Dinosaur Attack!

This cake was for my friend's son's 4th birthday. She let me have full reign so I decided to make a dinosaur for him. As usual, the spikes were the first to go. They were full sugar, so parents, I apologise for any sugar rush your children may have had! Next time, I'll try Hershey's kisses for a more interesting twist.

I let the fondant dry a little, so as to make the skin look more authentic & wrinkly.

Cake No. 2

This cake was for Elijaz, Elixir's twin brother. His is a firetruck. It's supposed to be bright red, but I didn't put in enough colouring and it became a bright pink firetruck. I put in Oreo cookies as tyres and Smarties as lights and adornments. Guess what the kids took first-the cookies & candy of course! Luckily I managed to take photos of the cake before the party.

Cake!

I love cooking. I don't do it as much as I would like to (mainly 'cos I'm too lazy!) but I have tons of recipes everywhere around me. I'm lucky that my fella loves my cooking and is a fair critic. (Sometimes too downright honest though!) However, his comments do help and he is supportive of my tendency to overly modify recipes from their original form.

I've recently started making 3D celebratory cakes & muffins. Most recently I made a few cakes for a few birthday parties and I thought I'd post some of them here.

The one above was for my nephew's 1st birthday party. My sis has twin boys, and I made separate cakes for the both of them. The one up here was for Elixir. I originally wanted to make a bumblebee for him, but I went slightly overboard and decided to make him a cake called "Hobbit Fishing at the Shire".