This is a building cake that was asked to create as a surprise for an architect’s 40th birthday. It’s an iconic building in south Manchester, UK, especially those who are/have been students in the city. It is actually called The Hollings building but has been nicknamed The Toast Rack and the round building next door is The Fried Egg. I simplified the numbers of windows slightly but was particularly keen to recreate the floating “loops”, which I was particularly pleased with :)

Made for the BBC to celebrate The Cake and Bake Show. I decided to make it a little bit fun by using purple swags to match the logo, and white ruffles to add a cuteness factor. The chef buy is stirring a big bowl of purple mixture. Inside, the cake is zesty lemon.

This is my competition entry for The Cake and Bake Show, which came to town this weekend. The theme was Vintage Couture for the Cakes on the Catwalk show so I chose a 1926 Vogue painted front cover as my inspiration. The cake has strings of pearls and draped/knotted pearls, a red tasseled scarf with hand painted gold details, silver roses (I made them 3D rather than the painted designs on the lady’s scarf), a sapphire bracelet (around the base of the cake) and lilac fringes to represent the flapper dress. I also tried to bring in the dark blue sky element in the half height tier.

The cake had to be real and the delivery window was tiny so I pre-stacked everything and nearly killed myself carrying it from the car to the catwalk. Three pit stops and a lot of grumbling later, and it arrived intact. Unfortunately it didn’t win anything and despite the red, I don’t think many people noticed it (it was in a weird, hidden position) but I was proud of my novel colour scheme and well thought out inspiration and reasoning. It’s nice to do something a little crazy and different sometimes :)

Hope you find it interesting, anyway! xx

Frothy, romantic cascade of fabric-style ruffles, offset against a diagonal feathered ruffle effect over the cake. Each tier is 6 inches tall.

I wanted to create a Marie Antoinette inspired cake for my new wedding cake collection, but something a little different and not using gold. I kept the palette simple with pastels: vanilla, dusky pink and duck egg blue. There are ruffles, raw silk texture and piped lace, finished off with a very simple sugar bow.

Pretty pink and white cake for the baptism of Aimee. The double height base tier is half carrot cake, half zesty lemon and covered with hand made pink ruffles (this seemed like it was never ending, it took so long!). Hand piped momogram topper.

A wedding cake created for a Russian couple marrying in France with a Beauty and the Beast themed wedding. Approximately 1 metre wide, designed to replicate the wedding venue, with a request that the ground floor windows lit up at night. I kept the landscaping simple to show off the details on the building.

I think making this cake took a good few years off my life!

Actual photo of the chateau attached.
Cake photos c/o Neil Redfern www.neilredfern.com

A cake for an Asian wedding, based on the bride’s beaded outfit. Featuring edible gemstones and silver, gold and pearl details on a rich red and ivory base. I also added deep red roses, red velvet trim and a paisley motif to match a pattern on the bride’s dress.

I created this guy for my other half as we have a pet budgie and I thought it would be a lot of fun :)

This was my competition entry for the wedding cake category at Cake International 2012 at NEC, Birmingham, UK. It is based on the Brighton Pavilion and details from the Regency Period when it was built. I thought I’d do something a little different this year. I love the main shot with the falling leaves, I hope you do too! x

Photography by Adam Johnson www.arj-photo.co.uk

Six ivory tiers, wrapped in luxury lace, with wild roses, Autumn leaves and acorns. Created for a beautiful wedding in the Staffordshire moorlands.

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This six tier cake was created for a lovely couple getting married in a grand hall near Liverpool, UK, The tiers were in ivory with varying heights and two different shapes. I replicated their stationery design in gold, hand painting the swirls and scrolls on each tier, and their initials on a plaque. The flowers matched the bride’s selection for her bouquet, including David Austin roses, lisianthus and hydrangea blossoms. The cake had quite a vintage feel, and the couple decorated the cake table with old family photos of weddings through the decades.

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I love really simple cakes with a single striking detail so I really enjoyed making this two tier wedding cake. I created a cascade of ruffled roses with graded colour from deep turquoise in the centre, through ice blue and with white petals on the edges. Inside, the cake was a classic Madagascan vanilla on the base and chocolate marble cake on the top.

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This wedding cake was designed to match the sculpted shapes of the birdcage table centrepieces. The couple’s colour scheme was purple, which I brought out in the ranunculus, hydrangea blossoms and calla lilies, but the bride was also having some pink Faith roses in her bouquet so I created these spiraling centred roses to match. I also mirrored details from the couple’s stationery with the two birds and the heart-shaped motif at the base.

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A mini dessert table designed for a guy turning 30. The theme started off as a joke, because he is renowned for his beard, thick woolly jumpers and dark glasses…and it just grew from there! The main cake was a stylized version of the birthday boy, and the cake pops and cookies mirrored the jumper and glasses theme.

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The couple were marrying at Arley Hall, Cheshire, UK and wanted a modern cake with some traditional details and a nod towards the groom’s Scottish roots. I therefore recreated their stationery design on the front of the cake, and incorporated warm caramel/cream roses and thistles in a spiraling cascade to fit with the dark wood decor in the room.

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