It is so fun making birthday cakes for kids. We always get such a thrill when we can turn a little person’s fantasy into reality. For my 8th birthday Dad took me to a local baker to pick a cake and I remember poring over the photos of all the different cakes. I finally decided on a dolly cake, I thought she was beautiful and very special. When I look back at the photos now she was a daggy, piped number but oh so super special to me.

Who would have thought 22 years later I would be married to a cake decorator and we would be producing gorgeous dolly cakes of our own.

This sensational Kimmi Doll was created for Arachi’s 6th birthday. I hope she remembers this cake as fondly as I remember my own dolly cake.

Here is a little sneak peak of how she was made.

When Chris and I first began Cake Occasions almost five years ago, we designed a range of wedding cakes.

One of our most enduring and popular designs The Morocco is still ordered regularly.

What we love most about working with people is they can take some of our original designs and customise them for their wedding.

Last weekend Anna combined elements of our Love Birds cake with The Morocco, to create a spectacular effect.

Chris worked on a really special and challenging cake last week, a replica of The Arc De Triomf in Barcelona. It is always wonderful when client’s bring their love stories to us and we can interpret them in cake

I love succulents, they are the only plant that I can keep alive and they are such a bold choice to adorn cakes.

Either painted, cut out of icing or fresh they really look amazing

From this…….

To this…..

These are just some of the sugar roses for Catherine’s cake. Chris has also created buds and less open flowers to create the floral cascade.

He is such a trouper staying back late every night to work on flowers and the rest of the cakes he is producing this week.

How cute are the owl toppers ? The Bride’s friend made them and they really brought the colours of the cake together.

My favourite wedding cake this year. Stephanie had the most beautiful invitations which Chris used as inspiration for the painted Lily and Roses.

Painting a design on the cake makes the most incredible impact and is very rarely done.

Our studio is filling up with spring sugar flowers, one petal at a time.