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Henry Hoover Cake

December 13, 2011 by Helen 10 Comments

One tier henry the hoover cake with sugar nozzle and stars on the cake board

Yay! A completely new design for me - I know there are hundreds of Henry Hoover cakes out there but I'd never done one before. To be honest, I didn't know there was such a demand by 3 year olds for hoover cakes! The most difficult part ...

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St Helens Saints Rugby Cake

October 31, 2011 by Helen 8 Comments

One tier cake in the shape of a rugby pitch on a green board with a sugar rugby player

Coming from St Helens, rugby cakes are always a popular choice. Our new, Saints Rugby League Stadium is due to open this month and you would have to be living in a hole not to feel the buzz in the town. In fact, the new stadium and a new ...

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Pony Cake

September 30, 2011 by Helen Leave a Comment

Yahoo!! I've got to the end of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) where I have posted every day. Apologies to the people that have received every single post - I promise not to be quite so frequent from now on. Having said that, it has ...

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Should I do ‘Rude’ cakes?

September 27, 2011 by Helen 11 Comments

This is the rudest cake I do - To some people it may even be too rude. I have to admit I did think twice before I took the order on. The sad thing is, this isn't the rudest cake I have been asked to do. Just last week I received a call ...

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Office Worker Retirement Cake

September 18, 2011 by Helen 6 Comments

A really time consuming cake, this one. I struggled for inspiration for how to create an office scene and came up with a polystyrene desk and stool. There were so many little bits that I wanted to add once I got going - the little glasses, ...

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Coffee Lover’s Cake

September 11, 2011 by Helen 2 Comments

Two tier cake with sugar coffee cups and a Costa sugar logo

Inspiration took a bit longer than usual to come for this cake. I know Chris very well as he is engaged to my sister so knew there were so many things I could choose from to put on his cake. He loves football, music and loads more but most ...

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Radley Handbag Cake

September 3, 2011 by Helen 9 Comments

White cake on a blue board with a black and blue sugar handbag cake topper

What do you get for the lady who is mad on handbags for her 50th Birthday? A Radley Handbag cake of course! This cake was made as a present for my good friend, Donna on the occasion of her 50th Birthday (Shhhh, I purposely didn't put a ...

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Cath Kidston and Personalised Cupcakes

July 27, 2011 by Helen 5 Comments

Cath Kidston cake, bunting, birthday cake

Another special celebration for our house - lovely Millie was 9 last week and therefore has to be Cake of the Week. Millie is truly lovely - she is gentle, grown-up, fun and innocent all at once. She mixes so well with her friends and we ...

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Hello Kitty Cake and Cupcakes

June 6, 2011 by Helen 4 Comments

Very very late posting my Cake of the Week - A Hello Kitty Cake complete with matching Cupcakes and Cake Topper. This is a special cake for me as it is my daughter, Violet's 5th birthday cake - and I get to eat it! Yay! The Hello Kitty ...

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The Muppets Cake

May 22, 2011 by Helen 8 Comments

Muppets Christening Cake Well here is my Cake of the Week - a very special one as it is my daughter, Tara's christening cake from last week. I know its not a traditional christening cake but we don't do traditional in this house. My elder ...

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Hi, I'm Helen. Mother of 3, Wife of 1. Tired since 2002. To be found in the kitchen or poolside.
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