Teatime Bakes & Pretty Cakes

Today’s offerings, Dinosaur biscuits and fruity flapjack ... baking with my boy 💙

A special cake for a special Daddy ... Mine!!!!! Happy Birthday Johnny!!! xx
The blurb: 4 tiered coffee and vanilla sponge filled with coffee flavoured buttercream, chocolate shavings and topped with ‘Billionaire’ sprinkles.

A mountain themed cake for my brother-in-law’s 50th Birthday.
The blurb: Rich dark chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream filling, covered in fondant with hand painted mountains and fondant Buffalo, Mousse and trees.

The brief for this cake was ‘something Star Wars’, and as it was for my trickiest customer, my very own little fella, it had to be good!!! Well, I’m very happy to report that the birthday boy was absolutely over the moon with his Stormtrooper cake and accompanying Star Wars themed cupcakes ... The force was definitely with us 😁
The blurb: Main cake: Caramel flavoured sponge filled with vanilla buttercream and caramel, covered in sugar paste.... Cupcakes: Strawberry sponge with strawberry jam centres and vanilla custard flavour butter icing, topped with Star Wars themed rice paper pictures.
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A special Unicorn cake for a special little girl ... my Mummy!! (She is only little, really!!!)
The Blurb: Vanilla, coloured sponges filled with Strawberry jam and vanilla buttercream. Covered with buttercream and piped flowers (sort of!)

This week’s creation from the T-B kitchen, a Graduation celebration cake for one very clever young lady!!!
The Blurb: Vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream and strawberry jam filling, covered in white sugar paste and decorated with handmade decorations which are all edible.

Bit of a throw back, this was one made for brother-In-law a year ago ...

A first for me today, a wedding cake! Very nervous about doing the naked cake but I think it came out pretty well. Very honoured to have been asked to do it by the lovey Claudia and Jamie.
Thanks has to go to my ‘glamorous assistant’ (my Dad!) for driving me to the venue and acting as my ‘gopher’!
The blurb:... Base layer is a rich chocolate cake filled with rich chocolate buttercream; Middle layer is luscious lemon drizzle with vanilla buttercream and lemon curd filling; Top layer is vanilla sponge filled with vanilla buttercream and strawberry jam; Decoration is all fresh fruit, mint and rosemary sprigs. Cupcakes are egg and dairy free vanilla sponge filled with strawberry jam and topped with a non-dairy icing and fresh fruit.
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Ever wonder who bakes the bakers birthday cakes??? Well, in our house it’s the husband!!! Well done James, best cake ever .... Red velvet with white chocolate and cream cheese buttercream ... AMAZINGLY SCRUMMY!!!

Lemon and Elderflower cake ... if it’s good enough for Harry and Megan then it’s good enough for the T-B’s (had to make it in the name of recipe research and for practice ... honest!!!)
The blurb: Lemon and Elderflower sponge filled and covered with lemon cream cheese buttercream (and lemon and Elderflower curd in filling also), red/white/blue ombré effect on sides (need more practice!), topped with sugar coated chocolate balls and homemade red/white/blue mini meringues.

The latest cake from my kitchen, Thomas the Tank Engine with Annie and Clarabel, for a lovely young man, Henry, who has his 4th Birthday party this weekend. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HENRY!!!
The blurb: vanilla sponge filled with vanilla buttercream and raspberry jam ... yummy!!!!

It was an absolute pleasure and honour, as always, to make this cake for a very special Golden Wedding Anniversary. I loved making this!!!!! Many congratulations to Lawrence and Jackie Miller on your very special day xx
The blurb:... Bottom layer is an apricot and brandy fruit cake. Top layer is lemon drizzle filled with lemon buttercream and lemon curd. Both covered with sugar paste and hand painted for log effect and all flowers made by myself.
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A special cake for a special ‘child’ ... 42 today!!! Happy Birthday James!!! xx
The blurb: Multicoloured marble effect, orange flavour sponge, with orange flavour buttercream and lemon curd filling .... and a ‘few’ sweets to decorate!!!

#throwbackthursday My Mum and Dad’s Golden Wedding Anniversary cake from 3 years ago 🍰🍰

My last day at cake decorating class today (Wilton 3 - Fondant & Gum paste, with the lovely Liz Hagger of the Cake Agency at Cake-Links in Christchurch) and am SUPER proud of the result!! All flowers (Roses, Lillies, Gerbera and Chrysanthemums) hand made over the last few weeks, with painting on fondant done by free hand, resulting in this masterpiece today (did I say I’m really proud?? 😊). I’m just wishing that I didn’t promise the boys cake tonight as they’re both waiting for a piece of the ‘Zingy Lemon Sponge’ that’s hidden beneath 😩

Cupcake birthday cake for my Auntie’s birthday today.
The blurb: Yellow cupcakes are lemon sponge with lemon curd centres and Gin & Tonic flavoured butter icing. Peach colour cupcakes are orange flavoured sponge with orange curd centre and Prosecco flavoured buttercream.

And finally today, a 50th Birthday cake for a cycling enthusiast.
The Blurb: Rich dark chocolate sponge cake filled with a rich chocolate butter cream .... yummy!!!!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas .... 🎄🎅🏻⛄️