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Posted by Ayça on May 19, 2013

Farm Cake

For Finn’s 2nd birthday, his mum Hannah ordered a farm cake with the animals he loves so much. Inside the 8″ cake is a moist orange sponge covered and filled with orange buttercream, decorated with fondant. The fence is made with chocolate fondant with cows, pigs, chicks and lambs sticking their heads out The grass is piped green coloured vanilla buttercream. Happy birthday Finn, hope you...

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Posted by Ayça on May 11, 2013

Burger Cake

Here’s a burger cake for the 16th birthday of a burger loving boy It was so much fun to construct this cake. We baked two vanilla sponge cakes, one of which was carved in a dome shape, filled with vanilla bean buttercream and covered in bread colour fondant. The burger patty is actually a brownie, baked in a round tin and the texture just looks like the actual thing, don’t you...

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Posted by Ayça on Feb 22, 2013

Minions cake for Simon’s birthday

I bet whoever’s seen the film Despicable Me want a few of these cheeky minions for their own. I personally would like them to make me a unicorn from a toilet brush Simon’s one of us, his favorite film is Despicable Me and he absolutely *loves* the minions. Months before his birthday, he asked me to make him a minions cake for his birthday and I gladly agreed to… Oh I loved making these...

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Posted by Ayça on Dec 7, 2012

Baby shower for Maya

I am the official baker for this family since they got married. Other than the usual birthday cakes and non-occasional cupcakes, I baked their wedding cupcakes last year and now their baby shower cupcakes and cookies! Everything was pink in the baby shower – cupcakes, cookies, decorations, the whole table setting. Baby Maya sure is a very lucky little girl! I made the baby shower cupcakes with a...

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Posted by Ayça on Dec 4, 2012

Camouflage cupcakes

Emma kept telling me for some time that she’s been looking for an excuse to order a cake from me, bless her =] So her son’s 7th birthday party was the perfect opportunity! She planned an army themed birthday party for Tristan’s 7th birthday and I made a camouflage cupcakes with army decorations and a matching cake. For the cake, I baked the vanilla sponge in camouflage colours (which was a surprise),...

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Posted by Ayça on Dec 3, 2012

New York themed cookies

On the 23rd of March, the fabulous designer bridalwear boutique Miss Bush Bridalwear launched a new range from New York based JLM Couture with a fashion show followed by a NYC inspired cocktail party. I made New York themed cookies – New York Taxi, I love NY tshirt and Empire State building – and mini cupcakes in the theme colours, white, yellow and gray. I packed the cookies individually to...

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Posted by Ayça on Apr 28, 2012

Two tone cupcakes

For a young lady’s 15th birthday, her mum asked me to made a selection cupcakes in her favorite colours: Pink, purple and yellow. She let me decide on the flavours so I went for vanilla & lemon in cream & yellow and chocolate two tone cupcakes in pink & purple. All cupcakes were decorated with sugar flowers or butterflies with a considerable amount of sparkle =] 15th birthday is a...

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Posted by Ayça on Mar 30, 2012

Christening rainbow cake and cupcakes

On a beautiful Sunday, we were invited to our family friends’ little boy’s Christening followed by an English tea party. I made sandwiches, scones, lemon drizzle slices and cakes for Alfie – including hundreds of cupcakes and the special rainbow cake. Cupcake flavours were chocolate fudge, vanilla, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry & lemon and coffee & walnut in regular and mini...

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