Camaro

A young man asked me to make a cake for his girlfriend's Dad.  I have to say that this is the best 'boy' cake that I have made. I am really pleased with the end result. Chocolate cake with caramel filling. The comments were very positive.

"Great Scott' it's a DeLorean Cake

 End result - one very happy customer - yay

 Four large chocolate cakes, cut into even layers (well almost)

Filled with super yummy caramel butter cream - 500 grams butter, softened and whipped, add one can Caramelised condensed milk and whip some more, then 1 kg of icing sugar and whip some more - no need to add milk as super soft anyway. I needed two batches of the mix for this large cake.

 One layer cake, one layer butter-cream, one layer cake, one layer butter-cream - you get the gist.....

 Place templates and carve accordingly - it actually is harder than it might look to get the straightest lines - and I did not get the best finish - not too bad, but hmmmmm

 Cover with butter-cream - just ordinary butter-cream this time, as a crumb coat.

 Four packets of fondant - fortunately it is mild weather and it blended quite easily.

 Add all of the necessary bits to finish off.  I had two sugar sheets made with wheel trim, rear lights and number plate and front windscreen, and these were a bit of a bugger to use this time.  They tore really easily (fortunately I had a double set made). All of the rest of the features are shaped from fondant.  This is the part I really enjoy.

Happy 70th Birthday Ian

Ian loves his wife, family, sport, good wine and friendship. I am his adopted daughter (not literally) after he and Colleen moved in next door and we lived next to each other for about 18 years.  I have watched their 7 (blended family) kids grow up and the grandkids come along. We went to Napier to help Ian celebrate his birthday on Saturday April 11th and it was a lovely day. We spent more time on the road then we actually spent in Napier, but it was worth every minute. Ian's cake is chocolate with caramel butter-cream (recipe in the previous post). Two of the young grandsons ate 'granddad' and poked out blue tongues.

I Dream of Genie

Chocolate cake with caramel buttercream - oh my, if you want something a little different and super yummy, then this is the one. 500gms butter whipped to nearly white, add 1kg of icing sugar, mix to combine and and half a tin of Caramelised condensed milk - try not to scoff it all at once!

Thomas, Thomas and more Thomas

Four Thomas themed cakes in two weeks. I am all Thomased out!. Chocolate cakes with buttercream or fondant or a combination of both - yum

Maisy for Jack

My little grandson loves Maisy - I had no choice.This was fun to make.

Edmonds Cook Book circa 1931

Catch your turkey and rabbits for these recipes....from my dearly loved Grandmother, this book was a gift to her on her 21st Birthday in 1931.