I made this cake not long ago. Its based on the jewellery designs of Susan Street, a lovely lady whose jewellery site I came across over half a decade ago and never forgot…. not just for its amazing designs but for her lifes story written on its pages. I was especially impressed by her beautiful dedication of sorts, thanking everyone who plagiarised from her, went through her dumpsters, sketched her designs and copied everything she did – she says they inspired her to improve her art, to always develop and be two steps ahead, and says if it wasn’t for them she would still be making fun plastic jewellery on a beach somewhere. That inspired me greatly – and gave me the hope that one day I should be able to express something so noble, with all my heart.

real almond cake with raspberry filling, buttercream and LMF coat, fondant gems with cake lace detailing

many thanks to the makers of the tutorials I used in this piece – fondant panelling by Sift by Kara, lustre coating a cake by Kara’s Couture Cakes, getting sharp corners in buttercream by Veena’s Art of Cakes, and Liz Marek for her fondant recipe. And for the responses and likes I got from them when I put this up on Facebook :)

you can see some of Susan’s work here: http://www.filigreebeading.com

Thanks for looking
Sawsen xx