First Two Tier Cake.

Here it is, and maybe the last pictures for a-while as my camera had a problem and had to go in for repair. I miss it already.

This was before the royal icing dots. It is a christening cake for a friend at work. It is for his grand-daughter.

The bottom layer is a Chocolate mud cake with Chocolate butter cream and the top layer is a orange cake with a white chocolate butter cream.

The booties I made by adjusting a pattern from a baby shoe template. 

I made two bows the first one was way out of portion for the cakes.

I added the pink dots last and it really transformed it.

I used a letter tappit for the name.

I also covered the cake board in a white fondant.

I am really pleased with it.

Bootie

As I have only made one so far I present baby bootie. I have seen pictures for booties all day yesterday. My client wanted a certain type. Do you think I could find a template matching the same one? 

So I made my own, it does have two joins hence the bow around the ankle. You could royal icing for a nice effect.

This is a rough and my first one I made, so I am pretty happy that the next ones for the cake will be awesome. Cake will be finished friday.

Baking by day, Knitting by night

This is my cardi, half of it. I have been doing a little each night, before I ran out of wool. I love the colour, and the pattern is very easy so far.

I love this yarn it is called Zara and I got it from my Favourite wool shop Mishi Yarns

I purchased the pattern from Chic knits I only have the sleeves and the collar to go. With 6 weeks until spring I hope that I get a bit of wear out of it before it gets too warm.

All for love.

Baking, even when I feel under the weather, it makes me happy that they will be enjoyed by the people I love.

Indulgent Chocolate brownies, these are one of Michael's favourites.

At the end you add more chocolate and I use a whole bar and leave it in big chucks.

 Next I made Michael's favourite cookies, they are a sugar cookie that I add Chocolate chips into.

I just love little hearts they are very sweet, and because the cutters were a gift they bring very special memories.

I forgot to take them out of the oven when the timer went off so they are a little browner then normal.

Finale cake class

Okay so I completed my first stage of covering a cake with butter cream and the final stage of covering in fondant.  I have done two cakes on my own but wanted little tricks of the trade etc.. So without further waiting I bring to you the fondant butter cream flower cake.

I was meant to do drop flowers, my icing wasn't soft enough so they turned out ruffled.

A little crack on the side.

By the time it came to decorating I actually forgot which tip to use for different flowers so stuck to the basics.

Excuse the horrible green lid, not much forward planning with that.

I am signing up for the stage two class next month.

Vanilla Butter cake with a vanilla butter cream icing and filling. I was told to tasted really good as I didn't eat one single slice.

Little Kitty

Meet my SPCA cat, she was ugly when I first saw her, but Michael convinced me she was the one. We got her almost 3 years ago and because it is a dark morning I cannot take a good photo of my cake that I made in class. So puss is the choice of subject today.

She loves her sheep skin cushion with a heat pad during the day.

And warm soft towels from the line.

She is such a sweet cat, she chills on handmade wool blankets and cushions.

She is my special girl.

Tiramisu

  I have always wanted to make a Tiramisu, I am not a big fan but actually really liked the one I made.

The recipe was in a petits fours cookbook I have, I love anything mini.

I made heart shapes and circles then I just finished them all off square.

I think that the chocolate top is a really nice finish.

I only made three layers of sponge.

I used a very fine sieve for the cocoa which gave it a very thin covering.