A cake for a fish?No actually for an Aquarium enthusiast

This was a cake for someone that collects tropical fish

Twilight Book Cake

Here's a cake I made for a young lady who has been following the Twilight/New moon saga.This cake was a surprise for her and as I have not read any of the books I decided to look up the different versions available and this is what I came up with. This particular book is supposed to be the hardcover limited edition which has red pages.She was thrilled and seeing her face light up made my day! Hope you will enjoy looking at it. Thank you.

Sleeping Beauty Storybook cake

Here's a cake I had never done before- a storybook cake and I absolutely loved doing it.The image of sleeping beauty is also edible. I hope you enjoy looking at it as much.

Another shoebox cake

Here's another shoe box cake made for a young lady similar to the one i did before.hope you like this one as well.

Playstation 3 cake

This cake was made for a young lad who chose the design himself.

Noah's Ark

A cake for a boy who loves Noah's Ark and loves animals.

Eid 2009 Cake

A cake designed by the kids, what do you think?

Nabeel's football cake

This was my son's football cake. He loves Manchester United so here it is...

All Chocolate wedding cake

wedding cake

Another Wedding cake

wedding cake

wedding cake

Freeha's wedding cake

A wedding cake for a bride wearing traditional red Lengha held at Al-Walis with backgroung in gold.

3D Figurines

I will be making some thankyou teacher cakes to give to my boys' teachers in the next few days so have already started with the toppers!this is one of them.

Shoebox Cake

Here is a simple cake I made the other day,I wanted to make the cake in the shape of a shoebox but chickened out haha no not really but I thought it would be better as a cake topper as a keepsake.Hope you guys like it!

Akeel's cake -Last year

Here's a cake I forgot to upload! I made this for Akeel I think it was last year. I apologise for the poor picture quality in advance because I used a disposable one (and a very bad one I stress) and so I didnt capture any good shots. Anyway, the cake was meant to reflect Akee's favourite pass time which is watching repeat (I stress Repeat) episodes of the "Friends" series whilst enjoying a Huge bowl of popcorn(sorry Akeel I just had to mention this) I dont think you can see all this in the photo but it gives you an idea anyway.

Fresh Fruit cake

We got sick of eating sugarpaste on cakes and this was very refreshing! Fresh fruit glazed and drizzled with chocolate.yum yum!

Like Mother Like Sons???

Nabeel and Yasser busy baking! Obviously get it from their mom.

Kim Possible Cake

A cake for a little girl that adores Kim Possible(from Disney channel). I later added on the phrase "What's the sitch?" at the top of the cake.You can see more views of the cake on Flickr.

i didnt know much about this character so I had to watch a few episodes to get familiar with her. All worth it in the end.

Photography

Right, I think- either I need a new camera or need to take some photography lessons! I really dont like my photos .other peoples cakes look so gorgeous or maybe they are just good photographers as well.Any advice or tips guys?hmmmmmmm....

Sportacus from Lazytown

Here It is! Sportacus doing a "split" by his spaceship.thanks for looking...

work in progress

This young man will go on my lazytown spaceship cake

Club Penguin Cake

Heard of the Disney Club Penguin online community? well this cake was made for someone who adores these little penguins.You can see more pics on Flickr.

Shirt Cake

This was a cake I made very last minute.I could have done better but i was really short of time and really not well on the day.Still what do you think?

Cupcake recipe

I use Carol Deacons recipe for making the cupcakes. This recipe makes about 24 cupcakes

Ingredients:
250g(8oz) self raising flour(sifted)
175g (6oz) Soft butter or margarine
175g (6oz) Caster sugar
3 eggs
1tbsp milk

Method:
1) Sift the flour into a mixing bowl
2) Add the rest of the dry ingredients and finally the eggs and milk
3) Bind the mixture together on a slow speed then increase the speed and beat on high for a minute until the mixture is pale and creamy.
4) Place 24 paper cases into a baking tray and place about a teaspoon of cake mixture into each case.
5) Bake at 160C/325f/Gas mark 3 for about 20 minutes until golden.
6) Leave to cool before decorating


TIP
Adding a couple of tablespoons of hundreds and thousands to the raw cake mixture will give your cakes a rainbow effect when cooked!

Madeira Sponge Cake Recipe

Ingredients

6 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
6 egg yolks
2 cups sifted cake flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Method
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 8 inch round baking tin.

2 Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Add 3/4 cup sugar gradually, beating until very stiff.

3 In a large bowl, cream butter or margarine and 1 cup sugar well. Add egg yolks, and beat until thick and fluffy. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt over batter. Fold in. Gently fold in egg whites. Pour batter into prepared pan.

4 Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean.

5 Cool.

6 Ice with your favorite frosting/icing

Another view!

Shazia's cake

simple brown and pink cake

with blossoms and scrolls and edible glitter but that's not visible in the photo!

Best Chocolate Cake recipe



Ingredients:

8oz self-raising flour
3tbsp cocoa
2tsp baking powder
8oz margarine
8oz caster sugar
4 eggs, beaten
10tbsp milk

Method:

Sieve the first three ingredients into a bowl (or processor bowl), then add the margarine, caster sugar, beaten eggs, and milk, and beat until combined.
Tip into two well-greased 8” round baking tins, and bake at 160 degrees C for about 50 minutes.
Test with a skewer – when it comes out of the cake clean, the cake is done.
Cool on a wire rack, and finish with icing of your choice.

Toppings

Each topping recipe makes enough to top one 8” cake. To make enough to fill and cover, double the quantities.

Chocolate ganache:
Pour 4floz double cream into a saucepan, and add 4oz of broken dark or milk chocolate. Allow to melt, whisk to blend, and then refrigerate until it reaches spreading consistency. Spread over the cake.

Chocolate butter icing:
Beat 3oz butter until soft. Sift in 6oz icing sugar and up to 1oz of cocoa, depending how strong you want the icing. Add 1tbsp boiling water and beat until well blended.

another view of the garden fairy cake

Isaam's 3rd Birthday cake

Cupcake to match!

birds in the garden

Garden Fairy Cake

A garden fairy cake for a little girl who loves PINK and loves FAIRIES!