Delicious Playstation

I was asked to do a PS3 cake for a friend's birthday and I got a bit scared. 

"Really?" I said.

"Well if it's too hard..." she said.

"No no no, I love a challenge!" said I.

So off I went, and many hours later I produced this...

I'm so happy with it! Wayne loved it too =]

The controller was made with rice crispy squares and I shaped the cake out of a 10inch Madeira. And hand painted the logo and the wording. 

Frostylocks went to the fair...

So I've been baking for a while now, but not really sold much, so off to the fair I went, peddling my wares. The craft fair was in Catforth, near Preston, in aid of the village hall which is facing closure. So I got a stall with my friend Carrie and started selling my yummy cakes to the village folk!

My lovely stall...

My lovely cakes...

More lovely cakes...

You should all check out Carrie's blog too, she is very talented and her fascinators are beautiful!

carriemariah.blogspot.com/

Follow her! And me! 

For the Anime fans

I was asked by a good friend to create a 'Boota' character cake for her boyfriend's birthday. Boota is a character from the Anime 'Gurren Lagann', as you can see...

And my version here-

Chilled-out frog

Yay! My first proper 'shaped' cake. Quite tricky, but think I pulled it off ok. Still room for improvement, but not bad at all for a first attempt!

I think he looks like Budda, sitting there quite content with himself.

Oranges for summer

I decided tonight to try piping without a tip to make a more 'creamy' look. And this happened. And I like it! Nice and summery. Makes me want orange juice...

And to make them extra orangey, little sugar orange segments.

Hippo Party

I was asked to make my boyfriends grandmas 80th birthday cake. It had to feed 35 people and feature hippos somewhere along the way. So I came up with this! And it took some doing. 12 eggs and a whole lot of mixing. My arm nearly fell off, I swear. Trying to roll out enough icing to cover a 10 inch cake isn't easy either, especially if your work surfaces aren't big enough. But I love the result, ad it went down a treat!

The grass border was tricky to attach as it was very flimsy, but I prevailed! 

And the hippos, made of Mexican modelling paste, were tricky to get right. Its incredible how something so simple can cause so many problems! 

And one final picture of the cake at the party!

On to bigger and better things

So after all the cupcakes, I was wanting to move on to bigger things. A tiered cake? Why not! This is my first ever attempt at a tiered, rolled fondant cake.

(Be kind, it's my first one!)