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Gran, Mum, Grandma

This time a fruit cake with Amaretto soaked fruit covered in marizpan and fondant icing to look like a tree stump.

A different Christmas cake

Un-iced fruit Christmas cake. Simply decorated with parchment paper, a top of marzipan and some dried orange slices.

A rum do for Margaret

This cake is for Margaret who is celebrating her very special 90th birthday.

Christmas cakes

Here are the iced Christmas cakes! An 8” brandy soaked fruit cake and a 9” Southern Comfort soaked fruit cake. Covered with marzipan and soft icing with fondant decorations.

Another icing-free cake

This time, an 8″ vanilla vodka fruitcake with a marzipan topping…

No-icing fruit cake

A 6″ vanilla vodka fruitcake, with a marzipan topping, wrapped in parchment paper and decorated with oven dried orange slices. A very simple decoration for someone who loves fruitcake but is not so keen on icing.

Jenny’s walking cake

A walking themed cake for Jenny who is celebrating her 80th birthday. Cake is a vanilla vodka fruit cake covered with marzipan and soft fondant icing. Decorations are made from fondant icing, a little bit of pipe work and the sign post is wooden lollipop sticks which have been etched with my pyrography kit!

Cycling 90th

A vanilla vodka fruit cake decorated with a cycling theme for a retired keen cyclist on his 90th birthday.

Violas

Another pretty cake for another special birthday. A vanilla vodka fruit cake for the base tier and a light moist lemon cake for the top tier, decorated with…

Lisa and Tim’s wedding

Delicate lace work with bead piping round rich sherry fruit cakes.

Sophie and Andy’s wedding

Many congratulations to Sophie and Andy who were married today at the Masonic Hall in Harrogate.

Ben and Holly’s wedding

A fruit cake, ginger cake & lemon Madeira cake.

Horse shoe wedding cake

Bottom tier was fruit, middle chocolate and top vanilla. Cake topper is of bride, groom and the bride’s horse, Heath.

Christmas 2014

A rich, moist sherry fruit cake covered in soft white icing and white glitter.

25 years together

A vanilla vodka fruit cake decorated with a design inspired by an anniversary card.

Ruby wedding

A moist sherry fruit-cake decorated with soft cream icing and fondant decorations.

Rosa ‘Nan’

A rather pretty cake (even if I do say so myself!) for my mum’s 75th birthday. She loves gardening and we bought her some David Austin rose bushes…

Elspeth’s wedding cake

Traditional brandy-soaked fruit cakes and dairy-free vanilla sponge wedding cake.

Secret garden

A vanilla vodka fruitcake, covered in fondant for a smooth finish and then decorated with free hand drawings (in edible ink pens) on a garden theme, topped with handmade sugar roses.

White lustre roses

A three-layer cake of fruit, chocolate & lemon sponges with hand-made roses and a teal ribbon.