I'm bringing you a delicate, pretty birthday cake for this week's #BakeoftheWeek. Made for a friend's Mum on her 70th birthday last weekend - I was so pleased to be able to make her 'special' birthday cake. My brief was 'Elegant' so ...
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Pink Rose Birthday Cake #BakeoftheWeek
I have a huge cake for this week's #BakeoftheWeek from me. Last week was my first major week since re-opening my cake business, Aardvark Cakes. There was slight trepidation - Could I remember how to make cakes? Had I slowed down a lot? ...
Cake of the Week – Extra Tall Rose Wedding Cake
Its been a while since we've had a Cake of the Week - The Costello clan are here, there and everywhere for a couple of weeks but I found these pics of one of the more unusual wedding cakes I have done and wanted to share. The Cake was 3 ...
Sugar Flowers Cascade Wedding Cake
Well, we are finally there. The final wedding cake went out this week. This was an order I have had since April (around the time I decided to put Aardvark Cakes to sleep for a while) I didn’t want to go out with a whimper and this was ...
White Rose Wedding Cake with Ivy Side Design – Cake of the Week
White Rose Wedding Cake with Ivy Side Design Another terrible picture. Another cake drop off in torrential rain. Another happy couple - thank goodness! I had never even met the bride and groom before they came to look at their cake on ...
Ivory and Peach Rose Wedding Cake
It is an absolute miracle that this cake made it to the reception, never mind that it was fit to eat. This cake was a wedding last Friday, yep, the rainiest day ever and I had to deliver it to a reception where the car park is nowhere near ...
Pink Ombre Wedding Cake
One of my favourite Wedding Cakes ever - A 3 tier Pink Ombre Wedding Cake with pale pink sugar roses and finely piped hearts all over the cake. Thank you so much for all your lovely comments and messages following last week's post about ...
Chocolate Roses Wedding Cake
Happy Easter Everyone. Hope you are having a wonderful day. We have unexpectedly come home early from our second caravan trip of the year - Violet became unwell yesterday and we didn't want to chance her spending the night vomiting in the ...
Yellow Tea Roses Cake
I love a yellow cake - The bright beauty of yellow tea roses are perfect for all manner of occasions. This is a repeat order for a family I have got to know. One of the Mums was 80 in December and the other Mum is 80 this week. What a ...
Pink Lady’s 80th Birthday Cake
A day later than expected but for very good reason. This weekend was a mammoth one. We had the annual presentation for swimming in which both girls got decorated with medals, our first sleepover (3am in case you were wondering!) and I held ...










