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  • Pirate Ship Cake Tutorial

    I made this cake for Slade’s 1st birthday and his Mum didn’t want anything too scary so no skull and cross bones on this cake. It was fun to make the cake and like many of my cakes I didn’t have any idea how it would turn out and just made decisions as to style…

  • Jawa Cake Tutorial

    This cake does not require any sugar paste which is excellent news for children who dislike sugar paste or the decorator who dislikes using sugar paste. The Chocolate ganache finish is a little rustic but suits our cheeky little Jawa well. There are no real instructions for sculpting this cake as I mostly used my…

  • How to make a Dr Who Tardis Cake

    The Tardis cake was on a black marble turntable and we hid it in the media room (no windows). Lochie was brought into the darkened room and someone swirled the cake around at speed while another person moved their hand rapidly up and down in front of a torch, creating a strobe effect while a…

  • Angry Birds Cake

    Make the 8″ square Dark Chocolate Mud Cake 500g unsalted butter 400g dark chocolate 10g (2 tablespoon) instant coffee 2-2/3 cups warm water 380g (2 cup) caster sugar 520g (3 cups) self raising flour 60g (1/2 cup) cocoa 4 eggs 2 teaspoon vanilla 1. Grease and line base and sides of cake pan with one…

  • Lego Millennium Falcon Cake

    Nothing evokes nostalgia quite like Lego and Star Wars! Embrace that feeling by following the steps in this tutorial to create a dark chocolate Lego-style Millennium Falcon! This cake is built around an 8″ round dark chocolate mud cake but you will also need a 6″ round dark chocolate mud cake to make the Cockpit and Forward…

  • Star Wars Death Star Cake

    This Death Star Cake was such fun to make that you just won’t know when to stop! It is made of Dark Chocolate Mud Cake and filled and covered in Dark Chocolate Ganache then grey Sugar-paste. Use two 8.5″ or 9″ metal kitchen bowls to bake the cakes.   Dark Chocolate Mud Cake   Ingredients…

  • Wine Bottle in a Crate Cake

    The label is wet in this photo. it dried out later on.   Step 1 – Make the wine bottle out of gumpaste or fondant at least 3 days ahead: Use a real wine bottle as a mould and dust with cornflour to keep the fondant from sticking to it…a lot of cornflour. Knead some black…

  • Spiderman Cake

    The idea for this cake came from the Spiderman 4 wallpaper below I copied the spider and the number 4 to cut out in black and red sugar paste. If you would like a larger sized spider  to print out just visit my ‘Free Stuff’ page. The cake itself is a 7″ round Dark Chocolate Mud Cake filled and…

  • Transformers Cake Tutorial

    This was a small 5.5″ diameter cake to feed 10 children. Dark Chocolate Mud Cake (from Planet Cake Cookbook) Ingredients for 5.5″ cake 80g  butter 80g  dark choc 10g  coffee 60ml  water 50g  SR 50g  plain 20g  cocoa 1/4 tsp  bicarb 180g  caster 1.5  eggs 3  tsp oil 40ml  buttermilk Dark Chocolate Ganache  450g dark chocolate,…

  • Ben 10 Cake Tutorial

    Ben 10 Birthday Cake When I am designing a new cake I like to gather all my ideas and resources together before I start. I put all my images on one page and then take a screenshot. I have an iMac and I simply Preview/File/Take Screen Shot. Screen Shot Cake tin and cake boards 11.5″…