This was a very special 70th Birthday Cake for Carol.
This cake was made with a very strong influence from Ava & Tye, Carol’s 2 younger grandchildren. They both helped to design and add details to the finished cake, they wanted to include the concept of ‘cooking’, ‘Roses’ (her favourite flowers) and her beloved football team the Fremantle Dockers⚓️.

All of the elements are made of sugar paste and edible apart from the gold mirror topper (details below).

Aspects of the design were also taken from the amazing book ANIMATION IN SUGAR by Carlos Lischetti. (Much love goes to my dear ‘cake friend’ Rose for the gift of this beautiful book).

This cake was made as usual on the tightest of time frames, the end product was rather rushed so the final finish and photographs were not the best, the party was held at our home as ‘Carol’ is my dear Mother in law. The positive was I didn’t have the usual dramas with transportation but it meant I wasn’t prepared when it came to ‘photographing’ either…I normally do this before supporting & wrapping the cake prior to loading the car.
Ava quickly held a black table cloth up to use as a backdrop as guests started to arrive… which worked well, the lighting was poor but thank goodness for the advancements of the iPhone !!!! Many hours of work are often only able to be reflected on once the event is over… so I’m very grateful for these moments quickly captured for not only myself but Carol and the grandchildren to look back on in years to come….

Also once again thank you to Wooden Letters Australia for making the beautiful topper FANTASTIC WORK !!! and wonderful service as always …. @ozwoodletters