My inspiration and love of all things cake comes directly from my grandma, who's genius creations have been some of the greatest birthday cakes i have ever seen- from cakes the shape of dolphins (i went through a serious dolphin phase- it happens! ) to all of both mine and my brothers favorite TV characters.
In the beginning i started making birthday cakes simply for my friends and family, learning different techniques and adding new skills to my repertoire, whilst also collating my resources. The first ever cake being for one of my best friends, and was in the shape of a penguin (this is the time happy feet 2 was first out and we were totally caught up in the adorable-ness of their fluffy little bodies)- the cake itself was a traditional chocolate sponge filled with an intense chocolate fudge butter cream and a creamy white chocolate butter cream for the little fellas fluffy tummy- mmm mmm mmm! (who doesn't love a good chocolate cake right?)
Needless to say improvement was required but for a starting point this cake developed both my shaping and piping skills- and even better, she loved it! Can't say the cake lasted for long though.. but when does it!
Shortly after this cake was made- i graduated sixth form, and as me and my friend went our separate ways to university i made her a parting gift in the form of a cake (again chocolate as its her favorite), yet with a slightly humerus aspect- since she was moving on to Durham university and she loved the Harry Potter films this cake was created- her very own Harry Potter cake!
I did discover piping and writing isn't as easy as it looks, and creating each aspect of the crest wasn't easy to say the least, but in the end i think it worked out quite well all considered.
This is where my cakes all first started, but there were and still are many more cakes to come..
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