25th Birthday Cake

Happy Birthday Becky! My brother requested this cake for Becky for her 25th bday, lucky we were both arriving into Christchurch at the same time so I could hand deliver it to him to give to her the next day, it survived the flight and the sliding around in the storage compartment, although a couple of the "pearl" beads came loose, they were easily stuck back one. This cake was one I had never made before, a chocolate caramel cake, mmmm caramel.
Unfortunately I didn't take many photos, so Becky and Karl if you took some would you mind emailing them to me :)

Lego Cake

This cake was very special to me, not because of what it was but for who had requested it. As you may look through the rest of my cakes to the first one I ever did (The princess cake), it must have been memorable as the couple who attended the birthday party of the 5 year old girl, rang me for an emergency 10th birthday cake. I was so pleased someone had remembered me! Of course at an already hectic time, I was back in the kitchen during my sleeping hours to get this done. The mother had requested a lego type cake with some circles and squares, she was absolutely delighted when she saw the cake, (even jumped up and down with glee). I guess the handmade lego pieces paid off!

Angry Birds Cake

Why not turn the latest and greatest game for kids and all ages into a cake? These two cakes were made for the same two boys I had previously made a tennis cake for. It was their birthdays once again (Has it been a year already??!). Instead of the swimming pool cake they had wanted so much all year, in the last minute they decided that angry birds would be much better. This year they requested chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. So I decided the TimTam tower would be great to munch on and play with. The characters were really fun to make, Bryce came up with a fantastic idea of covering the nest with chocolate hail so it gave more of a realistic look. Thanks Bryce! The boys had a lovely birthday party with friends in New Zealand where they were allowed to eat only one of the cakes as the other has recently travelled to Malaysia to be shared with family. I think that is a record for the farthest travelled cake!