Cakes by Serena

A perfect cake for a crossword addict. The crossword could actually be completed, and the client was supplied with a paper version, clues and answer sheet. All the answers were themed on birthday words. Great fun!

Two cakes on this page: All the butterflies are individually made and fixed on, necessitating the utmost care in transporting to the party venue. The butterflies can be carefully detached and eaten (all made of sugar) or saved as a memento.

And another butterfly cake - larger, shown here with candles:

Flying through the night sky, high above the city soars this snowman.

Along with the Peter Pan cake, this was simply delightful for a themed children’s party.

This was for a big Peter Pan themed party. Along with Peter himself there is also a Tinkerbell cake to form a pair.

Lovely delicate colours for this Barbie. Remember, you could choose whatever colours you want to match your own outfit!

Ever a favourite with little girls of a certain age - and you get to keep the doll afterwards. See the co-ordinating detail of the dress and flowers. Everything except barbie herself can be eaten!

A sports theme - ideal for a football fanatic.

This first was a very simple cake, for the family celebration for a client who ordered another “Fishy” cake for the birthday party itself.

The other cake in this pair was more elaborate and bigger - for use at the party.

Is this Sleeping Beauty’s castle, with the high towers and rambling creeper winding its way up the walls?

This was a lovely character to do for a teenage girl. The red hearts set against the white background of the cake set off Betty so well. Betty survived and didn’t get eaten - she’s now preserved as a special memento of the day.

No problem guessing which birthday this one’s for! The simple design on a plain background is ideal for adapting to all sorts of birthdays or anniversaries.

Specially for Christmas this sack of presents is ideal for a party or gathering. This idea, could of course, be adapted for a birthday as well.

This damsel in her castle is waiting for her knight to ride by and rescue her. Hope she doesn’t have to wait too long, or she’ll get eaten up!

This cake has two tiers, so you can cut the lower one for the party, and keep the upper storey for tea at home the next day.

The friendly whale is a jolly fellow - ideal for an early birthday with that nice smile and water-spout! The client choose to have a coffee flavoured cake and filling.

This white design is very simple, but extremely dramatic. The points of the stars sparkle with little silver sugar balls.

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This was a wonderful Barbie cake - all in pink, As usual, that’s a real barbie in the middle - and once the cake’s eaten you get to keep the Barbie.

Spray of flowers to match the flowers that were once in the brides bouquet. Obviously they are now golden for that special anniversary.

A posy of friesias in her favourite colours.

A natural display of magnolia in full bloom.

Ideal for a simple effective display on a cake.

Spray in favourite colours.

Ideal dainty spray for the top of a cake.

One simple rose in any colour says it all.

This cake was for a local gymnastic groups celebration. A lovely simple cake, decorated with pink and purple stars, the idea coming from the groups website. The cake is brushed with a shiny
glitter effect, and this is also brought out in the special glitter on the letters. A versatile design for any occasion.