Showing posts with label 2. Birthday Cakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2. Birthday Cakes. Show all posts

Izzy's 1st birthday

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.

Maisy for Sydney

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

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

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

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.

Katherine's 30th birthday

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.

Katerina's Pitch and Potch and the Sound Machine

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

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

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

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:

Uncle Bernard's 80th

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

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

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

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.


Sydney's 1st class stamp

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

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

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

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.