Cake of the Year - 3rd place!

My final instalment for Cake of the Year 2011 is this chocolate cake...


This cake was made on behalf of Free Cakes For Kids Wales. For those that don't know FCFK is a project that is quickly spreading around the UK and I have now been a member of the Welsh group for almost a year. The group provide birthday cakes for children who may not otherwise receive them and I made this for a boy turning 17 who was having a bit of a tough time.
The cake itself was chocolate sponge covered in chocolate buttercream and loaded with lots of chocolate goodies! I then had some fun making the panels and drizzling the leftover chocolate on top...mmmm!
This makes it on to the favourite cake list as I loved making it, love supporting Free Cakes For Kids and love the picture below...



You can check out Free Cakes For Kids Wales here

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Cake of the Year 2011 -Runner Up

This is my second favourite cake of last year...



This was made for a friend I have known for almost as long as I can remember! She and her husband got married in July and I was thrilled to be asked to make their cake. We had a get together and I showed them my ideas based on the theme they'd given me. After much discussion, and the occasional nod of the head from the groom, we came up with the idea above.

The cake was 4 tiers with the base being traditional fruit cake and the others were vanilla sponge with jam and buttercream. The cakes were covered in cream sugarpaste and stacked before decorating. Then began the mammoth task of adding all of those hearts, it took hours to do and there were well over 400 hearts on the cake! Once the rows of hearts had been added the whole cake was covered in a pearl lustre giving it a beautiful finish. The smaller scattered hearts were then coated in an edible glitter and added at the last minute.

There is something so amazing about making a wedding cake, everything has to be perfect so it's not an easy job but one full of rewards :-)

One more favourite cake to post and it's all about chocolate...

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