Cheerio! back in late September

A very whizzy cheerio to you all. I will be internet-free as of now so won’t be able to follow your lovely creations. Will catch up when I get back. Thank you all of you for your wonderful...

3D Cakes #3: Making Running Shoe Cakes

If you have ever wanted to make a pair of shoes but are not quite sure how to go about it, I hope this set of photos with brief explanations is helpful in some way. Each shoe cake is on a piece...

Sugar Modelling #1: Making the Jaguar XK150

This is not to scale as I was working fom photos and made my own measurements for this. All sugarpaste. I used foam which I cut to shape to set the bonnet shape overnight. I did not want to use...

Making a 6" Round Battenberg Cake for a Wedding Cake

This was my practice session for the top tier of the Kenyan Roses Wedding cake. The bride and groom asked for the top tier to be a 6" round Battenberg. I made this tester cake using a guide I...

3D Cakes #2: Making Simon's Mountaineering Boots

These have been my most popular cake and CakesDecor very kindly selected them as Editor’s Choice last year. I have been promising for ages to put together a tutorial to making these for those of...

Cake Boards #1: York Stone Effect

I received a lot of interest in this cake board for my latest cake which had a boot on it and so have put together a few pictures I took during the process. 1. Roll out fondant onto board. Mix...

3D Cakes #1: Vintage Santa Boots and Sleepy Elves

Hope these picture groups are self-explanatory but please just ask if you have any questions! You will also find this tutorial on my Facebook page. thank you for looking and I hope this...