I was really excited when Cake Central Magazine invited me to make a cake for them. The topic was: Ombre Navy-Pink Wedding Cake. This is what I came up with. The cakes are covered in sugarpaste, the flowers and tiers inside the “dome” are hand-painted and the “dome” itself and all the curly bits are made with royal icing. I really enjoyed making this cake! It was published in Cake Central Magazine Issue 4 Volume 4.

Hand-painted floral wedding cake.

This is a three-tier birthday cake decorated as a Russian doll. Each tier had its own flavour: carrot cake, chocolate cake and lemon cake. The cake is covered in sugarpaste and piped over with royal icing.

Made this cake for Mother’s Day using royal icing.

Sugar roses

I enjoyed making these flowers, they make me think of hot summer days!

Valentine cookie hearts

My favourite royal icing and sugar flowers.

This cake was decorated with royal icing and hand-painted in one stroke technique, which was very popular in Russia in the 18th century – Nizhny Tagil technique of painting. This technique was used for decorating jewellery boxes, trays, etc. Nizhny Tagil technique is characterized by rich colours and the most common theme is floral ornaments. After taking a few masterclasses to learn this traditional technique of painting, I wanted to recreate it on a cake and this is the finished result.

After visiting a few cake shows and looking at cupcake displays, I wanted to make cupcakes but with a difference. And this is what I made.

Royal Iced cake