A naming ceremony is not something I am familiar with, but as far as I'm aware it is similar to a christening, except non-religious. The ceremony involves the naming of the child (not suprisingly!), promises of commitment to the child from the adults who will be involved in the child's life, as well as readings and music. A young couple, Barry and Lisa, kindly...
It's Fathers Day again and I just love making themed baked goods for occasions such as this. As I made decorated biscuits for Mothers Day, I really wanted to make some that would be suitable for all the fathers out there. Unfortunately most of my cookie cutters are all quite girly (flowers, hearts, butterflies etc!) and I was struggling to think of a shape...
I think my sister has had a constant supply of cake in the past few months due to the fact that she had a three tier birthday cake to get through and because I have made cakes for her boyfriend Rabbi and one of her flatmates Laura. Today it is Chandni's birthday, one of Helen's other flatmates who she became close friends with in...
There have been a few birthdays this year, including my sister ofcourse, and I've felt really privelidged to be making cakes for such special people in my life. One of my old friends Nikki turned 21 this year and her mum asked me if I could make her a cake to have at her party. Nikki already had quite a few ideas about the design...
Me, my sister Helen and her boyfriend Rabbi are big fans of the hit television series Family Guy, and Rabbi in particular loves the character Stewie (thats the baby, incase you didn't know!). A few weeks back it was Rabbi's 22nd birthday and so I thought I had better make him a cake, although not one quite as big as the Superman cake...
Today I feel a great sense of satisfaction. I have finally finished my first ever wedding cake! It has been a long and difficult process but I'm really happy with the finished cake and it has certainly been worth all the effort! Once I had iced each tier, I drew out the dress design on a sheet of tracing paper and used this...
Okay so my cakes are made so the next step is to fill the layers with butter icing and cover each tier with icing. I think the most difficult part of this is slicing the cake layers in half- I always seem to struggle with cutting them evenly! However, I think I did quite a good job this time as I kept my...
A year ago, one of my work collegues Sarah, kindly asked me if I would make her wedding cake. I had secretely been hoping she would ask me but I never thought that she actually would! I am no professional cake maker and decorator, but I decided that I was certainly up for the challenge. After all, I had a whole year to...
