Topsy turvy cake version 2!!

Poor old topsy turvy cake no. 1 suffered a mishap.  So here's topsy turvy junior to take its place, and I must say, I had a lot of fun making this one.  Personally I have a bit of a thing for zebra print, so this was my idea of a good time!

Blinging topsy turvy cake

This was my brief - black, gold, glitter, over the top

This was a two-tier, 10-layer chocolate Oreo topsy-turvy cake, in black glitter fondant with gold glitter stars, topped with a gold bow and star sparklers.  The cupcakes were chocolate Oreo to match, with an Oreo base, Oreo buttercream and gold painted white chocolate initials/ages and gold painted Oreo's.

This can be made in a number of colours and fillings, so please do not hesitate to ask if you would like something similar.

It's not Terry's, it's mine.

The humble chocolate orange starts to get a lot of attention around this time of year.  Dawn French will start to pop up on our screens, violently defending and hiding her Christmas treat, and who can blame her?  The combination of chocolate and orange is a classic, so why shouldn't it work in a cupcake?

These cupcakes had (past tense, all scoffed!) a chocolate orange sponge and buttercream, with fresh orange juice and rind, and were topped with a segment of chocolate orange.  

Oh woah, Oreo's!

It was raining, I needed something to make me feel better.  These worked, and I ate about 5 of them.  Mission accomplished!

These cupcakes had a chocolate sponge with an Oreo base, crushed Oreo vanilla buttercream and were garnished with half an Oreo cookie.

Need I say more?

If you would like to order these, please leave a comment below and I will get in touch with you.

A Red Velvet for the teacher

Children have been giving their teachers red apples for years.  This originates from a time when teachers were so poorly paid that families would help support them by giving them apples which was a fairly common crop.  


Fast forward to 2011, and the teachers of Streetly School received these red velvet cupcakes as a token for their efforts.

These red velvets had a light chocolate flavour with a cream cheese frosting.  If you would like to order these, please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and I will get back to you.

A seven year olds dream

My step-daughter is a normal seven year old.  She loves cake, she loves kit kats, she loves smarties, and all in large quantities.  Based on this, I made her this super-indulgent birthday cake to satisfy all three.  Her eyes literally popped out of her head when she saw it.


This was a double layer, 9 inch chocolate cake, with chocolate buttercream, 48 kit-kat fingers and a whole fun-size bag of mini smarties.  It barely lasted 24 hours...

If you would like a similar cake made for you, please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and I will get back to you.