My Cakes

I like making cakes. Food is a big thing in our family, and as a child my mother used to make us all sorts of great cakes. I like making cakes, but really, so long as they taste OK, what I really like is decorating them. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I am very determined when I set my mind to something. I have to thank my mother and grandmother for the inspiration, and my friend Vicky Barber for teaching me the basics.

I'd love to do a proper decorating course one day, amongst all my other ambitions, so watch this space.

If you like what you see and you'd like more information on how I made them, don't hesitate to contact me. And if you scroll to the bottom, there are some websites that I think are worth checking out.

Our aupair's birthday Lemon Drizzle cake, and a home made Battenburg as requested by Leonora.

My brother Nick's 40th Birthday cake - he likes photography (obviously)

My little sister Lydia's and hubby Adrian's wedding cake

Leonora's 5th Birthday cake

Johnny's 3rd Birthday cake

Granny's 90th Birthday cake

Cici's baptism cake

Leonora's 4th Birthday cake and second ever attempt - with a lot of help from friend Vicky Barber

Johnny's 3rd Birthday cake

First ever attempt, with A LOT of help from my mother, Leonora's 3rd and Johnny's 1st Birthday cake

An amazing woman called Rose Sen who is a professional baker from Canada, who took the time to contact me and help me with my camera cake - thank you. Check this out if you really want to be amazed:
http://rosesen.wordpress.com/

This website is great for buying all the things you need, and also I spoke for ages to a lovely lady called Lynn who gave me advice for making my sister's wedding cake (first time I'd ever made a fruit cake!):
http://www.cakecraftworld.co.uk/

This is a company local to me, who make the most beautiful cakes and also give you tonnes of advice. Katherine was full of great tips, and made me the fantastic edible picture to stick on the back of my brother's camera cake:
http://www.cakes4funshop.co.uk/