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This was another squidgy chocolate cake and weighed an absolute ton! It was for a friend's nephew's 18th birthday.

Boobies Mk. II

These were for another good friend's husband and were actually chocolate muffins!

Bride cuts the cake

Now this is when you know that your cake's appreciated! A proud moment in any cake-maker's life! Thanks, Sarah. :)

Rich's cousin's wedding cake and themed bun dessert

Now this was a very satisfying project. (By the way, please excuse any typos, I blame the cat on my laptop!) Rich's cousin was married recently and we made; you've got it, the squidgy chocolate cake for her wedding cake. The base was two eggless sponges piled on top of one another; both 12" square (I have no idea how I got them there!) and the buns were vanilla with piped vanilla buttercream and handmade Maori symbols (unfurling fern and fishhook) on top. The cake itself was in the shape of a Maori triple twist, which was totally beyond me but Rich used his brain and came up with the goods!

HMS Victory

I had forgotten that I'd once been to see this ship until a good friend asked for this for his dad's birthday. Credit goes to Rich for the cannons made of cut-down liquorice pipes - genius!

Simpsons cake

This cake made me happy. It was for the son of a friend at work and it was fun and great from start to finish! Bart wore a karate suit as the birthday boy loves the Simpsons and his karate classes.

Caravan! (Or back to where it all started.)

This was for my dad's 65th birthday. I remember the cake things starting 5 years ago on his 60th when I wanted to make him a special cake (see the first post). Hooray for my dad!!!

Evil pumpkin!!! *eeeep*

Obviously a cake for our neighbour's Hallowe'en party. This one came from the - er - unique mind of Rich...but I take full credit for the expressions of fear on the little pumpkins!

Broccoli!

For my cousin's vegetable themed fancy dress party, hosted by Rich and me...a broccoli* cake!

*It was lemon madeira really.

Hogwarts castle

Another squidgy chocolate cake: this time for Rich's lovely cousin's 27th birthday: a Harry Potter- themed fancy dress. Please note the giant squid in the lake in front of the castle.

Peppa Pig!

This cake was for a two year-old girl's birthday. More people should have Peppa Pig birthday cakes; they're a joy to make!

By the way, it was very squidgy chocolate cake.

90th birthday

The spec was 'something shaped like a '90' with flowers'.

Helicopter!

After a lot of thinking, this was a really fun cake to do. The celebration was 'happy new helicopter pilot's licence!'

My favourite cake ever!

It's....(deep breath)...Cthulhu! The soft-toy version! I love this cake so much!!

30th birthday surprise

Portsmouth (her team) vs Aston Villa (his team). The score is 2-0 to Portsmouth. The couple's unborn son has just scored for Portsmouth. Oh, and the cake is for him!

Walking boots...

This one was for a 60th birthday. The poor man had got to 60 years old and never had a birthday party!

*ahem*

Look, I had to model them didn't I??




This was requested mid-week and I just couldn't resist. Most of the men who have seen it appreciate the jelly tot nipples, all except one who asked 'what other parts do you do?'

Whatever's requested. I'm just the cake-maker. :)

Dragon Boat Cake

We made this cake as part of a fundraising event for Martin House Children's Hospice in Wetherby. The main event was a dragon boat race in Leeds (see the Martin House website for those pics; I'm the one dressed as a parrot) but we held a 'guess the weight of the cake' and the winner got to keep it. Oddly enough the girl who won't first guess was 'I don't know...a stone?'

All the people are modelled on the actual dragon boat racers. Again, I'm the parrot, and apologies to Jonny who ended up in the water.

*By the way, we raised £1,170 in total. Not bad eh?

Light Saber cake

You'd be amazed how many people were rude about this one. Well, he did want it to be red...

Moving swiftly on, Paul bet us that we couldn't make him this cake. We made it when he left our team at work and he was suitably in awe. The only way he'd have loved it more would be if it had been made of cheese.

Sumo cake!

My personal favourite. This one was so much fun. Made for a thirteen year-old's birthday party where the guests played with sumo suits. Fantastic. Thanks to the birthday boy's mum for letting me do this. Notice the Liverpool FC and Huddersfield Giants loincloths (what is the technical term for a sumo wrestler's pants?)

The finished cake will be posted when I get the pics from Rich's hard drive.