Cakes, cakes and more cakes........

Here is a collection of the most recent cakes i have made.

The first cake was one of my latest cakes and it was a cake with a bit of a difference. One cake with two different themes for two people. One half of the cake was Ben 10 and the other half was a rugby theme.

A few different shirts...football and rugby with matching cupcakes.

Dora the Explorer with backpack and the map, boots and swiper the fox is hiding behind a bush with a piece of cake in his hand.

Cupcakes to match the Dora cake.

These cupcakes were made for a school leavers disco.

Latest cakes.

These are the latest cakes i have made.

Thomas the Tank engine cake was made for a little boys 3rd birthday. He is a huge Thomas fan.


This rubber ducks in a bathtub cake was made for a boys 18th birthday. The birthday boy was big on collecting rubber ducks, however on this occassion the ducks were made from fondant.

Lastly a number 1 cake for a little boys 1st birthday, i really enjoyed making this one. The baby and the bear were also made out of fondant.

I also made some cupcakes to match the cake.

Leeds United football shirt.

This Leeds United football shirt cake was for a boy who was turning 9. The Leeds United emblem on the shirt and the cupcake toppers were printed using my edible ink printer.

Latest cakes i have made.

This cake was for a lady who is the manageress of a golf club. It was for her 40th birthday and her husband wanted her stood behind the bar on the top of the cake.

This cake was made for my friends husband for his 40th birthday.

High School musical.

This is a High school musical themed cake i made for a little girls 7th birthday. Everything is edible. The film strip has different pictures of the girl on it and the figure on top of the cake was made to look like the little girl who is looking at a High school musical poster.

I really enjoyed making this one, it was a fun cake to make.

Snowdrop Cake.

The snowdrops on top of this cake are some that i made at college.

My sons 13th birthday cake.

This is a guitar hero cake i made for my sons 13th birthday. He loves the guitar hero game so it seemed only right to make him a cake that looks like a guitar hero controller. It was quite a large cake, around 18" in length.Needless to say "He loved it"

I also had a friend of mine ask me to make a cake for her daughters birthday ( she wanted the playboy bunny design) so this is what i came up with.

and since i love making cupcakes so much, i made some to match.

Ice-cream cone cupcakes.

Well as the saying goes "you learn something new every day" and i certainly did. Yesterday whilst i was browsing one of my favourite cake decorating sites i discovered some pictures of ice-cream cone cupcakes. They looked really cute and i was very interested in giving them a go. The part that had me baffled was how these cupcakes were baked. You put the cupcake mixture inside of the ice-cream cones (the flat bottomed cup style ones) and place them into the oven, baking the cupcake inside of the cone. Needless to say i was intrigued and was dying to give these a go (you know how i like a new challenge). I was wondering if the cone would go soggy once the cupcake mixture was placed inside or if the cones would burn in the oven, i just didn't see how it would work. Anyway today i mixed up my cupcake mixture, placed it into the ice-cream cones, placed the cones onto a tray and into the oven they went. I wasn't sure what temperature to bake them on, so i guessed around gas mark 3 and they were fine. When they were ready i took them out of the oven and was surprised that they had risen beautifully and the cones were still intact with no sign of burning or discolouration. I then placed them on a cooling rack and once they were cool i piped them with butter cream and decorated them. I was very happy with the results and i can't wait to make these again.

James Bond Cake.

I made this James Bond cake for my sons 7th birthday. It was kind of sprung on me as he wanted a different cake and then a few days before his birthday he decided he wanted a James Bond cake. After the panic had subsided i decided i needed to keep the design simple, child friendly and fun, this is what i came up with. Everything is edible,even the car. The image was printed on my edible ink printer and i then made it into an icing plaque. I put 2 eyes in the tunnel peeking out so my son could use his imagination and choose any James Bond villain that he wanted it to be. I made the James Bond figure out of a mix of fondant and gumpaste. To accompany the cake i made some cupcakes and once again used my edible ink printer to make some icing images to tie the cupcakes in with the James Bond theme. My son was thrilled.

Bag Cake.

Well here is my latest bag cake i have just made, complete with makeup made from fondant icing and.........yes you guessed it.............. icing shoes! You know how i love to make those icing shoes.

Mr Men cake.

I think Mr Funny has got to be my favourite one here.
All of these Mr Men are cakes covered in fondant, apart from Mr Small who is made from only fondant.

Retirement Cake

Well here it is.........my first cake of 2009.


This was a cake for a lady who had retired and was having a joint retirement and 60th birthday party. The topper took a long long time to make but i had fun doing it.

Happy New year.

Wow!!!! i really can't believe we have just entered into 2009. Last year really flew by didn't it. Anyway i am looking forward to this year, especially to see what new challenges await me in 2009. I have lots of things i want to try and do this year obviously including advancing my knowledge and skill in cake decorating. College re-opens on Wednesday and i am so looking forward to going back again.

One of my Christmas presents was an edible ink printer so i am wanting to experiment with that as well. I did have a little play around with it already and printed an edible icing sheet of Christmas halo ( a picture of halo that i edited to fit in with a Christmas theme). This was for my mums Christmas cake, which i will be adding photos of shortly. Anyway i just want to wish everyone a Happy new year and i hope you all have a good one.

Merry Christmas.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas.

Reindeer christmas cake.

I have just finished this cake yesterday. It took a lot longer to decorate it than i originally thought but i am very happy with how it turned out. This cake was a gift for my mother-in-law and she loved it.

Snowmen cupcakes.

Yesterday was the last day of school for the children and as always they wanted to take something in to share with their friends. Last year they took cookies so this year i decided i would make some cupcakes for them to take instead. Eventually after much thought i decided to make snowmen cupcakes.

These were such a lot of work, in fact it took me a full day just to decorate them. I made around 50 altogether. They were all dusted individually and the eyes were all hand painted with edible ink, each also had a little orange carrot nose that was made out of fondant. I also made a few for the office staff (as shown in the top photograph). Everyone was very happy and all of the children loved them.

Busy busy busy

Wow i haven't written anything for a whole week. I have just been soooooo busy busy busy preparing for the festivities. I can't believe it is only 5 days until Christmas day and in true Sassy style i still have about a million and one things to do (as always). Anyway my new years resolution is to become more organised (again). Hopefully this time it will last slightly longer than 5 days.
Well last week it was my birthday (another year younger) but not necessarily any the wiser, i guess only time will tell. I had a really lovely day. My darling hubby took me to the cinema to see 'The day the earth stood still' i thoroughly enjoyed it and would definitely recommend it to people. My husband on the other hand was not so impressed, oh well. A trip to my old favorite Pizza hut followed where i indulged in a meat feast cheesy bite pizza. It was very tasty....yum!! Then it was back to planet home where i got to put my feet up and do absolutely nothing for the rest of the day, heaven. I think the funniest thing about my birthday is i didn't have a birthday cake. I was so busy making cakes for other people i didn't have time to make one for myself. I will have to make myself a belated birthday cake in the future.

Christmas cookies

Here are some Christmas cookies i have just made. These are a practice run for some cookie bouquets i am making in a few days as Christmas gifts.

Chocolate Truffles.

Well Wednesday night was the last night of college until the new year. We had a little bit of a party near the end of the night and we all took something in to eat. I couldn't decide what to take and since i had a little bit of time on my hands on Wednesday day i thought i would have a go at making some chocolate truffles. I had never made them before so anything could happen. As it turned out they were really easy to make and i was very pleased with the results. Here are step by step directions of how to make them.

First of all weigh out 4oz of chocolate.Break the chocolate into pieces and place it into a bowl and then melt the chocolate.









Beat 4oz unsalted butter, until soft and creamy.













Add 10oz icing sugar and 2.5ml vanilla essence to the butter.












Add the melted chocolate and stir. Beat well until everything is combined.












Chill for approximately 45 minutes until the mixture is stiff enough to roll into balls. Use a small teaspoon to scoop out a small amount of mixture and roll into ball shapes.










Choose which coatings you would like on your truffles. For example: Caster sugar, icing sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate flakes, chocolate strands etc.

Coat each ball in your chosen topping.

This truffle is getting coated in caster sugar.








This truffle is getting coated with chocolate strands.








This truffle is getting coated with pink sugar sparkles.








Lastly place each coated truffle ball into a paper case and you can either arrange them on a serving dish/plate. Or why not give them to someone as a present. Just put them into a gift box of your choice and you have got a fantastic looking homemade gift.