This cake makes a statement instantly - right away you can tell it's a cake for an engagement. On top of that, it doubles as a display for the couple's most romantic photos. You can't pack more punch into a cake than that! The rest of the cake was designed to match the invitation - with scattered blue leaves and royal blue ribbon.
As mentioned in my previous post, the theme of a cake can be a testament to one's personality - or what someone thinks of one's personality. This was a love job for a close friend of mine and this is what I thought of her... a shopping queen! The shoe, the handbag, the shopping bag, the feathers, the pearls, the bling, all very her. I must admit, this would be very similar to a cake I would make for myself. No wonder we're friends!
You can gain great insight into people's personalities through their cakes... the theme of any cake can be one way of answering the question: what is your one possession that defines you at this point in your life? The usual suspects are a car (for guys), a designer handbag (for girls), an iPhone (for the tech-savvy), a cartoon character/soft toy (for kids), or a football or football jersey (for the sports fanatics). For this discerning lil boy it's his Sony Vaio. For such a serious and grown-up toy, we wanted to jazz it up with a little festivity, so we added balloons, presents, party hats and a colourful cake base.
One of the least traditional wedding cakes I've had the pleasure of cakeing. Even more risque than the cupcake tower a few posts ago, this one actually had the wedding couple *ahem* asleep in their bed... and with undergarments strewn all over the three layers of cake no less! The offset layers of cake also added to the quirky theme. Lucky the lights were on during the wedding but who knows what the little figurines got up to once the night was over! 
This is before Porky Pig, Shaun the Sheep and Cow and Chicken became famous... they were just farmyard animals enjoying the greenery and having farmyard conversations! What a simpler life they led without the trappings of fame, and Porky was still walking on all fours!
I'm not sure if the birthday boy owns a Ferrari, but this sure is the closest I'll ever get to one! Gentlemen, start your appetites... this cake weighed about 8kg upon completion!
I've made a few larger pram cakes so it was fun to make a mini pram this time, suspended on shaped wire. The advantage of having a fondant topper is that it can keep forever as a memory of the special occasion it was made for. Note to those preserving toppers/figurines - they keep best at room temperature. Please don't fridge them! :)
In the setting of the beautiful Tea Room at the QVB, this 7-tier cupcake tower was arranged for a lovely couple, both of them wedding photographers/ videographers. So their own wedding of course needed to be fantastic and elegant. It was such a pleasure working with them and observing their creative flair come alive in their theming and decorations. Purple hues were used all over, as evident in the vanilla cupcakes with butter cream icing, and fresh flowers peeping in between. The personal touch of this tower is the cute wedding couple figurines sitting atop the cake, in a slightly risque pose... the bride, with a camera around her neck, appearing to slap the ever-cool-looking Aviator-wearing groom on the butt. Their playful personalities personified forever in fondant icing!
A fun cake for a kid's birthday... full of colour, some shapes to stimulate their curiosity and a bunch of the characters they've fallen in love with through the tv. And unlike other newer characters these days, adults can probably identify with Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and the gang too. "Can you tell me how to get...."
Every girl's gotta have a handbag cake some time in their lives.... whether it be Louis Vuitton, Chanel or Christian Dior, Guess it's up to the individual!
