Cake International

Pre-Show Treats

 

So on Thursday I was having a pretty bad day, feeling a bit defeated. So the one thing that really cheers me up is to bake and decorate cakes! I feel like I'm doing something productive and I can then have a bit of lovely comfort food as a reward :)

These cakes were made using my favourite lemon cake recipe from BBC GoodFood. I just separated the mixture into 12 big cupcakes instead of one cake. The buttercream is lemon flavoured and hmmm so delicious!

My parents were kind enough to let me and my boyfriend tag along to the NEC on Friday, they were off to see HobbyCrafts and I wanted to see the Cake International Show. So I gave them both some cakes to say thank you. Now they want regular deliveries of them! :D

Inspiration

There were so many beautiful cakes! Below are some of my competition favourites! 

 

This music cake was stunning! I loved the royal icing detail and the choice of just three colours. 

This cake was in the Junior class, and I really loved the biscuits and the mouse's bum poking out of the box!

This cake was really amazing, it was Hagrid's house from Harry Potter! There was even details inside the house!

 This cake, believe it or not is made completely from buttercream! How amazing is that??

 

This cake was probably my favourite out of all of them, it has been designed around the disney film, Beauty and the Beast!

I did make a few purchases whilst I was there, including some silicone so I can make my own moulds for sugarpaste! I have a few buttons that would make great moulds, and its very expensive to buy pre-made ones, so I thought it was a good buy really!

I also bought a book by Carol Deacon (http://www.caroldeaconcakes.com/) , which she kindly signed for me! Her book is really unpretentious and shows you how to make cakes in a way which is so easy to understand! 

I also attended a small demonstration by Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes (http://www.queenofheartscouturecakes.com/), two ladies based in London who decorate all their cakes in buttercream only! They showed us how to make buttercream flowers and a cupcake bouquet! I am very eager to try these out and also make some cakes from Carol's book! So keep your eyes peeled for more blog entries!

 Thanks for Reading!