Golden anniversary cake.

Golden anniversary cake.
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This cake was made for my mum and dad's golden anniversary. I brought it with me from England to Malta and the stewardess was so kind and let me put the cake on the seat next to me all the way.

Starship enterprise wedding cake

Starship enterprise wedding cake
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The bride contacted me especially to make an Enterprise cake for her husband to be as a surprise. The wedding had an enterprise theme and wanted the cake to compliment it. She specifically wanted a replica of the enterprise in sugar.

It was a difficult cake from the start but after modifications, we managed to achieve what she wanted.

Her husband was so so pleased with the overall surprise and of course, the cake.

Rebecca's 18th birthday cake novelty

Rebecca's 18th birthday cake novelty
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I made this cake for my niece. Young Maria (my other niece) helped in deciding some of the designs for the patchwork. She also cut and fixed all the stars and paisleys for me. I love the colours and the squiggles. Squiggles was the request from Rebecca as she is always doodling on paper.

Tulle and roses wedding cake

Tulle and roses wedding cake
Originally uploaded by a matter of taste

Wedding cake and fabric roses

Wedding cake and fabric roses
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Peony red and white wedding cake

Peony red and white wedding cake
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dragon wedding cake

dragon wedding cake
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Novelty Suitcase wedding cake

Novelty Suitcase wedding cake
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Louis Vuitton handbag birthday cake

Louis Vuitton handbag birthday cake
Originally uploaded by a matter of taste

valentine 1

valentine 1, originally uploaded by a matter of taste.

More valentine pastries made in 2007.

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"Me to You" teddy bear cake

I was asked to make a "Me to You" Teddybear sitting on a cupcake. This had to be a cake so I decided to bake a cake in a fluted pyrex trifle bowl. I used a 9" mix and filled the bowl quite high so I get a nice rounded top.



For the teddy bear, I baked a 8" cake in a loaf tin.



Loaf tin cake and cupcake shaped cake.


Buttercream mix.
200 gms icing sugar
100 gms unsalted butter
1tsp. vanilla extract.
All at room temperature



Icing sugar, butter and vanilla all mixed together.



A third of the loaf tin cake was cut. this third is the head, the rest was the body. The small bit was put aside.



The large part of the cake was shaped for the neck, shoulder and stomach.



Half an inch slice was taken from the bottom. This was used to make the belly rounder.



The front bottom part was buttercreamed to attach the slice for the belly.



The slice was attached



The slice shaped to contour the belly.



The head measured against the body to check for size.



Some of the trimmings were mixed with buttercream and shaped like a muzzle and attached to the bottom of the head to make the muzzle.



Body buttercreamed before sugarpasting.



Grey blue sugarpaste rolled out to cover the body of the teddy bear.



The body is covered with the sugarpaste. The excess sugarpaste is gathered on each side of the body. This excess is trimmed and neatened.



Body smoothened and sides neatened.



Embroidery scissors were used to nip the sugarpaste to give the fur effect.



Head covered, nipped, ears added and muzzle covered in plain sugarpaste. Legs made out of sugarpaste and nipped. The bottom of the legs left plain.



Arms made using sugar paste and nipped. a bit of blue sugarpaste added to the muzzle. Eyes made out of black sugarpaste. Patches drawn using black liquid colour.



Cake torted, buttercreamed and marzipanned.



For the cup cake. Pink sugarpaste rolled out.



Pink sugarpaste added to the marzipanned cake.



White sugarpaste added to the top of the cupcake.




Board marbled, Top trimmed using rope extruded from a clay gun. Confetti stars and heart added. Teddy bear placed on top.

Me to you cupcake cake

Me to you cupcake cake, originally uploaded by a matter of taste.

This is the cake I have to make next week. Well I never attempted a cupcake cake and I have seen a few on the internet. I was not impressed. I would love to get the pleated effect but I do not have a clue where to start. Perhaps some of you might help.