Chris' Wine Bottle Cakescape (70th)

Yet another first for us. We love a challenge! 

Often the cost of making a cake does not take into account (at all) the extensive time 

and immeasurable effort we pour into our creations.

And we blame nobody else but ourselves for this -

we have, countless of times, found ourselves carried away

and diverting from what's meant to be a simple cake.

The true reward is simply proving to ourselves that we could!

Here is a perfect example of the above scenario: 

The box is the cake. 

The wine bottle (a replica of a real NZ winemaker's bottle) is made of fondant.

 The grapes and grapevine leaves were hand-crafted. No silicone moulds!
(Ain't buying overly-priced moulds for one-off jobs!Hmp! LOL)

Thank you, Chris & Penny, for joining us on this sugary-sweet journey!

Kate & Jay's Ombré Ruffle Wedding Cake

 Because we are bespoke cake stylists, most of our work are original designs. 

However, it is a common practice of most aspiring cake decorators 

and hobbyists to 'take inspiration' (aka copy ideas) 

from much more experienced and innovative masters of the craft. 

We are also only learning, but our point of difference is that when we do borrow an idea,

we give credit where it's due. 

For this next number, the bride - Kate was really enamored by the simplicity 

of this Bobbette & Belle wedding cake design:

 

Kate is our Janey's old friend all the way from High School.

We are honoured to help create their dream day!

Here is our humble take on the brooch & ruffles ensemble:

The bottom tier was red vlevet cake in white chocolate ganache frosting.

The middle tier was lemon-vanilla pound cake with white choc ganache.

Th top tier was white choc mud cake with creamy milk choc ganache.

Such yummy colours!!! 

We must have stared at it for hours after assembling it, it was mesmerizing!

 

The night of the wedding, Kate texted Jane...

she said it was 'delish'! Now, to make a pretty cake - that's one thing.

To make a delicious cake - that's yet another!!!

 Happy.

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Kloé-cake's Cake Smash Photoshoot

We are soooo super happy that our princess was born 

in the spring time - Sakura-season! 

Here are photos by our talented friend from Available Light Ltd

of our 1 year old photo-shoot at Cornwall Park:

The egg-free, dairy-free vanilla pound cake... was covered in butter cream (LOL)!

 

The sakura on the cake is made of rice wafer:

Our princess and her smash cake:

 Oooops!

 

Thank you for joining Kloé-cake in this sugary-sweet journey!

Kloé-cake's Coffee Group Turns 1!

We have been tasked with coming up with a gender-neutral birthday cake

for Kloé-cake's coffe group party. Here is what we came up with:

Full name: Poppy-inspired hand-painted fondant-finished chocolate mud cake. 

 

A little bit of 2d/3D details here and there. Understatement is the key.

And above is the cake with the coffee group singing happy birthday to all the babies!

And now for one last look:

 

Thank you for joining us on this sugary-sweet journey!

Tulip Painted mini-cake

We have been experimenting with hand-painting on fondant. 

This tulip-inspired number was made for Jane's fiance's mom's birthday.

Did you follow? hahah! too many apostrophes. 

So, of course we have a long way to go. We aren't exactly fine arts graduates.

But just humour us for a bit. ok? LOL

 Thanks for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

home SWEET home

February 2010: Our very good friend, travel buddy, and fellow foodie, Grace and her dad bought their first home in NZ. This was yet again another reason to bake a cake! Because we were tight on time, it had to be a quick but yummy one. ;p

Here's the sweet sweet cake for their home sweet home:

It's a strawberry yoghurt pound cake with french meringue buttercream frosting, fondant flowers, and a gumpaste mailbox painted with their new home's street number.

We always say that the most beautiful cake is one that has been devoured! So, no matter how we love to stare at all our creations, we like it better when it's actually all eaten up... just like this one!

nom nom nom!

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!

Chocolate-collared chocolate cake

November 2009 - Here's our first try at doing a chocolate-collared cake for a gorgeous family's housewarming party:

Christia of LoveIt Food gave us the idea of using slabs of chocolate to surround the cake, i.e., the 'fence'. Thanks, Christia!

What's behind the picket fence? Chocolate sponge cake with white chocolate ganache filling frosted in whipped fresh cream, then dusted with cocoa and powdered chocolate. So, one more photo for posterity's sake, aye?

Thank you for joining us in this sugary-sweet journey!