Another rainy day (did you know Sydney got hit by a freak hail storm late yesterday afternoon?!). Thank goodness it was a beautiful day up to that point for all the ANZAC day celebrations (of course, I made some ANZAC biccies too) and march. And so, the temperature dropped about 10 degrees today and it was definitely a day to stay indoors for the most part. It was fantastic baking weather! We did take the my two dogs out later on in the evening to the local wharf for a bit of fishing - no luck, no fish were biting today...

I had another challenge recently. What to make for a lady who LOVES shoes?? Why, a cake with a pair of stunning shoes on top and rightfully named "The Gina M"... just like Christian Louboutins. You can't see if but I promise that the soles are red too! And then I sort of just had a lot of space to play with. And I haven't nearly experimented enough to gumpaste flowers so this was a great time to try. And I've always wanted to play with mini flowers and having some falling off the sides of the cake so again, got to try that too! I think it has come well together!

Happy Birthday Gina!

nom nom nom. Italian Meringue and just a little torched. Urgh.... it's probably like liquid gold through the Sydney Storm. But I wouldn't know... I gave it away :(

Have you ever heard of the saying that red cars drive faster? It's become a bit of a little joke between my circle of friends ;) For the record, no, there is no scientific proof of red being faster at all!

I had a request from a parent (from the sounds of it, a very organised mum!) many weeks in advance for her son's 2nd birthday. It sounds like a very well planned and fun birthday party. And today's weather in Sydney is absolutely perfect - slight breeze, some sun and cool temperatures. Make me want to join in the fun!

Said parent had planned the whole cake from top to bottom which makes me job a lot easier (sometimes harder depending on what they are asking for!) but it certainly is a lovely change to customer's having not so many ideas of what they want on their cake.

I think this is simple yet so creative at the same time - especially the detail on the top tier. The 'mini cooper' logo and the writing on black and red to resemble a car number plate (the European ones in NSW). Very clever!

Cake designed by the beautiful bride-to-be. A mix of Australian colours and French done with flowers and ribbon. I'm yet to try gigantic gumpaste flowers but I think I want to try this soon!

Another licensed cake for a little boy who is obsessed with Thomas. I get so many of these requests that I've actually stocked up on little Thomas figurines so I don't have to stress out and look for one every time a Thomas cake is requested. And I thank my friend in retail for helping me out!

Repeat customers make me so happy. I'd actually made baby Seth's Christening cake a couple of years ago and I can't believe he has just turned 2. His mum chose a simple yet pretty two tiered cake and it was a huge celebration at one of the many parks around Sydney. It would have been a fabulous day!

Ah... such a shame about the wet weather over Easter this year. It's been really unfortunate that the last 8 or 9 Easters in the last 10 years have been wet. I'm sure many events are a washout but cake always brightens the day.

This was a special order Extra Large White Chocolate, Coconut and Raspberry Cake. Delivered in the pouring rain but hopefully there will be enough respite sometime this weekend to enjoy it with special people.

Sometimes when you're at your limits, you perform at your best. This has been one of the longest short weeks to date. At the office till 1:30 AM certainly doesn't help and it really really takes it out of you. I'm pretty sure the next day passed in a long daze.

Octonauts. Can't say it's the most popular kid's program around and as such, these figurines are a little difficult to find. Sometimes though, a bit of luck and good timing is all it takes. Thank you random Thursday night shopping and wondering into Woolies for mascapone and cream. It united me with Captain Barnacles!

I loved putting this cake together. Making the shells, starfish, bubbles, seaweed and coral was very time consuming but I just knew this was going to be an epic cake. The colours and all the elements just complement each other. And the symmetry... LOVE!

It's hopefully going to be a beautiful 4 day weekend. And I am sure two little boys will be super excited to start off their birthday celebrations with almost 100 of their closest friends! Happy Birthday Elliot and Jethro!