Competition Cake – Cake International ExCel

May 5, 2012 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

I entered the Decorative Exhibit category in the Cake International competition, albeit very last minute. Unfortunately, only gave myself a week to complete the piece.. After working on it day and night I completed it at 11.30 pm the night before the exhibition.

It is an 8″ dummy cake cut into the shape of a cushion, coated in sugarpaste and then airbrushed in purple. Base board covered in purple sugarpaste and second board mounted on top. This was also coated in purple sugarpaste and then given a design using a textured roller. Both cake boards trimmed with gold ribbon. I mixed sugarpaste and mexican paste in ivory and rolled into a square for the fabric piece and placed on the cushion. Butterflies were made from gelatin for the wings and mexican paste for the bodies. The open egg also made from mexican paste and airbrushed with purple, gold leaves attached to outer for detail. mexican pasted rolled, painted gold and folded into the egg to act as fabric. Gold beading added around edge of egg to finish. A smaller cushion made from modelling paste and airbrushed purple, attached to centre. Ivory coloured rose made from platinum paste and petals edged in gold.

When the judges had completed their task, I returned to my exhibit to find I had been awarded silver.  What an exciting day!

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50th Birthday Cake – Belly Dancers

June 4, 2011 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

Number 5 and number 0 shaped cakes. Madeira sponge with jam and buttercream coated in white sugarpaste. Top edge of cakes crimped and bottom of cake - beading piped with white royal icing.  Belly dancers then made in modelling paste and laid on to cake, jewels added to belly buttons as finishing touch.   Plaque piped with pink royal icing and positioned on cake board.

This cake was made for a lady in Horley celebrating her 50th birthday.  She had taken up belly dancing in her later years.   She was very impressed with my belly dancer models.

Client from Horley, Surrey, RH6 7PB.

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Christening Cake – Blue Teddy and Blocks

April 16, 2011 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

8″ madeira sponge cake filled with jam and buttercream and finished in white sugarpaste.  Blocks made from modelling paste and left to dry, lettering made from mexican paste and added to blocks together with shapes.  Teddy made from brown modelling paste and tiny tiger also made from modelling paste.  Wording and crosses made from mexican paste and attached to the cake.  Blue ribbon added around base of cake and cake board.

 

This was the client’s second child’s christening.  The design was based on the first child’s design but in blue.   Previously the teddy was holding a piglet as it was then the Year of the Pig; this time client wanted teddy to hold a tiger as it is the Year of the Tiger.   Additionally, the client wanted crosses on the side to signify that it was a christening.

Client from Crawley, West Sussex.

Cake made March 2011.

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40th Birthday Cake – Boxing

April 16, 2011 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

8″ square madeira sponge cake filled with jam and buttercream, finished with sugarpaste and left to dry. Then sprayed with blue edible airbrush colour and left to dry again. Pads made with modelling paste and ropes are wires covered in modelling paste. Gloves made from red modelling paste. Lettering cut from mexican paste and attached to cake board. Red ribbon glued to cake board to finish.

This cake was a surprise for client’s husband for his 40th birthday.  The celebration was a christening essentially but the client wanted to surprise her husband as well.  The christening cake can also be viewed under ‘Christening Cakes’ category. 

Client was from Crawley, West Sussex.

Cake made March 2011.

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40th Birthday Cake – Stars

February 26, 2011 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

10″ Round fruit cake coated in marzipan and white sugarpaste.  Stars made from pink and white modelling paste and some wired for central display, left to dry and then coloured with cerise pink and edible silver dusting powder.  Crimpers were used for the icing on the edge of the cake board.  Smaller stars were cut from sugarpaste, dusted and positioned on the cake.  Cerise pink royal icing used for the writing.

  

This client was ordering her own 40th birthday cake.  We looked at various options and she decided upon this design.  She was very pleased with the result.

Client from Horley, Surrey, RH6 .

Cake made February 2011.

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Wedding Cake – Autumn Leaves & Berries

October 21, 2010 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

10″ and 7″ fruit cake, covered in marzipan and white sugarpaste. Leaves made from platinum paste, wired and left to dry on former. When dry they were coloured with autumnal edible dusting colours then edible laquer used to fix the colour. Berries and rosehips made from platinum paste, wired and left to dry. Once dry also dusted with varying colours and tones, then dipped in edible glaze several times. All leaves and berries then wired together to form arrangement and pick used to insert into cake.

This client found the previous autumn wedding cake I had made and liked it very much. Her daughter’s wedding was to be in October so an autumn cake was quite fitting. She brought me a picture of the cake her daughter wanted, but her daughter also wanted her to make the cakes. She was not confident with the icing so brought the cakes to me. This is the result and she was absolutely blown away with it.

Client from Capel, nr Dorking, Surrey.

Cake made October 2010.

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19th Birthday Cake – Beads

September 28, 2010 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

8″ Madeira sponge cake with jam and buttercream.  Finished with purple sugarpaste.   Stripes cut from black sugarpaste and attached with edible glue.  Heart plaque made from modelling paste and left to dry, then small cutter flowers to decorate edge.  Non edible jewels attached to flowers on plaque and on cake.  Beads threaded onto wires,  then wired together and pushed into flower pick in centre of cake.

This cake was for my daughter who created her own design.  She was very happy with the end result.

Cake made July 2010.

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30th Birthday Cake – Superman

September 8, 2010 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

8″ madeira sponge cake with jam and buttercream.  Finished with white sugarpaste.  Superman emblem cut using template and modelling paste in red, blue and yellow.  Each colour cut separately and when dry mounted on top of each other.  Blue ribbon attached around base of cake and board.

Client’s boyfriend was mad on Superman and therefore she had no choice but to order him a Superman cake.

Client from Crawley, West Sussex, RH11.

Cake made July 2010.

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30th Birthday Cake – Feathers

July 11, 2010 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

8″ Madeira cake with strawberry jam and buttercream, coated in white sugarpaste.  Edge around the cake board crimped using tool.  Number 30’s cut from platinum paste, dusted in various pink tones and glitter then stuck to cake with edible glue.  White royal icing piped at bottom edge of cake in shell design.  Writing in pink royal icing and artificial feathers attached with a tiny dot of white royal icing for each.  Sparkler candles and pink ribbon around board added to finish the cake.

This client had seen a previous cake I had done and liked it very much for her daughter, who is a very girlie girl and likes pink!  She was delighted with the result and was quite excited to show her sister and daughter.

Cake made for client in Horley, Surrey, RH6.

Cake made July 2010.

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Leaving Cake – Ghosthunters

July 1, 2010 — Trudy Gillard, Cake Maker

7″ Muffin chocolate cake covered in chocolate buttercream.  Bottom half coated in black sugarpaste and ridges added then left to dry.  Indentation cut from top of muffin and then covered in chocolate buttercream and red sugarpaste.  Dick Turpin hat, noose and EMF meter (ghost activity monitor) all made from coloured modelling paste.  Cake board was coated in white sugarpaste and the edge crimped with tool and left to dry.  When dry base of muffin  was placed on cake board and more buttercream spread to attach lid.  Plaque made from modelling paste and left to dry, then red writing painted on with blood dripping effect.  Red royal icing used to create an effect of blood dribbling all over muffin.

Cake detail - EMF MeterCake detail - Plaque

This client’s husband was leaving his teaching post in Copthorne and had just written his first horror book, which was about to be published.   The class received muffins each week from the client and she thought it would be a good idea to finish of the term with a grand finale muffin!  Her wish was to have the cake based around the horror theme, which hopefully I achieved.

Cake made for client in Rudgwick near Horsham.

Cake made June 2010.

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