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I love making cakes for special occasions and surprising family and friends with a cake designed especially for them. I also think that the cake itself is as important as the decoration. A cake may look wonderful, but if it is dry and bitter with hard fruit, it will be a disappointment. I have experimented with various recipes over many years and have devoted this website to passing on my experiences with both the baking and decoration of celebration cakes see Cake Gallery to view a selection of cakes I have created.
It is aimed at all ranges of experience from complete beginners to those who just want tips on making their designs that little bit more professional looking, or wish to try out a new recipe.
Different topics will be featured and it is hoped that visitors will make requests and also share their experiences. Please leave any comments on the appropriate page as this home page is unable to accept comments.
Birthdays
Take a look at the novelty garden cake and perhaps adapt it to suit your occasion. The garden items can be replaced with sporting or hobby items and the colours changed to suit the environment i.e. blue for water sports or yellow with coloured caster sugar for sand. The only limitation is your imagination. Choose a subject such as a holiday and think of things that the recipient might like such as reading, or even sunbathing if you want to be a little cheeky (see Sunbathing). Make a note of all these things then think about them for a few days and how you could create them as a decoration. Then when you have your ideas go ahead and start creating.
If you prefer the more traditionally decorated cake see ‘Sugar Roses‘ for step by step instructions to create a spray of roses as featured in the picture at the top of this page.
If you are looking to make everyday cakes take a look at Cakes Buns and Tray Bakes. English blueberries are in the shops and the moment, so why not have a go at making Blueberry and Vanilla Muffins, however if you prefer rich sticky chocolate cakes the Rocky Road Cake Bars are particularly good.
Posted by: Sheila | 10-08-2007 | 03:10 PM