Jackson' Naming Day cake.

My Sister in law asked me to make a cake, for her nephew's Naming Day. I spoke to his mum Kate, and she said that she wanted a train, Happy 1st Birthday and also to say Congratulations on your Naming Day.

This is what I came up with. They where more than over the moon with it.

Chocolate mudcake with chocolate ganache and all the decorations are all hand made, except for the candle.

Cakes, cakes and more cakes.

My brother and sister in law, have just had their first child, so when it came time for the Baby Shower, I put my hand up to make her a special cake.

Chocolate mudcake, with chocolate ganache. This was a new recipe that I tried, and I have to say that it will be the one that I use from now on. All the figures are made from fondant and are all ediable.

Whilst I was at the Baby Shower, hubby and the girls attended a little boy's third birthday. They asked for a chocolate mudcake, with chocolate ganache, and it had to be Batmam themed.

My niece was having her 9th birthday and she asked for a cake with hearts, and she also stated that it had to be hot pink and black. So this is what I came up with.

Crunchie mudcake with chocolate ganache.

I finally attended the cake course of my dreams at Planet Cake. Here is the end product that I created when I was there. It was also the same day of my nieces birthday party, so they got two cakes instead of one.

This is everything that I have made to date. I am in the middle of planning my youngest daughter's 2nd birthday cake for next month, and have a few little treats that I wont to try my hand at for her party also.

So stay tuned and check out my latest creations, that are to come.

Easter Cookies

I decided to try my hand at different flavoured cookies, for my nieces and nephews for Easter this year. They always get heaps of chocolate, so I thought that this was something different.

Here is a collection of all the different styles of cookies that I made and decorated.

These are vanilla sugar cookies, with royal icing. My piping has improved so much since my first ever cookie. But I do need to remind myself to go slowly.

I had to throw in a little bit of chocolate. Chocolate sugar cookies, with royal icing.

I loved the vanilla cookies the best, but the chocolate ones are also pretty good. My whole family loved them. The only thing that is wrong with these cookies, is that it was pretty hard to stop at only one.

Baked and decorated Cookies.

I have always loved the look of cookies, that are baked and decorated so beautifully. So I was on a mission to bake myself some and decorate them with royal icing.

So I found a great gingerbread cookie recipe and set to work on baking and creating. I made some crowns and butterflies for my eldest daughter and I have to say that they were pretty good.

This is a gingerbread cookie, flooded with royal icing sugar and decorated with caches.

So I created some more of these cookies and everyone loved them. I did some for christmas and I made these cookies for my youngest daughter's 1st birthday. I was so looking forward to seating down, once everyone had left to have one with a cup of tea, but no they all went.

My brother had his birthday in March this year, and I asked what he wanted me to bring. A batch of your cookies thanks.

So gingerbread cookies with homemade royal icing this time.

I also decided to try another flavour of cookies.

Honey cookies.

The first batch that I baked, I made them to thin. So in true style, I shipped some of the thinner cookies of to my neighbours to sample. But don't worry, I did true them myself. They are better a thicker cookie.

Honey cookies, with homemade royal icing. I love the three that are in the middle.