This cake is my first of its kind.Still not even but I will make it one day.It is for my niece 22 years old today.The lion took me almost 2 hours as it was my first ever sugar animal.I spent some time last night watching videos on the internet on how to…As you can see I have drawn the Pisces constellation.Did some astronomy today as well.And if you look carefully you will also see the sun setting..got the idea last night .The basic idea for the cake came from cakes I have seen and I thank these artists that helped me make it.Thank you.

I know very well that this is a very simple cake compared to the stunning cakes I have seen.It is the first cake with buttercream I have ever made.The royal icing on the side was also the first time for me.I was used to flat surfaces which are much easier.The cakes , apart from the first level,were brought by two friends who want to learn the few things I know and are not as expected.Anyway,I tried to do my best in the 2 hours I had free.As everybody remembers their first cake,I hope that one day I will reach the quality of the cakes I see and look back at that cake with love.First loves are never forgotten anyway!

Tomorrow is Valentine’s day…became a day to celebrate in the 80’s in Greece..As a child in Canada,age 8 then and my first year in a foreign country,I had no idea about that day.Our teacher showed us how to make a red paper heart pocket to put our cards in!What cards?,I wondered.They gave me beautiful cards about love and I was amazed!For me it is a day of universal love and I always hope that one day this feeling might prevail more than now.I made these cookies taking ideas from various pictures and will give them to my students tomorrow.I had fun…even though I make everything late at night after I finish teaching.I am a tutor and teach English in the afternoon and in the morning.Have a beautiful day tomorrow!!

Τhis cake kept me awake..slept at 3 and woke at 7..had made modelling chocolate the night before and was anxious to work with it..well..,in 1996 when I first made it ,it was an immediate success.Now with so much more knowledge on baking it me gave a really hard time and the result was not the expected one.The cake inside is chestnut cream with malt whiskey and chocolate sponge.I used fondant as well because the white modelling chocolate failed me..next time it won’t because I am very persistent.Nevertheless, the result filled me with euphoria as every time I am in the kitchen.

Easter cookies months ahead..In Greece Easter cookies are usually butter cookies formed in a small plait or round.Being influenced by the cookies from other countries I made these.Cupacakes,muffins and sugarpaste cakes are new additions in our culture.It’s is more the French sweets and the traditionals ones that attract the majority.When it comes to children’s cakes fondant is now used.

This cake was the first big one I ever made.It’s July in Greece and the temperature has soared to 42 C…all night the air-conditioning was on to keep a steady temperature at home.It was a very special cake since there had been a loss in the family just 10 months before and the bride requested soft colors and…birds!The groom worked for the Ornithological Society of Greece and actually the wedding took place where he worked,in a beautiful park full of birds and small ponds.Nobody believed that the flowers were sugar and only the ones who approached realized it.It took me 2 weeks to prepare it slowly since I am an English teacher ..this is not my job but rather the love of my life.I designed the cake first, showed it to her and then proceeded with the wired flowers.Since then I have made only common cakes.Waiting for the next wedding in the family.