With three little boys and one big one our house is constantly filled with all sorts of boy bits.

Planes, cars and of course the spiralling train track which is always carefully constructed by Chris  and gleefully demolished by the boys.

The train obsession seems to be one that all little boys (and big boys) have - This week Chris made the MOST amazing 3d Thomas the Tank for a little boys 2nd birthday.

For something special I thought I would show you how the cake was made in different stages and a video of the finished product.

Vintage glamour is the current catch cry of many couples we are seeing and with that we have been designing some really beautiful and elegant wedding cakes.

There is a real tread towards the classic, waspy style with lots of white on white, ivory and old fashioned elegance.

Think intricate piping, sugar flowers, monograms and lots of tiers.

Here are some of our classically elegant cakes

Here at Cake Occasions we like to stay ahead of trends rather than “on trend”.  With each cake we try to push the boundaries of design, construction and colour, we want each client’s cake to be unique, to be personally designed and constructed for them.

So it was with great pleasure that we identified some emerging trends in cake design in this months Cosmo Bride

When designing a cake think about using colour, different textures, oversized sugar flowers or sugar paste love birds as toppers.

Play around with flavours, try peppermint ganache with dark chocolate mud cake or orange mocha.

You are only limited by your imagination.

In this industry a gym membership is a must ! I am sure I have eaten my body weight in cake, for research purposes of course.

We were approached by Les Mills to create a cake to celebrate the launch of their 80th Body Step program, even the instructors eat cake…

So next time I am at the gym lying back on the steps trying to punish my triceps, I will think of cake.