Lacewood

When the bride and groom came to me they wanted a 'lace' designed wedding cake to be in keeping with their venue Lacewood, which is a new venue at the elegant Tuhitarata Estate in South Wairarapa.

'Lacewood' Wedding Cake design

Two tiers of chocolate mud cake, sugar lace, handcrafted sugar roses.

Venue:  Lacewood

The Happy Fox

If you have ever wondered what kind of cakes cake decorators make for their children, this is a cake I made for my daughters birthday.  She has had 12 cakes now and they all have had a theme design or flavour - one year it was a cherry pavlova.  Here is the Happy Fox, the design is from Carlos Lischetti and I searched the world for a back issue of a cake decorating magazine which had the instructions in it!

The Happy Fox

Classic chocolate cake, handpainted tree stump detail, sugarcrafted fox, bark and leaf decorations, silver stand from Robert Gordon.

Happy 100th Birthday!

It was such an honor to have been asked to make Ivy's 100th birthday cake.  Her family choose a vintage lace design, as her birthday was celebrated at Trentham race course there was a nod to horse racing with the silver horse shoes on her cake.  The guests all enjoyed a horse shaped biscuit which I added a silver horse shoe and ivy decoration.  Today in the Dominion Post there was a small article on the occasion.

Photo; Wellington Racing Club

From my customer;

"Hi Tanya, I have been meaning to send you an email all day, to pass on our sincere thanks for what was truly the most beautiful cake, that you prepared for Nana Ivy's 100th birthday celebration, it was a huge hit! We had international and local guests, and they were extremely impressed with the detail, presentation and the taste, that the cake delivered, and may I say, the racing horse biscuits were the icing on the cake!"

We all Scream for Ice Cream

Last year I made ice blocks for the girls - this year it is ice cream!  While away for Christmas I had the most amazing licorice version of this which inspired my post.  I made mixed berry with a teaspoon or two of blueberry 'Fresh-as' powder (recipe follows).

No Churn Ice Cream Recipe

Ingredients

• 200g Sweetened Condensed Milk (approx 1/2 a 395g can)
• 600ml Cream
• 1 tsp Fresh-As powder or flavoured essence
• 1 cup mixed berry's fresh or frozen

Method

Put the sweetened condensed milk, cream and fresh-as powder (or essence) into the bowl of a stand mixer. Using the whisk attachment whisk until thick and quite stiff, a bit like clotted cream. Gently stir through the mixed fruit. Scrape into a freezer container or a large loaf tin, cover with cling film and freeze until solid (overnight).

Macaron Minions

These super cute Minion Macarons make great gluten free party favours.

 

Yellow and blue Macarons sandwiched with yellow buttercream filling and decorated with fondant and royal icing detail.

Queens Wharf Ballroom Wedding

I managed to catch a glimpse of the beautiful bride having photos taken when I delivered this wedding cake at the Queens Wharf Ballroom.  Two tiers of lemon and the bottom tier banana with vertical pattern buttercream design, topped with a fresh hydrangea flower.

I received this lovely email from her;

"Thanks so much for the beautiful elegance of the cake. It took pride of place and we're so glad we ordered from you. You were a pleasure to deal with - absolutely unflappable and utterly professional. And we were all licking our fingers for days (needless to say, we didn't save any for our first anniversary. Too delicious!)."

 

Venue: Queens Wharf Ballroom, Foxglove, Wellington

Flowers: Woodstock