Dairy Farm Cake

Dad is currently working on a dairy factory, he is responsible for all the stainless steel pipe work for a spray drier that produces baby milk powder. He thought it would be a really nice treat for his hard working team mates to have a cake that represented what they do. This dairy farm/factory cake was slightly bigger than the others, approx 50cm x 40cm and boy was it heavy! It was placed on 12mm board and when lifted it sagged in the middle almost causing the cake to break in half. Luckily it survived the 2 hour drive to Cyldevale, thanks to Dads cautious driving! I have since heard that the little cows happily got eaten by one of the workers 10 children! (Message to him : If you need birthday cakes...you know who to call!)

Janets Retirement Cake

Our work colleague, Janet retired recently. As a gift from "the second floor crew" Jo, David and myself decided that a cake - of course, would be the perfect symbol of our celebration for Janet achieving such a milestone. Two tiers seemed the best way to do this cake, one for the staff to consume at the party and one for Janet to take away to share with her friends. The bottom tier was black forest cake and the top tier chocolate mud cake. I received a lot of positive comments about the liquorice allsort look of the bottom layer, it wasn't my intention at all. It seemed to work and everyone was happy.

50th Birthday Airport Cake

Feeling relief after finishing the hardest exam of my study career, I turned to Bryce (my partner) and said "Yay now that exam is over I can bake!" I was looking online for cake ideas and happened to check my email. A request from a workmate asked if I would make an airport cake for 150 people as a 50th birthday surprise for four male friends which was needed in two days. Well, I turned to Bryce and said "I just ate my words" Gobsmacked and excited, my cake ideas began flowing and this is what I came up with :

Then I decided that one cake wasnt enough for 150 people and proceeded to make 50 cupcakes small and large. Yes they are clouds!

So the 50 cupcakes and a very large airport cake travelled to Christchurch, luckily they all survived the 4 hour drive!

One Year Retirement Cake

Well its been one whole year since Brenda (my old boss) retired. So whats better than celebrating with cake, coffee, laughter and a good ol catch up? I surprised her earlier this week with a mini choco mud cake. (Sorry the photos are terrible)

Tennis Cake

This tennis cake was made for three boys, all brothers, whom all play tennis. They are all top of their tennis league and will be ones to watch out for when they get a bit older. How neat for them, to share their birthday together. The cake was my favourite... chocolate mud cake. This one is made with four cakes, so thats four blocks of chocolate too. Yummy! I was really pleased with the result. The boys had a fantastic birthday party and love playing with the tennis rackets too. Their mum informed me they are already planning their bigger and better cake next year.

80th Birthday Cake

This cake was made for a lovely lady, to be shared with her family and rest home companions. It was a dense orange cake and with chocolate fondant- I wanted it to taste like jaffa every mouthful. Very simple and my rose making is starting to get better...

Princess cake

This 'Princess Cake' was made for a special 5 year old. The birthday party was lovely, I was a bit worried when all the children started to play with the butterflies, but thats the fun with custom made cakes.. and 5 year old birthday parties. It was such a challenge to cover the cake with fondant - 2 1/2 packets! I learnt how to make the flowers online, there are some great tutorials out there. My flower making is getting better, these ones are a bit thick. Sorry about the quality of photos, unfortunately I don't have a proper camera maybe one day....