Foo Cakes

Izzy's 1st birthday

2010-01-31T10:11:00.000Z

This is a birthday cake for Izzy's first birthday. The theme is Draco the Dragon from BabyTV.

The cake is a 8" x 8" chocolate and vanilla marble sponge cake, covered in buttercream icing.

The decorations are made of fondant icing using the runout method.

Christmas Cupcakes

2009-12-25T20:58:00.000Z

These are cupcakes I made for Christmas. I piped a tree on each cupcake so that the kids can decorate them with sprinkles and confectionary.

The cakes are plain sponge and the trees are buttercream icing.

Joseph and Martha's Christening

2009-11-29T04:19:00.001Z

These are cakes for Joseph's (3) and Martha's (18 months) joint christening.

The cakes are 7" hexagons. One of them is a vanilla sponge and the other is a lemon sponge.

The cakes are covered and decorated with fondant icing. The figurines on the cakes are handmade out of fondant icing.

Poppy and Alan's Elephants

2009-10-24T04:15:00.004+01:00

These are Poppy and Alan's wedding cakes, in the shape of elephants which she loves.

One of the cake is a vanilla sponge and the other is chocolate sponge. Both cakes are about 12" square, and carved into shape.

The cakes are covered and decorated with fondant icing. The colour scheme is red, green and gold.

Sharon

2009-10-10T04:13:00.002+01:00

This is a wedding cake I decorated for Sharon.

The cakes (6", 8" and 10") were made by Sharon and she covered them in buttercream icing ready for me to decorate.

The cakes are then covered and decorated in white fondant icing.

Maisy for Sydney

2009-09-19T20:11:00.003+01:00

This is Sydney's second birthday cake. The theme is Maisy, and the idea to have a cake in the cake.

When viewed from the top, it looks 2D, but when viewed from the side, the cake on the picnic is actually a cake and therefore 3D.

The cake is a 10" x 10" chocolate sponge covered in buttercream icing.

The decorations are made of fondant icing using the runout method, and the little cake is a little piece covered in fondant icing.

William's Plane, Train, Boat and Car

2009-09-12T04:09:00.001+01:00

This is William's second birthday cake. He loves vehicles and I tried to incorporate as many of them in the cake as possible.

The cake are chocolate sponge (12" square and 8" round) covered in buttercream and decorated to look like the ground (green) and sky (blue).

The vehicles are all made of chocolate sponge cakes and covered with fondant icing and painted with edible colouring.

Special touches include the boat named "William", the car's number plate says "Foo" and the train has a number 2 in the front.

Handy Many for Jay and Loic's 2nd birthday

2009-09-05T20:07:00.004+01:00

This is for Jay and Loic's second birthday. The theme is Handy Manny and his tools.

The sides of the cakes were decorated with the tools.

A 12" x 10" vanilla sponge covered in buttercream icing.

The decorations are are made from fondant icing using the runout method.

Cats for Lynda's 60th

2009-08-15T20:02:00.005+01:00

This cake is for Lynda's 60th birthday. Her two daughters commissioned this for a surprise party for her.

The cats are made in likeness to her cats, past and present.

This is the view from the back.

The two tier cake (6" and 9") is made from plain sponge and covered and decorated in fondant icing.

Tour De France 2009 Cupcakes

2009-07-25T13:52:00.001+01:00

These are Tour de France 2009 cupcakes, made for a party celebrating the end of the Tour.

They are plain sponge topped with yellow buttercream icing and Tour de France winner jerseys. Wordings on the jerseys are written using edible ink.

Katherine's 30th birthday

2009-07-19T18:54:00.006+01:00

This is a cake for Tanya's friend Katherine's 30th birthday.

It is a 9" x 9" chocolate cake covered in chocolate fondant and decorated with marshmallow pieces.

The piping is pink buttercream icing.

Pastel cupcakes

2009-07-15T18:48:00.001+01:00

I made these cupcakes for a playgroup's summer picnic.

They are plain sponge topped with lilac buttercream icing and a piece of pastel coloured marshmallows.

Good to keep things simple.

Katerina's Pitch and Potch and the Sound Machine

2009-06-24T21:44:00.003+01:00

This cake is for Katerina's first birthday on 24 June 2009.

The cake is a plain sponge (8 inches) covered in buttercream icing.

Pitch and Potch and the Sound Machine is made of fondant icing.

Bees and Hunny

2009-05-15T19:11:00.000+01:00

Hannah had a second birthday party on 15 May 2009 and this time her mom requested for cupcakes. As her theme is Winnie the Pooh, I thought it'd be nice to have bees, hunny and flowers (rather than the actual Pooh characters).

The cupcakes are plain vanilla sponge, topped with strawberry jam and a swirl of buttercream icing.

The decorations are made of marzipan and fondant icing.

Hannah's Eeyore

2009-05-09T19:08:00.002+01:00

This cake is for Hannah's first birthday on 9 May 2009.

The cake is a plain sponge (9 x 10 inches) covered in piped buttercream icing.

The picture of Eeyore is made of piped icing using the run out method.

Jill's 70th

2009-04-02T09:04:00.004+01:00

This cake is for my friend Julie's mom's 70th birthday on 22 March 2009.

The cake is plain sponge, covered in fondant icing.

The flowers - purple gerberas and lilac roses, are made of sugarpaste.

The inside of the cake is below:

Farewell Cupcakes

2009-04-02T08:52:00.006+01:00

I baked this for MC, CY and Keira's farewell party on 21 March 2009.

The cupcakes are chocolate sponge with strawberry jam filling, and topped with buttercream (chocolate or vanilla) icing and decorated with fondant icing, mini Smarties or chocolate rice.

The photo below shows what the inside of the cupcake looks like.

Uncle Bernard's 80th

2009-04-01T21:30:00.004+01:00

I made this cake for Uncle Bernard's 80th birthday party on 14 March 2009, as a gift to him.

The decoration is simple, but includes a bottle of wine and some king prawns on a plate, being his favourite drink and food.

The cake is plain sponge with covered in buttercream icing.

The decorations are made of fondant icing.

A slice of the cake looks like:

Alfie's In the Night Garden

2009-01-05T16:04:00.007Z

This is Alfie's first birthday cake. He turned one on 4 January 2009.

The theme was "In the Night Garden", being his favourite TV programme.

The cake is a plain sponge cake covered in buttercream icing (piped so that it looked like grass).

The decorations are made of fondant icing.

The characters on the cake are Upsy Daisy and Igglepiggle, and I even included the teeny, tiny Pontipines on the bottom left!

Leo and Brooke's Hansel and Gretel House

2008-12-15T09:02:00.011Z

This is Leo and Brooke's birthday cake. It is themed around Hansel and Gretel's house for their joint birthday on 7 December 2008.

Leo turned 3 while Brooke turned 1.

One side of the cake is decorated in blue for a boy and the other in pink for a girl.

The cake is plain and chocolate sponge layers and covered in buttercream icing.

The decorations were various bits of confectionary items such as mini marshmallows, chocolate fingers, Smarties, jelly babies, laces and chocolate buttons.

Tanya's Chocolate Dream

2008-12-02T14:41:00.010Z

This is a chocolate cake I made for Tanya's birthday party on 8 November 2008.

The cake is chocolate cake covered with rich chocolate ganache and decorated with mini fresh strawberries. The lettering is made of fondant icing.

Celine's Hen Party Cake

2008-10-23T23:11:00.007+01:00

This is a cake which I made up at the last minute for Celine's Hen Party on 4 October 2008.

It was a less risque design, compared to what some people do for hen parties!!

It was just a simple sponge cake covered in and decorated with buttercream icing.

The bosum part of the basque was built up with some bits of cake, so it is a little bit 3 dimension.

Sydney's 1st class stamp

2008-09-28T19:50:00.005+01:00

This is Sydney's birthday cake. He turned one on 19 September 2008.

The cake is a sponge cake covered in buttercream icing.

The decorations are made of fondant icing.

William

2008-09-15T14:34:00.017+01:00

This is William's birthday cake. He turned one on 12 September 2008.

The main cake is a sponge cake covered in buttercream icing.

The cubes are cubes of sponge cake covered in fondant icing.

The decorations are made of fondant icing.

Jay's Gymbo

2008-09-06T23:34:00.024+01:00

This is Jay's birthday cake. He turned one on 3 September 2008.

He had his party at Gymboree, and the character on this cake is Gymbo the clown.

The cake is a sponge cake covered in fondant icing.

The decorations are made of fondant icing.

If you look carefully, you will see a smaill little Gymbo the Clown on the top right of the photo.

Keira

2008-08-11T00:02:00.006+01:00

This is Keira's birthday cake. She turned one on 8 August 2008.

The cake is a sponge cake covered in buttercream icing.

The decorations are made of fondant icing.

The little girl on the cake is wearing a dress similar to Keira's birthday party dress.

Kate

2007-05-07T19:16:00.002+01:00

For a wedding on 5 May 2007

Colour scheme - Dark purple and lilac.

Three tiered fruit cake.

3 hand made sugar lilies in lilac and and cascades of purple roses and ivy leaves.

Delicate piping all over the cakes.

Amy

2007-01-11T22:49:00.002Z

For Chester and Amy Chan (9 December 2006)

Colour scheme - Light pink and cerise pink.

Three tiered fruit cake.

Bouquet of hand made sugar roses crown with small flowers and rose buds at the based of each cake.

Sweetie

2007-01-11T22:36:00.002Z

For Ian and Suet Chan (28 October 2006)

Two tier sponge cake.

Iced and decorated with fresh roses matching the bride's bouquet.

Joanne

2007-01-11T22:13:00.002Z

For Karl and Joanne Galloway (8 October 2005)

Colour scheme - Lilac/Purple.

Three tier fruit cake.

Cascading hand made lilac coloured sugar roses.

Clarissa

2007-01-11T19:08:00.002Z

For James and Clarissa Foster (3 September 2005)

Colour scheme - Champagne and ivory.

Two tier fruit cake.

Hand made sugar lilies and roses in ivory with trailing ivy.

Prices and delivery

2007-01-01T11:09:00.002Z

As each cake is individual and takes different amount of time and effort to make, the pricing will reflect this. However, a guide to the prices are:

8" celebration cake from £25.00
3 tier wedding cake from £250.00

I live in New Malden, Surrey and can deliver within 15 miles for free. Further than 15 miles there'll be a charge, depending on the distance.

Please feel free to call me to discuss the price of a cake and the delivery charges.