New category – GIANT COOKIES!
Hi all. Just a quickie to hail a new era of tastiness: life size (ish) musical hero portrait cookies. YAH! This afternoon’s offerings – two of my personal musical heroes – are below.
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Delicious record cakes
February 25, 2012
Slice of hairy cake anyone?
So, of all the musicians in the world to depict as my first portrait cake, it ended up being Warren Ellis. He’s not an easy or possibly obvious choice to describe with icing… hairy! Portrait cakes are a little smaller than the full 12 inch spectacular, and a little quicker to work up so those of you looking for a cake who can’t quite stretch to “the works”, here’s another option. Can someone please order a Ziggy cake soon!
January 18, 2012
Happy New Year Cakefaces! – Let’s get ready to rhumble…
Hallo, and a happy new year to you all.
Sorry to have been away for so long – the months running up to Christmas was one full of non-cake-based prop-making work as well as the usual, so I will have you update you in the coming days.
Update number one – I have put more cake details on the about page so you know a little more what to expect from a Tasty 12 cake.
Update number two – Here is one of the cakes I’ve made in my recent absence – classic PJ & Duncan AKA Ant & Dec. This was a 30th birthday surprise commissioned by the lovely Chris. It ended up being a whopping two layer lemon and white poppy seed cake with a lemon curd layer in the middle – truly a winner!
September 23, 2011
Doublerainbowbirthday
So. Today is my dear friend Carmelita’s birthday. It is also (by a sick twist of medical scheduling fate) her one year old Nico’s birthday. Imagine. Actually, maybe don’t. As a slight return to an old recipe, I thought rather than a record cake for a joint kid/adult birthday, I would work on my giant rainbow cupcakes. And lo and behold, the rainbow cupcakes were baked, iced, and topped with something that made me REALLY happy to have an excuse to buy it – PURPLE EDIBLE GLITTER.
This changes e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g!
Here, then are the rainbow cakes. Weirdly, the purple decided to migrate from the top of the cake to the middle. Thanks to Scarlet for modelling a cake for me – you have no idea how much of an effort it was for her to stop eating for the duration of two photos. Can’t really blame her either!
September 21, 2011
What better way to say farewell?
Some cakes are very simple and can be whipped up in a mere instant. Others you start icing, and 2 hours later realise you’ve not even covered half of the surface. Here then, is one of those instances. Thank goodness for rubbish/brilliant tv (CSI, what would I do without your most beautiful anaesthetic powers?) because this took me 5 hours to ice. Totally worth it! This little pile of deliciousness went out last night to a Warp Records staff leaving do. Best of luck to Priya in her new life!
September 20, 2011
Thanks Emerald Street!
Well well well. The dear girls at Emerald Street have apparently sniffed out my cakes and spread the Tasty 12 Inch word far and wide. Thank ladies. You truly are ahead of the curve! So, it seems I am well and truly taking orders as of now. Get your ideas and requests in now loves, while there’s time in the calendar. Two new cakes to show you later this week. Also, there’s a little Facey page here if you would care to show your support with the click of a cursor: Tasty 12 Facebook
September 9, 2011
We Love Birthdays
I really don’t have a lot to say about this cake. It was delicious (almond sponge – personal fave for birthday cake BTW), it rose like a mother, and it required a trolley to transport it to the park for unveiling and consumption.
Mina and Lily love Pulp, and Pulp love life/birthdays.
August 15, 2011
A Radiant Birthday
Sooooo, I know this isn’t a record cake per se (and it’s been a while since my last post – post holiday work fest!), but it was a special birthday cake for the special birthday of the most special Elaine Chalmers. As a firm fan of all things Haring, I thought it wouldn’t be too far from my usual cake-age theme to work up a little Keith Haring homage piece. Beneath the icing, this one’s just a plain (but very caramely) sponge. Plain and simple, but simply delicious.
I’ve been thinking about other little cake sidelines, so there’ll be some other little treats for you to see by the by… speak soon!
June 30, 2011
A little sweetness, a honking great swan
Good morning campers! There’s nothing so soothing as watching a medical drama (personally, I like House…the combination of Hugh Laurie and the soundtracking just works) whilst icing a big ol’ swan after eating left over cake batter for breakfast. The cake underneath is a victoria sponge with lovely strawberry jam. Seems appropriate somehow… and of course, delicious.
June 24, 2011
Conflict, greed, insanity, death, happy birthday?
So to cake number two, and Pink Floyd’s Dark side of the Moon. Not necessarily the most cheery of albums, but what does joy and happiness have to do with good music. Really. This fella is a lemon and poppy seed sponge, with various icings to get that classic Dark Side look.
Nums!
