Ready to go now...

I had to improvise for the antenae - small lollies on a stick - just had to do.  Plus my Stamp'n Up cutter and paper for the flowers.

Pretty Butterfly

Just finished this one.  Must quickly find a pipecleaner for the antenna.  I have photographed the steps this time.  I bought myself a 30cm cake tin off TM and it is fabulous!! I have enough room for the entire template and don't have to muck around with skewers and toothpicks.  If anyone knows where I can source some heart shaped lollipops - please tell me.

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.