Tuesday 31 January 2017

Where has The Cake Novice been?!

Sorry everyone, it appears that the extensive coverage of the 2014 wedding cake simply broke me and I forgot how to blog. In the meantime, here's a selection of what I've been up to...






Yes, that's 3 years' worth of little boys birthday cakes!

I had a go at making my own stencil and painted this using edible colour powder mixed with rejuvenator spirit.

Black forest gateaux - Mr Cake Novice's favourite

Motorbike cake April 2014. I bought a specially shaped tin for this and only used it the once!

To build Hulk's face I printed off a picture and used it as a guide to cut out the individual segments. I painted in the darker lines with black colouring.

This is The Luggage from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

This was my first use of a rice paper topper.

I wasn't happy with this one, for some reason I couldn't get it smooth and the writing (done with a brush and powder/spirit mix again) wasn't centred or level.


A koala cake for my Australia-dwelling big sister. The ears had to be supported from underneath with dowels as they were too heavy and kept falling off!

A friend asked me to make a monster-themed birthday cake for her son. I love having free reign to come up with my own design and I was really happy with this, especially the creepy hand at the back!

Another request from a friend. This didn't quite look like the design she asked for, I think the piping needed to be much more delicate. Smaller nozzle and steadier hand next time!

I did this one for my own birthday (saddo!) where the party was on Bonfire Night, so at least I had a theme to work with! The bonfire effect on the bottom tier was done with my airbrush and is the first time I've tried to achieve an effect that wasn't solid colour. I was quite please with the overall result.

Individual Christmas cakes!

Christmas 2014

A raffle prize for a local charity - Christmas 2015.

Christmas 2015 - as you can see I was big on the present theme that year!


Christmas 2016 - another go at a gingerbread house which was much more successful. Don't look at the back... I ran out of chocolate button slates...



A baby shower cake. I bought a silicon mould for the baby, it took several attempts to get it done properly but totally worth it!

I was asked to do a good luck cake for a few members of staff that were leaving. Apparently this wonky mess was all I could manage (embarrassing!!)


Another charity donation. It was a summer fayre raffle so I went for a holiday (Or vacation for any USA friends) theme! 

And finally, the most recent wedding cake I have been able to add to my list of achievements. Blue roses are very unusual (read: nonexistent) and I thought the overall effect was stunning. The bride was thrilled, which makes me very happy as I put my heart and soul into what I do. A wedding cake is one of the major features of the happy day and if you get it wrong the disappointment is so much bigger. I was very pleased to be able to contribute to her happy day :-D

Next time I make a cake I will try and remember to blog about it this time!!