Spongebob Squarepants Cake

 

This celebration cake features Spongebob and Squidward Tentacles, they've both been made out of sugarpaste and the cake has been decorated with piped details such as coral, water bubbles and flower shapes.  A shell border pattern has been added to the bottom of the covered board using a modelling tool.

Happy Easter

Here are some simple Easter cupcakes, vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream and crushed Cadbury Flake and Cadbury Mini Eggs to give a nest effect.


Happy Easter everyone.

Duplicates

We often get asked to do cakes that we've made before, sometimes people see a cake they like from the gallery, but we always like to make it a bit different.  Here's a couple of our recent duplicates.

Another horse and jockey cake, this time we were asked to make the jockey a bit chubby and wearing a trilby hat and to have a dog end in his mouth.

And another Mickey Mouse cake, we've done about three of these now, this time we thought we'd jazz it up a bit with a brightly decorated board. 

Back in the swing of things

It's been a while since the last blog I know but I hope to get back on track with the blogging.  I do have a good reason for the break though, and that would be this bundle of fun.

Isabella was born in February and she's been keeping us busy, but people still need cake and we're getting back on track with the business, just need to be super organised.

Sprinkles and Crumbs has been going for a year now and we hope this year will be even better, we'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has ordered cakes from us, we've made an interesting selection of cakes in this time and even had a few requests for jobs.  Unfortunately we aren't in the position to be able to employ people, but you never know, maybe one day.

It's going to be an interesting year creating cakes and looking after Izzy and I'm sure we'll have lots of fun along the way.  So, to keep you up to speed, here are some pictures of some recent cakes we've done during my blogging absence.

Art Deco cake and cupcakes

Elephant christening cake

Festive cupcakes

Gold and purple cupcakes

Lego Batman cupcakes

Retirement cake

Rugby player cake

 

Under the sea themed cupcakes

I absolutely love how these cupcakes turned out.  Under the sea is a really good theme to work with, so many possibilities, and they're colourful and fun too.  These were for a children's party at a swimming club so the theme worked very well.

All the little creatures are hand made with sugarpaste and sit on top of some swirly buttercream with white sprinkles, it's hard to pick a favourite, I really like the octopus but then when I look at my Nemo-esque orange fish there, he looks so cute, how could he not be a favourite?

Topsy Turvey Celebration Cake

This is the first Topsy Turvey cake we've attempted and I'm so glad that it turned out so well.  The bottom tier is vanilla and the top tier is chocolate, both tiers have piped swirl detailing on them, these have been piped with royal icing and then painted silver.  A sugarpaste ribbon and bow have been added round the cake and painted with gold luster dust.  I find that when it comes to adding silver and gold details, it is best to use luster powders and mix them with rejuvenator spirit to create a paint, you can buy liquid silver and gold food colouring but I find that they dry out very quickly.

The trouble with these types of cakes is that they are naturally top heavy, what with having a wonky top and the base of each tier being slightly smaller than the top, you need to make sure you have a good structure and support system. 

The numbers and twirly decorations are all made from sugarpaste with a wire structure for extra stability.  These were made well in advance so they had plenty of time to dry out and harden, that way when it comes to painting them and putting them on the cake, you're less likely to squash them out of shape.

I was rather worried about delivering this cake in case any of the decorations fell off and broke but I'm glad to say that it got there in one piece and the birthday girls were delighted with their cake.

Ford Escort Rally Car Cake

This is the second Ford car we've been asked to make, this time it was an older model, a Ford Escort Mark 1 Rally car.  It's always best to spend as much time as possible carving the car shape and getting the main shape right, once that is done you can cover it with sugarpaste and concentrate on adding in all the little details. 

I always work quickly to mark out details like doors and windows before the sugarpaste hardens and then you have plenty of time to add on the other bits like lights, mirrors and wipers.