My Cakes - A Brief History

I thought I would share a brief history of cakes that I have done before The BaKerry, then when I refer back to them during my conversational posts, you'll know what I'm talking about :)

I've dabbled in cake decorating for a few years, I've always been a keen baker, but watching my Mum create novelty cakes for family and friends throughout my childhood gave me the idea of wanting to try it as an adult. I love baking and although I get stressed out during some of my novelty cake making, I absolutely love the finished products and the reactions I get from the recipients. Here's the most recent ones I've done over the last couple of years:

League of Legends Cake

The League of Legends cake was created in August 2011 for Gavin's brother's birthday, the cake is the logo of the game. The surrounding shapes were fairly tricky to copy from the logo!

Xbox - 16 Achievement Unlocked

I made an Xbox cake for Gavin's youngest brother's birthday in November 2011 for his 16th birthday. You cannot see it from the picture but the ends of the cake had vents made out of icing, the dots were similar to the computer cake - very stressful!

WWE RAW Cake

Gavin is a big fan of WWE, so for his birthday in December 2011, I made a wrestling ring cake. The corners that you can see in the picture are actually big red candles and the ropes around the ring were strawberry laces. 

Game of Thrones Cake

This one was probably one of the hardest cakes that I have ever had to do. The banners from the important houses from the Song of Ice and Fire franchise. The banners included a direwolf for the house of Stark, a three headed dragon from the Targaryen house, a lion for the house of Lannister, a stag for the Baratheon house, a flower for the house of Tyrell, a fish jumping in a river for the house of  Tully, a Kraken for the house of Greyjoy and the stag in the heart on fire for Stannis Baratheon. This one was a fair few hours worth of work.

Top of London Themed Cake

Side of London Themed Cake

Other side and end of London Themed Cake

For Gavin's sister's birthday, I created a London Themed cake. The top of the cake based on the popular "keep calm" signs and the sides filled with famous London Landmarks, which included the London Bridge, The Gherkin, The London Eye, St Paul's Cathedral and Big Ben.

Star Trek Cake

I will probably always have a special place in my heart for Star Trek, having watched a great deal of the multiple series and the films with my Dad. This cake was for another Star Trek fan, with the logo on top and stars indented and painted along the side. 

TMNT Birthday Cake

For Gavin's birthday in 2012, I made him a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cake. Most of the cake was iced with butter icing,  except the sewer lid, the writing and the TMNT's heads, which were made out of royal icing. I didn't have the heart to put candles in the actual cake, so the 26 went to the side!

1965 Silver Sixpence Cake

I made this cake for Gavin's Mum. The top of the cake is taken from the 1965 Sixpence, one of the trickiest designs that I've created as it involved the plants to be weaved in and out of each other. The entire decoration was created entirely in white icing and covered in an edible silver paint. 

WWE Gingerbread Men

Although these are not cakes, they are decorated. I mentioned that Gavin was a big WWE fan, these are just a handful of the 24 gingerbread men that were baked and decorated to resemble every wrestler involved in Wrestlemania 29. Needless to say, this took a lot of planning to ensure that every gingerbread man had the right belts, clothing and accessories!

Battlestar Galactica Cake

Side of Battlestar Galactica Cake 

This cake was based on the TV series Battlestar Galactica. The top of the cake had the insignia for Battlestar Galactica, with the sides decorated with stars, Cylon Raiders and Colonial Vipers. The hardest part of this cake were actually the Cylon Raiders, getting the shape of the wings right took me absolutely ages.

Helmet Cake

This one was the last cake that I created before starting up The BaKerry. This one was for Gavin's Step Dad. It was based on his actual helmet, the shaping of the cake was one of the hardest parts. This is where I picked up the trick of using butter icing and cake crumbs to help mould the shape you need. The patterns and logos were all copied from the original helmet. 

If you like what you see on The BaKerry, and are in need of a cake for a special occasion, I do take commissions, just ask :)