I really love the technique of quilling with sugarpaste. The cross is made from florist paste mixed with sugarpaste 2:1. It was standing about 12cm tall and my customer plans to mount it in a box frame as a special memory of her son’s 1st Holy Communion.

Communion Cake for Emma. White on white flowers with lime accents.

40th birthday cake for Fiona, who loves poppies. Cotton thread centre done with tutorial by www.duskyroseveiners.co.uk

My daughter’s confirmation cake. Original idea for the little flower wreath by Sannas tartor from Sweden. Dove is handmodelled from sugarpaste. Bourbon vanilla cake with raspberry SMBC and raspberry jam.

Yellow Submarine Cake.
For the 6 Year/Sugar wedding anniversary of a guitar teacher and Beatles fan.
6 inch round, 3,5 inch high. Handpainted topper

Little birthday cake for my mother in law.
Ruffled till my heart was content after watching the fabulous class by Maggie Austin via Craftsy. The Magnolia was done following a tutorial by Cakerator.

This cake was hugely inspired by the work of Erin from Three Little Blackbirds (TLB Cakes). After watching her fabulous free mini class on Craftsy I went about to find a project to do. While researching cherry blossoms, I came across a fantastic handpainted cherry blossom cake by Môn Cottage Cupcakes. When I contacted Nina to rave about her stunning cake, she sent me her handpainted cherry blossom tutorial. Even though I had done my cherry blossoms at this stage, I found many more fabulous tips in it.

6 inch extended height Vanilla sponge, filled with yummy Bourbon vanilla SMBC. The cake was for a 12 year old girl who had a Spa Party for her birthday. Her mum wanted it to be girly, but classy. Since I had not enough time for a 3D model I went for a handpainted 2D topper.

Dark chocolate cake filled with dark Belgian chocolate ganache. Decorated with wired gumpaste flower heart wreath, fondant doves and fondant lace.
The brides brief called for: vintage, lace, ruby roses, birds, hearts, rings and their names. Before I set about to do the design I thought, I’d never manage to fit it all onto the one cake… but I did ;-)

“Wild Horses for Charlotte”. I looooved doing this cake. Big credit has to go to Cynthia’s Custom Cakes, whose wonderful handpainted grassy/flower idea I pretty much copied. Go check out her page, she has some wonderful work up there.

Birthday cake for my youngest son, who was very specific about what he wanted his cake to look like :-)
The top of the cake was slanted to achieve the 3D effect of the 2D handpainted eagle.

Entry into a local sugarcraft competition here in Dublin/Ireland, which won 2nd prize. The quilled snowflakes are made from fondant and Squires florist paste 1:3. The Northpole is all sugarpaste as well except the globe which is made from Isomalt (I made a mould with silly putty from one of my kids marbels) and the wire on the sign. For the knit effect on the board you can find a tutorial link to a Russian website on my facebook page www.facebook.com/Splendor.Cakes.

This was just a quick little cake to say “thank you” to a dentist for going the extra mile in patient care. The cake was chocolate mud, covered in dark chocolate ganache and fondant. The tooth is made from RTK, covered in fondant. The bow is also edible.

30th Anniversary cake. An homage to the original wedding cake which had 3 iced tiers and a small silver jug filled with real freesias on the top tier. This cake was truely a labour of love and I learned a lot about gumpaste flowers. All flowers were pulled without the use of any cutters. The tutorial for the freesias came from http://?www.duskyroseveiners.co.uk/?page_861446.html
The jug is made from gumpste, too. The edging on the cake is piped with royal icing at stiff peak consistancy.