Surf cupcakes

These cupcakes are egg free Red Velvet cupcakes with a surfing/beach/fishing theme.

Surf/Beach/Fishing cupcakes

Halloween cake

What is better for a Halloween cake then pumpkins, bats, the full moon and a graveyard....

Halloween cake

The life aquatic

This cake was based on the Wes Anderson movie, The life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

The life Aquatic cake

50 Shades of Grey

What cake will a book club order... a 50 Shades of Grey cake of course. I received a request for this cake, accompanied with a photo. It was good fun creating this cake...

Winnie the Pooh

This cake was for a special little boy's birthday. A topsy turvy Winnie the Pooh cake. This was my first hand at making figurines. I used directions for polymer clay, and they worked like a charm.

Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh characters

3D Minion

I adore the Minions in Despicable Me and when I got a request for a Minion cake I was very excited. It had to be 3D in my mind, and with a hat here and a balloon there, it was a Birthday Minion!

3D Minion

Teal and brown cake

A plain, elegant cake. This just shows, that less is sometimes more.

Teal and brown cake

Lightning Mcqueen

I loved doing this cake, a 3D Lightning McQueen cake for a little boys first birthday. I carved the cake from a 28 x 23 cm pan. It was lots of fun, with some very fine detail, but it turned out great.

3D Lightning McQueen

Detail on the side of the car

Earth Touch logo

My first corporate cake, and what a success. This was a three in one cake, with chocolate, carrot and vanilla cake. Please have a look at their website for great wildlife productions.

Earth Touch logo cake

Shoe box

This shoe box cake was for a friend that LOVES shoes, so I had to make her a shoe box cake. The shoe was made from plastic icing and to add a little sparkle I added glass beads that she could use later to make something for herself.

Shoe box cake

The shoe and roses on the cake

Surfing cake

I made this surfing cake for one of my colleagues that loves surfing. This was a chocolate cake, covered with plastic icing. The sand was beige coloured icing, with white chocolate shaving on top.

Surfing cake

Tribal turtle

The request for this cake was tribal turtles "climbing/crawling" from the sides of the cake to the top. I made a plastic icing cutout in black and adding the detail on the turtle with red plastic icing.

Tribal turtle cake

Sailboat cake

I received the challenge to make a sailboat cake. A 6 year old boy from Cape Town was having his party in Durban. I started with a vanilla rectangle cake and carved out the hull and the cabin. I wanted to make the sail from plastic icing, but I was a little weary for the weight, therefore I decided on rice paper. I used plastic icing for the water and enhanced the breaking water effect with edible white paint.

Sailboat cake 

Detail on the sailboat cake

Topsy Turvy butterfly cake

This topsy turvy cake was decorated with lace butterflies and ribbon roses. I did the lace butterflies with plastic icing and cutters from JEM, for the bottom tier I tried free hand piping for this cake.

Topsy Turvy butterfly and rose cake

Butterflies and roses

Mosaic cake

I tried my hand at mosaic ... but on cake. I made this cake for my friend on her birthday who recently started doing mosaic. All the "mosaic tiles" are made from plastic icing with red velvet cake on the inside.

Mosaic cake

Batman cake

I made this small Batman cake for my colleagues birthday. The cake was a huge success and all the superhero fans loved the cake. This was chocolate cake with a chocolate ganache filling.

Batman cake.

Heart cake

This was a plain vanilla round cake, that I carved into a heart and covered it with plastic icing. I used flower cutters to indent the flowers where-after I painted all the petals.

Heart cake with painted flowers.

Go kart cake

I received a request for a Go kart cake that co-incited with Top Gear festival in Durban. All the decorations were made from plastic icing.

Go kart cake

Topsy Turvy / Whimsical cake

This two tier topsy turvy cake was for a young lady on her 13th birthday. Both tiers were chocolate cake and covered with plastic icing. I piped the detail on the bottom tier with royal icing.

Topsy turvy 13th birthday cake

Present cake

I made this present cake for a lady that works in our office. This was her present to take home and share the cake with her family on her 50th birthday. I covered the cake with white plastic icing and dusted the cake with lilac powder for the shimmering effect.

Present cake

Bar cake

This bar cake was complete with a glitter ball, shooters, lemons, cherries and a last round bell. I carved the cake from a square cake and covered it with plastic icing.

Bar cake

Lemons, cherries and shooters.

Dora and ManU

I made a Dora the Explorer and Manchester United images from royal icing. A nice alternative to printed images.

Dora the Explorer chocolate cake.

Manchester United logo carrot cake.

Matching outfits!

Guitar cake

I made this guitar cake for a 13th Birthday. It turned out great. This was a vanilla cake, covered with plastic icing and hand painted zebra print. I used a picture of a real guitar, with some modifications, to cut the shape.

Zebra print guitar cake.

Zebra print guitar cake.

Cake balls

I started making these amazing cake balls, that are so nice, you just want to finish the whole lot. These are such a great hit! The cake balls are perfect for a party, as something sweet, instead of cupcakes and cake.

Assorted cake balls. Chocolate, vanilla and carrot cake.

Chocolate panel wedding cake

This 3 tier wedding consisted of: 2 chocolate baron tiers, one vanilla caramel layer, white chocolate panels and fresh white roses. The cake looked amazing!

Chocolate panel wedding cake.

Fresh flowers on chocolate panel wedding cake.

Marlin cake

For my brother's birthday, I made him a Marlin cake. I sculpted the cake, covered it with plastic icing and then painted the fish. It turned out great!

Marlin cake.

Chocolate collar cake

My first attempt at a chocolate collar cake with some detail. I found a picture of a cake I liked and attempted to remake the cake as a birthday present. This was a chocolate cake, covered with chocolate. For the top I made cake balls instead of truffles.

Chocolate collar cake with cake balls.

13th Birthday

This cake was for a girl's 13th Birthday. She wanted a black and purple topsy turvy cake. The top tier was a chocolate cake and middle carrot cake, the bottom was a dummy.

Black and purple topsy turvy cake. 

The detail on the cake.

Putt putt cake

I made this putt putt cake for a boy's 9th birthday, the cake design was based on the Adventure Golf at The Pavillion. This was a chocolate cake, covered with buttercream icing. All the decorations were made from plastic icing.

Putt Putt cake decorated with plastic icing.

Putt putt cake layout

3D Rubber ducks

This was my first attempt at sculpting. These cakes were for a baby shower, with three families expecting an extra sibling. The entire duck was made from cake and covered with plastic icing.

The three 3D rubber ducks

3D rubber duck

Honda Fireblade cake

One afternoon I received a nervous call, a request for a motorbike cake...in two days. Not just any motorbike, but a Honda Fireblade. Luckily I could get a decent photo of the specific motorbike. I just did a plain square cake, covered with plastic icing with the motorbike on top.

The motorbike cake above with the picture of the specific motorbike below.

A close up of the motorbike on the cake.

Tea table cake

A special cake for a special lady. This cake was for a 60th birthday. After long hours and much determination it turned into a great tea table cake. This was a 4 layer chocolate cake with ganache between the layers, covered with plastic icing. The tea set and flowers were made from gumpaste.

Tea table cake, complete with a tea set and snacks!

Top view of the cake.

Ten pin bowling

A ten pin bowling cake. Mmmmm... I didn't want to do a generic cake, so I decided to do a few lanes with a ten pin bowling game in progress, it turned out great. It was a chocolate cake, covered with butter cream icing. I made all the toppings I made from plastic icing. It was a great success!

Ten pin bowling cake

Ten pin bowling cupcake

Dr and Nurse cupcakes

Dr and Nurse cupcakes for my friends New Years Eve party. I made chocolate, vanilla and red velvet cupcakes.

Doctor and Nurse cupcakes