blossom Wedding Cake

This three tiered wedding cake was iced during yet another rainy day!  Despite this I was really happy with the end results. Inside this one is chocolate mud cake on the top and bottom and butter cake in the middle. 

The blossoms were soft pink fondant and the centres were dusted with rose petal dust with mini white pearl centres, the branches are made from chocolate fondant.  White satin ribbon trims the base of each cake.

If you decorate cakes aswell and have trouble with humidity try using a reading lamp over your work space while your making your sugar flowers I find it helps make things less sticky!

This one was delivered to Stacey's at the Gap on  an overcast Saturday afternoon, I hope the rain held off for the ceremony...they do say it is good luck if it rains on your wedding day! I just can't work out who for??

The couple had two oriental cake toppers which they bought back from a trip to China, these were placed on the top tier but of course I didn't take my camera so I have no photos for you... but they looked really good and finished off the cake perfectly.

Congratulations Brett and Caitlin.

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'Good Catch' Wedding Cake

This wedding cake was designed by the bride herself, she supplied me with the bride and 'fishing' groom cake toppers and the artificial flowers which I cut and re-wired to suit the design of the cake for her.

I piped on the lacey leaf pattern around the cakes with royal icing, and I must say it was very good to ice a cake without battling the rain for once! {which turns the icing quite sticky and makes it difficult to work with}

Inside is two tiers of decadent chocolate mud cake and the top tier rich fruit cake, yum!

Delivered to the Douglas Feez Pavillion in Warwick {which was beautifully decorated in red and white} on a very hot and sunny Saturday...perfect wedding weather!

Thank you Jess for the lovely phone call today, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Have a great honeymoon ;)

Mr & Mrs Wingett {Highfields Wedding Cake}

Over the weekend I created and delivered this black and ivory wedding cake to Highfields {Toowoomba} for my best friends brother Darren and his beautiful bride Tammy.  Once again we had rain and plenty of it! I was very worried my fondant roses would flop, but everything held together nicely and arrived in one piece.

The top tier of this cake was chocolate mud, second tier white chocolate mud and bottom tier was fruit cake.  All the roses were wrapped in soft ivory tulle, wide satin ribbon was used for trim on the top tier and the bow.

The stripes on the bottom tier are black fondant, which took quite some time to put together...these were very carefully measured out before I placed them on, no room for error black fondant is very unforgiving if you mark the lighter fondant with it there is no getting it off! 

This photo is my favourite photo even though it's not of the entire cake, for a brief moment as I was taking my 30+ photos {crazy I know! I spend so much time on these cakes all I have left is the photos so that's my excuse} the rain stopped and the sun came shining through the window which made for some really nice images.

Here is the top view the flowers went all the way around...

and a close up of the cake topper.

The board was covered in black fondant and trimmed with satin ribbon.

Congratulations Darren and Tammy, I hope you enjoyed your day!

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Dockside Wedding Cake {Mr & Mrs Whiting!}

After battling the unforgiving humidty for the entire process of this four tiered wedding cake and driving it two hours in the rain...I was quite pleased with the end result!  With over 500 tiny flowers and a hand cut monogram to match in with the rest of the beautiful reception details it looked quite at home in the room which was overlooking the Brisbane River! and blue skies for the big day:)

This cake was for my niece Sam whom I might add looked absolutely beautiful along with the bridesmaids who wore long deep purple dresses. The cake is all chocolate mud cake and is covered in ivory fondant, I had some edible sugar diamonds for the dark purple flowers but with the humidity they were just too soft to hold on so I had to leave them off!

The pearl borders are hand painted with super pearl lustre dust and the pearls inside the tiny flowers I piped with royal icing.

The smallest flowers started on the top tier and were all hand glittered.

You can just make out the edible glitter on the top of this photo, they were really sparkling in the sun and under the lights...I love that glitter (if your into cake decorating and want some it's called hologram)

Here is the back view and a little glimpse of the decorations!  If you would like to see a few more photos head on over to my facebook page.  My family & I had a fantastic time at this wedding & I was very happy to be a part of it with the making of the cake...

Congratulations Sam & Mark!!

Rose Cupcakes!

These are the little rose cupcakes I made for my daughter to take to school today, the roses are vanilla cream hand piped straight onto the cupcake...I used the wilton piping tip number 127 for anyone wanting to try this out. Pink icing looks really pretty for these aswell, little girls will love them!

We decided to add some little purple fondant butterflies to them to go with our beautiful spring weather we've been enjoying here in Clifton these past couple of days!

Happy Spring!

Bonbonniere/Wedding Favour Boxes!

I have been asked to do some wedding favour boxes or bonbonniere's for an upcoming wedding!

These are the two designs that I created which the couple were going to choose one of...after seeing them  they decided to keep both and have them alternating around the tables.  I will post some pictures for you of what will be inside after the wedding!

What do you think of my diamond confetti {or table scatters}  These are really popular

at the moment, especially around the cake table....they come in a range of colours and sizes, my favourites

are these ones pictured and the baby pink ones!

Cute Wedding Cake Toppers

I have just been sent the cutest wedding cake toppers!  These are custom made in New York by a place called the Lollipop Workshop I believe prices start at $125USD and they custom make them to look like the happy couple, I don't think they have a website but I will post any further details I get for anyone who is interested.

I would love to be able to make these! 

Cute!