Here comes Barney

I have just finished Barney for a friends nephew. This is the first time I have made icing - Dairy Free - and the icing has stayed relatively soft, whereas butter icing will firm up. So I am a bit dissapointed with the light green background- it kept lifting when I tried to smooth it out. Quite happy with Barney though.

Minnies' Afternoon Tea

My friend Carolyn's daughter Wendy is due to have her second child - a little girl - I was invited to afternoon tea and took this cake.  A White Chocolate Raspberry layered cake. It tastes as good as it looks, I was really pleased with it and the other ladies seemed to like it too. The recipe is from the latest AWW More Kids Cakes book. And the boottee are made from a template out of the Cake Decorators Motif Bible - very helpful little book - I recommend it to any one wanting to start making these types of decorations - this is my first attempt.

My first - 'New' customer

Here he is - My very first R2D2 - isn't he fantastic. The seven year old lad (Whose birthday it is) thought so.  I am really pleased with how this came out. My special thanks to Monte for his first hand help.

Some of my earliest efforts.....

1. The castle for my son was the first time I used lemonade jelly for water - the boys loved it.
2. My daughter was 4 and this was the first time I made fluffy frosting - it looks a little messy - but it was nice to eat - yum. Who can resist pebbles?
3. My son turned 3 and I was pushed for time - this is just a premade cake - cut up with stuff plonked on it - thankfully 3 year olds are not too discerning.
4. A treasure map for my son - a variation on a picture - fun to make.
5. My grandson was 2 - he wanted a train cake - this one from the AWW - very popular - and lots of fun to make.
6. My daughter went horse-riding with friends for her 9th birthday - hence the horse head.
7. Ahh yes - the carousel horse - My daughter was 5 -this was the first time I had piped with butter icing. I have learnt to  slow down and make sure to cover all the gaps. Lovely colour - and loads of butter icing.

Monte and Dad have birthdays in the same week

Montes cake is a Devils Choc Food Cake, two cakes divided into two filled and covered with Ganache.  Dad loves Coffee Cake and the walnuts are fresh off the tree - yum.

Big Kids too...

I just wanted to add that my big kid friends cake photos are here to add to the blog. I am wanting to get started in making cakes and thought this was a good place to view some cakes I have already made.

Rhonda is 50 and Ian is 66

Rhondas' cake is a heavy fruit cake, while Ians' is a triple layered White and Dark Chocolate Mud cake with my first attempt at Ganache. Talk about chocolate indulgence, 750gms of perfect Cadburys Dairy Milk Choc with fresh cream. Yum. Ians' cake was decorated with White choc fudge writing and brown m&m's.