I have just delivered a 1st birthday cake for little Joseph ( I made the Under the Sea cupcakes for him last week ).
His mum chose a jungle theme for his cake, so we went with a number 1 shaped cake. It was decorated with a monkey, a lion, a giraffe and an elephant, some trees and lots of jungle vines.
I hand modeled all of the animals and decorations from modeling paste. They were such fun to create, it is wonderful seeing them take shape and they come to life once there face is complete! The lion was my favourite!
The cake was a moist butter cake with white chocolate ganache and fondant covering.
Happy 1st birthday Joseph, have a wonderful time celebrating with your family tomorrow.
Enjoy your weekend, I have the pleasure of creating a cupcake tower for a lovely couple's wedding tomorrow and then on Sunday I am meeting up with a couple of gorgeous blogging friends :)
It was my husband's birthday a couple of days ago, and we are having his birthday dinner tonight at his mum's, so of course we have to have a special birthday cake for the kids to blow the candles out on.
I always use family birthday's to try out new recipes or designs. I have recently purchased some flavoured oils to add to some of my cakes, so the first one to trial was raspberry. I made a white chocolate and raspberry mudcake, with fresh raspberries and the raspberry oil. It turned out really lovely and has a wonderful berry flavour ( I know this as I had to test the cut-off!!!)
As for the design, he is a South Sydney Rabbitoh's supporter (an NRL team), so incorporated the logo into the cake. It is also the year of the rabbit and I have joked with him that this might mean that the Bunnies may just win the premiership in 2011, this is why I have these words embossed on the cake :)
The cake is displayed on my custom made cake stand, with matching bold red ribbon.
Go the Bunnies in 2011, and Happy 35th Birthday to my love xxx
Enjoy your weekend.
Today's post is going to be short and sweet! Only one cake this weekend, for Cian who was turning 6. He requested a Superhero cake, using some toy figurines that he had. The cake was dark chocolate mudcake with dark chocolate ganache filling and fondant covering and decorations.
Happy 6th Birthday Cian, I hope you had a great party today with your family and friends.
Enjoy your week, back to school tomorrow for the children.
