Paige Turns 11!

So my daughter celebrated her 11th birthday over the long weekend and well, there was no getting out of making a cake for her 😄
She requested sunshine, pineapples and flamingos!!! I wanted to do something with buttercream rather then ganache and fondant. Besides who doesn't love a good buttercream cake!! I also wanted to use cookies as the decorations rather then making fondant ones. I've seen a few cakers use cookies round the place, but one caker who I've admired for quite some time does it do well that I couldn't resist recreating one of her designs. So design credit for this cake goes to Spoon and Fork. I do love the end result of this cake and it tasted delish!! Happy birthday Paigey xx

Clowning Around!

Oh did I have fun with this little cake! I love a new cake design hehehe. It gets my creative juices (so to speak) flowing again lol! I made this cake for Briana's little sister Tegan who celebrated her 21st. It would seem that Tegan has a love affair with clowns, hence the clown cake!! Me personally I find them creepy, but I have to admit this little guy is a bit cute. Happy birthday Tegan hope you enjoyed your cake ;-)

Happy caking.

Leoni.

xo

XXXX Gold Cake

Hi Everyone,This is a "boy" version of my XXXX Gold cake! Louise ordered this for her partner Kurt, who was celebrating his 21st. Yes the bottle is edible, but you wouldn't eat it would you? Did you Louise & Kurt? Hehehehehe. Hope you enjoyed your cake and had a fabulous night.

Happy Caking.
Leoni

xo

Dr Seuss Wedding Cake

Hi,

There are some types of cakes that you'll probably only get to make once and I think this is one of them!! When I first met Kelly-Louise I immediately thought this girl is fun, then when she handed me a copy of her wedding invite, I thought maybe a little wacky too hehehehehe. Kelly-Louise wanted me to create a Dr Suess inspired wedding cake, but not just a subtle hint of Dr Seuss but full blown Dr Seuss all the way. Kelly-Louise & Les were having a Dr Seuss themed wedding!! Wow, I was so in my element, this was going to be fun. But would I succeed? "Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed." Fun it was. I had the most funnest time creating this cake and was just lovin the end result sick hehehehe. This cake required me to get in touch with my inner Dr Seuss and "Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the things you can think up if only you try!" Kelly-Louise & Les THANK YOU for chosing an amazing theme and THANK YOU for allowing me to create this cake for you. I was sad to see this one go, but Dr Seuss once said "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." Congratulations to you both I hope you had an amazing day xo.
A big thankyou to Stephen & Hayley from STEPHEN LANE PHOTOGRAPHY for the amazing photos of this cake. Somehow they've managed to make my cake look awesome hehehehe. Thank you both.

Happy caking.
Leoni.
xo

Lollipop Cake

Lollipop Lollipop Oh Lolli Lolli Lolli.......Just can't get this song out of my head ;-) I made this cake for little Maya who celebrated her 4th birthday. Such a beautiful day as well. I love the happiness and funness (I know it's not a word, but it is for me hehehe) of this cake, makes me smile! I have been dying to make a lollipop cake for ever, so thank you Michelle for letting me create yet another cake for your cute little family ;-)
P.S If you don't know this cake it is from Planet Cake's first book!

Happy Caking.
Leoni.
xo

Bella Turns 2!

A cute little mini 2 tiered cake with matching cookies for Bella who celebrated her 2nd birthday over the weekend. Mum Cassandra wanted 5 little duckies to go with it as well. The cake was a 4" on top and a 6" on bottom. I had a bit of fun with this, never done a little mini 2 tiered! Hope you've all recovered after the dreadful bug! Happy birthday Bella.

Happy caking.
Leoni.
xo

Amara's Christening Cake.

Good morning all! Here's a christening cake with a little difference! Since visiting Disneyland Amara (now just over 2) has been a mickey/minnie mouse fan. So when mum ordered this cake she wanted to stick within this theme. I know a true Mickey/Minnie cake would be red and black but we adapted this a little. Hope you enjoy your cake Amara ;-)

Happy caking.
Leoni.
xo

My first competition.

Hi everyone!

Well it's been a little busy here at HC over the last few weeks and it's only going to get bigger with some amazing cakes that I'm yet to create! A few weeks ago I was told about a baking show that was happening here in Townsville by the National Baking Industry Australia. I was a little hesitant about entering, it's like anything, fear of the unknown. In the end I decided to enter a cake and being my first ever comp I wanted to sort of stick within my comfort zone a little, it wasn't like I was already stressing out, so I didn't want to add to it! I love my critters and feel I do them quite well, so I decided on an enchanted wood theme for my cake. The bottom tier is an 8" and the top is a double extended 6". Total height of the cake was 14 or so inches. If I was to do it again I'd make the top two tiers 5", only to get more definition between the tiers. The figurine is based on Dot's fairies, for those that know her work, you'll notice this (hopefully). She's fabulous. I then combined my Teddy Bear & Frogs Picnic cake to come up with this. See easy hehehehehe.

It was a great experience and I learnt a lot and met some wonderful people. And to top the whole experience off, I got first place!!! Yay, so excited. I've set the bar for myself now. I wonder what the next competition will bring......

Happy caking.
Leoni.
xo

House Warming.

So here's a cake I made for Renai. Renai has brought you such cakes as The Sleepover and The Frogs Picnic. I love creating cakes for Renai, two reasons, 1) it's always something that I haven't done before and 2) she lets me go crazy! This was no exception. Renai and her lovely family celebrated the purchase of their new house, with a house warming do. And we all know that with any good do comes a good cake ;-) Thank you again Renai for allowing me to create for you, I enjoyed my time on this cake!!

Happy caking.
Leoni
xo

First Birthday.

Hi Everyone,

I've neglected you all for a little bit. I am sorry :-( So much has been happening, sick me, sick children, sick husband, it seems to have been just one thing after another. I promise to though, not to be gone for so long again ;-)Here's a cake I made for Amanda's little daughter celebrating her 1st birthday. Amanda was specific about what she wanted and even sent through a picture of a cake that she wanted me to recreate. I find it so much harder to replicate cakes when a customer is specific about what they are after, as there's no room for changes or error. They know what they've ordered visually and it's what they expect. Pressure on!! In saying that it's never going to be the same, can never be. I do however think I did ok with this cake. Original design and credit goes to Pink Cake Box. I do love their work! Check it out, bottom row, 4th from the left. http://blog.pinkcakebox.com/category/pastry-images/children-cakes/page/3 Thanks for allowing me to create this cake for you Amanda, I loved it ;-) Hope you had a lovely day.

Happy caking.
Leoni.
xo

Zahra's Christening Cake.

Now here's a very pretty christening cake (well I think so!). I made this for Pamela who's christening her little one today. This was a very last minute order, luckily for Pamela someone had cancelled. See miracles can happen hehehehe. I really love the end look of this cake. I hope you have a lovely day with your family & friends Zahra.

Peace Out!

I made this cake for Belinda who celebrated her 30th last weekend. When Belinda contacted me she sent me a picture of what she was after which was very much a flower power cake! Belinda had also mentioned that she'd never had a custom made cake before, no pressure hehehe. I wasn't here when she picked up her cake, but Mr HC said that she actually jumped up and down and squealed when she saw it!! I'm a little bummed I wasn't there to see it ;-) Happy birthday Belinda. I hope you have a great party and enjoy that cake ;-)

Happy Caking.
Leoni.
xo

P.S Design credit goes to Stacey's Iced Delights.

Well Hello There.

An oldie, but definetly a goodie! I made this for the lovely Christine, who's gorgeous little boy Joshua celebrated his 5th party last weekend in Pirate style. Christine went to so much effort to create the perfect pirate party for Joshua, including fabulous personalised bon bons, to treasure chest loot bags filled with plenty of goodies. A hit with all the kids I'm sure ;-) Happy birthday Joshua, thanks for letting us share in your special day.

I just have to share this pic with you! The carving up of the cake as it makes it's final journey to the mouths of appreciative Happy Cakes eaters hehehehehe.

Happy Caking.
Leoni.
xo

Gone Fishing

Hey everyone, Here's a cake I made on the weekend for Poppy B celebrating his 30th birthday. I was asked to create something simple with a fishing theme. So I came up with this! I actually enjoyed making this cake, don't get a lot of opportunities to make cakes for men. Not sure why, men eat cake don't they?? I think they just don't care hehehehe. This is an 8" round, raspberry white chocolate cake, my favourite mmmmmm.

Happy Caking.
Leoni.
xo

If you go into the woods today......

Sitting on my workbench this week just waiting to be transformed was this ordinary boring green cake!Well here it is all finished and looking pretty. Not quite so boring now I think!! I made this cake for Violet who celebrated her 3rd birthday on the weekend with a teddy bears picnic themed party. Mum Megan has gone to so much effort to recreate this child like theme with so many different elements. I'm dying to see the photos. Megans favourite cake of mine is the Frogs Picnic, so I tried to recreate that feel as much as possible. Happy birthday Violet, hope you liked your cake ;-)

Happy Caking.
Leoni.
xo

My favourite little customer.

For my favourite littlest customer Madi, this cake is just for you!! Mum Stacey always sends me a detailed e-mail explaining favourite things and likes. I think Stacey started the whole favourite things cakes and this one is no different. The main cake design is from a bag that Madi was getting for her birthday, her favourite colours are blue, pink, purple & red, she loves hearts, flowers, butterflies, fireworks (glitter hearts!!), loves puppies and has a thing for the Wonka golden ticket!! Oh and the owl, well that's just a ring in to please Mum who has an owl fetish hehehehe. Gotta give the mums something, we always miss out hehehe. Happy birthday Madi ;-)

Happy Caking.
Leoni.
xo