
At the start of Spring, Mum decided that we needed to use up all the sugarpaste and decorations we had left in our cake cupboard from previous cakes, so my friend and I went wild. We decided to give the … Continue reading
At the start of Spring, Mum decided that we needed to use up all the sugarpaste and decorations we had left in our cake cupboard from previous cakes, so my friend and I went wild. We decided to give the … Continue reading
I decided to make this cake again because it is quick, easy and a lot of fun. It also looks beautiful as a centrepiece on a festive table. To create the cake, I covered a vanilla sponge in blue sugarpaste … Continue reading
I made this Rainbow cake with my French friend, Lou. We mixed an ordinary vanilla sponge and divided it into four bowls, adding some food colouring to each. The colours we used were red, green, blue and purple as we … Continue reading
I made this cake for a friend’s birthday, based on the logo of her music company. It was pretty quick and not too difficult either, Â due to the easy-to-replicate shapes of the logo. Firstly, I covered the whole of the … Continue reading
Mum made this cake quickly and asked me to decorate it. I decided to use up a tube of shop bought chocolate icing and piped a quick spiderweb on top. It was definetely the worst piped spiderweb I have ever … Continue reading
I don’t usually decorate cakes with buttercream because honestly, it’s far more difficult than sugarpaste. However, it’s also a lot faster and, in my opinion, a lot tastier. Aonghus’ 13th birthday fell in the middle of my GCSEs, so Mum … Continue reading
I made this cake for Finnian’s 16th because he had a murder mystery party. I began by making a bowl cake and covering it with brown sugarpaste, before cutting out a peak and ear flaps and attaching them to the … Continue reading
A couple of months ago we were focusing on Geology as our main project in our schoolwork. We were learning all about the layers of the earth and Mum asked us to make something to demonstrate it. So I decided … Continue reading
Every year we make mini Christmas cakes as presents for relations and close friends. We always make traditional fruit cakes, feed them over a period of weeks with brandy, cover them in marzipan and lather them with royal icing. We … Continue reading