Carina's Cakes

JOHN SMITHS BEER CAN

2012-01-18T19:11:00.004Z

For a lovely lady who liked her John Smiths! Made from sponge and hand painted to make the silver shine (all edible). The restaurant was impressed and asked for my details.

IRISH RUGBY SHIRT CAKE

2012-01-18T19:07:00.006Z

A racing green shirt illustrating the irish logos in plain sponge. I have done a number of sport shirts now and each and every one is a joy to do.

ENGAGEMENT CAKE ON A ROCK

2012-01-18T19:04:00.004Z

A slightly different cake in that this request was on top of a rock as the man in question proposed in New York on top of Rockafella

ELVIS

2012-01-18T19:02:00.003Z

Elvis himself sitting proudly beneath one of his records accompanied by musical notes and records. Apparently an Elvis impersonator actually presented the cake which went down a storm.

LIGHTNING MCQUEEN DISNEY CAR

2012-01-18T19:00:00.002Z

CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES

2012-01-18T18:56:00.003Z

Just a few cupcakes to make a display on the table - I tried to do as many different variety toppings as possible, some dusted with icing sugar. More christmas cakes can be found on my new tab www.carinascakes.co.uk

CHRISTMAS ELVES

2012-01-18T18:51:00.004Z

This lovely little 6" xmas cake was one of two. A cake for each set of parents. Sponge with chocolate flavoured covering on the outside dusted with icing sugar.

A BASQUE CAKE

2011-12-19T22:24:00.002Z

A cheeky little number by way of a basque - accompanied by black lace and a white frill

THE SNOWMAN

2011-12-19T22:17:00.003Z

Another pleasurable snowman cake commission by my regular customer who has a snowman cake every year, each one has been different but equally lovely to do...

PSP

2011-12-19T21:43:00.004Z

This birthday boy is mad on his PSP and never puts it down so I thought of placing an actual picture of him on the cake also....

GERBERA CUPCAKES

2011-12-19T21:37:00.006Z

This was a christmas wedding cake order and the gerberas were individually made and wired placed gently on the top with the ribbon cascading down the front.

PRINCESS CASTLE

2011-12-19T21:34:00.002Z

This castle was up on a hill. It was two cakes, the bottom tier being plain sponge the castle being chocolate.

RED AND WHITE CUPCAKE

2011-12-19T21:32:00.003Z

Cupcakes with a red flower was the theme but were plain and chocolate in flavour.

CRAFTER GUITAR

2011-12-19T21:29:00.003Z

This is the 3rd guitar that I have done, and everyone of them have been different. This one was for my dad's 60th.

BLACK & WHITE CUPCAKES

2011-12-19T21:26:00.002Z

This young lady wanted a black and white theme which incorporated a spray of black and white feathers.

WOODY

2011-11-08T21:09:00.001Z

Woody from the Toy Story - another favourite character and is the 3rd cake I've done for this little boy, one for every birthday so far....

BIG IVORY ROSES

2011-11-08T21:05:00.004Z

This lady wanted her wedding cake to be all ivory accompanied by 3 big roses on the top, with one on the side and one of the base.... each tier was different in flavour, madeira, chocolate, lemon and carrot.

NUMBER 50

2011-11-08T21:00:00.003Z

This cake was the 5 and 0. One number was fruit, the other chocolate. I decided to run stars up the cake to add a bit of colour together with a coloured board.

FAVOURITE TOY

2011-11-08T20:56:00.004Z

This little girl wanted her favourite toy replicated and sat on the cake. I was told that she was over the moon.....

GUITAR CAKE

2011-10-25T19:05:00.003+01:00

Another Guitar cake which is fast becoming my signature cake. This time a black fender guitar. All edible with the exception of the strings! Sitting on a 24 x 14" board, it's a big cake!

RED ROSES

2011-10-25T19:03:00.003+01:00

Normally I do cascading roses down a number of tiers but this is a single tier and thought it was still striking, especially being red.

MINI CAKE

2011-10-25T19:01:00.002+01:00

A mini car cake for that mini lover. All pieces are edible.

SONY CAMERA

2011-10-16T17:46:00.004+01:00

The 2nd camera that I have done but in this case a Sony one....the gentleman in question was very impressed...

ROCKY ROAD CUPCAKES

2011-10-16T17:43:00.004+01:00

Mmmmmm - these were a joy to do - chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate buttercream, walnuts, marshmallows and chocolate drizzled....apparently they went down a storm and have had another order!

CHEESE CAKE

2011-10-16T17:42:00.004+01:00

This was a lovely cake to do as it was the gentlemen's favourite cheese, and travelled to France...

CHOCOLATE WEDDING CAKE

2011-10-16T17:39:00.003+01:00

This wedding cake was covered in milk chocolate cigerellos topped by a deep pink rose to match the bride's theme. On the top of each tier was chocolate shavings....

FERRERO ROCHER'S - 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

2011-10-01T12:08:00.004+01:00

This was a 40th Wedding Anniversary cake but with a twist of 40 Ferrero Rochers ! A 10" and 8" square cake lying on a 15" board. The feathers and hearts were bursting out.

CALA LILY WEDDING CAKE WITH SEPARATOR

2011-10-01T11:48:00.002+01:00

A 3 tier ivory wedding cake with a separator on the 2nd tier. The separator has a cala lily inside which can be kept and the top has a spray of cala lillies. I decided to add a double board to give a nicer effect.

A PIECE OF LEGO

2011-10-01T11:46:00.003+01:00

A lego piece was the brief accompanied by a lego man !

Wedding Fayres

2011-09-18T21:16:00.002+01:00

I am now busy preparing for a couple of wedding fayres that I've been asked to attend to display 3-4 cakes, my first fayres so not sure what to expect - all tips welcome.

If interested I will be at Ramada Hotel in Burton on Trent on September 25th and the Birmingham Motorcylce Museum on 9th October. For sight of cakes that I have made to date please visit my website www.carinascakes.co.uk

DIVERSITY CAKE

2011-09-18T21:10:00.003+01:00

This lady requested 3 members of Diversity popping out of a present. The favourite colours were orange and purple so incorporated this - I hope that the lady in question can tell the members!

BBQ CAKE

2011-09-18T21:07:00.002+01:00

I think this is possibly the last bbq of the year ha! This lady requested a zimbabwe sausage together with the flags which I placed on the side of the cake. It was great fun to do and the sausage was accompanied by burgers and onions.

MEERKATS

2011-09-18T21:03:00.004+01:00

A meerkat fanatic so of course meerkats had to feature on the cake!

HEART CAKE

2011-09-18T20:59:00.003+01:00

A simply big red heart from mother to daughter who was celebrating her hen night. Simple but effective and of course chocolate sponge. I decided to place a fabric effect of sugarpaste on the board.

PRINCESS CASTLE

2011-09-06T07:00:00.002+01:00

A princess castle cake - a proper girly cake. I was advised that all the little girls at the party couldn't stop looking at it....

BIRMINGHAM CITY EMBLEM

2011-09-06T06:59:00.003+01:00

Another popular cake, the 2nd I've made. The Birmingham City Football logo cake, this time made from fruit.

CAKE FOR TWO

2011-09-06T06:57:00.003+01:00

This cake was made for two people so decided on a two tier with spots & stars.

HAPPY RETIREMENT

2011-09-06T06:50:00.002+01:00

This was made for a lady that was forever watching the clock and her daughter wanted all bits and pieces all over the place!

A SUNBURST GUITAR

2011-08-21T19:14:00.002+01:00

I think this was a surprise for this guy's 30th! It is an actual replica of his guitar and I think he was very shocked.

A BIG SUNFLOWER

2011-08-21T18:51:00.002+01:00

A beautiful big bright sunflower was the request. The little girl in question was leaving her nursery and wanted to give this cake as a leaving present, the significance was because each and every mothers and fathers day the children were given a sunflower seed.

THE BOWLING GREEN

2011-08-21T18:50:00.004+01:00

For a very active 90 year old man who still goes bowling on a regular basis !

CAKE FOR DAISY

2011-08-21T18:49:00.003+01:00

A delicately coloured cake for a lady called 'Daisy', accompanied by a few daisies.

2011-08-14T20:09:00.003+01:00

I have now branched out into the wedding side a little bit more and now featured on the website of www.rinarobertsbridalwear.co.uk/wedding-dresses/a-piece-of-cake/ - I have two wedding cakes being displayed in this shop, one of which is featured on my home page of www.carinascakes.co.uk and one in the cupcake section. Please feel free to take a browse and comment ....

BED OF ROSES

2011-08-14T19:52:00.003+01:00

A slightly different request in that this cake was surrounded by chocolate sticks (similar to cigarellos) topped with a bed of edible red roses. The cake was complete with a red ribbon and a slight twist as it was carrot cake. I was advised that it was delicious and have received numerous comments to this one since...

RED ROSES CASCADING

2011-08-07T12:30:00.005+01:00

This is the 7th cake of this style that I have provided and each and every time I love them more and more with their sophisticated and vintage feel. The red roses really had the wow factor and great contrast to the ivory colour. This lady had a plain, chocolate, chocolate chip and chocolate orange flavoured tiers and went down very well.

CHANEL HANDBAG

2011-08-07T12:27:00.003+01:00

The classic handbag for the lady..... 8" high and chocolate.

HOT WHEELS

2011-08-07T12:25:00.002+01:00

I was given a picture of this little boy's favourite car and when the father picked it up I was advised that it would be an absolute guaratee that his little boy would love it!! The number 5 on the side reflected Max's age.

LIFE STORY CAKE

2011-08-07T12:22:00.002+01:00

This lady wanted bits and pieces on the cake to reflect her daughter - shoes/books/karata/red boxing outfit/brazil and of course the baby picture! It obviously had to be a 2 tier to fit everything on and accommpanied it by some feathers and stars.

TEDDY BEAR CHRISTENING CAKE

2011-08-07T12:20:00.002+01:00

This the 2nd one of these I have done only this one was a 12". The couple were very pleased with the outcome and insisted I gave them a number of business cards to give out at the christening....l

BEACH SCENE

2011-08-07T12:14:00.003+01:00

I was commissioned to do this cake to look like Fuerteventura, albeit it was a little bit wider to give some cake to the customer. The two people were the people celebrating their wedding anniversary and wanted the palm tree and shoes.

WEDDING CAKE WITH JUST A FEW ROSES

2011-07-28T07:47:00.002+01:00

A 4 tier wedding cake accommpanied by just a few roses, giving it that elegant sophisticated look.

PRINCESS CUPCAKES

2011-07-28T07:43:00.002+01:00

Just 6 cupcakes made for a little bite to eat for my niece's 4th birthday. Plain sponge with plain buttercream topped with an edible princess head, much to her delight!

CHEESE CAKE

2011-07-27T21:42:00.003+01:00

This was a very unusual cake in that I was commissioned to doing a block of French Camembert cheese. The recipient was extremely pleased especially as it was double chococlate.

PINK GIRLS 2 TIER CAKE

2011-07-27T21:39:00.002+01:00

Again this is a favourite in particular for those girls that love pink. This one was with blackberry phones as well.

CUPCAKES WITH ROSES

2011-07-27T21:36:00.004+01:00

This was taken as a present to a ruby wedding anniversary party and was very pleased as I actually received 2 more orders from this order. I made 12 cupcakes with a handmade ruby rose on the top with leaf and pink sprinkles.

TIPI AND CANOE

2011-07-27T21:34:00.001+01:00

This lady requested a tipi, canoe and fire for her husband's 40th cake. Hopefully I accommodated all the requirements.

ASTON VILLA CAKE

2011-07-27T21:33:00.002+01:00

Another favourite and therefore published again.

ME TO YOU BEAR CHRISTENING CAKE

2011-07-27T21:31:00.002+01:00

A dual christening cake for boy and girl, each bear representing boy or girl with their different coloured balloons.

YELLOW AND ORANGE FLOWERS

2011-07-27T21:29:00.001+01:00

This lady wanted a small round cake with yellow and orange flowers, her mom's favourite colours.

ZEBRA AND PINK GERBERAS

2011-07-27T21:26:00.003+01:00

This lady wanted a zebra covered cake with pink gerberas, I thought it was best to have a black background so that the zebra pattern stood out more. The gerberas are handmade and accommpanied by silver glittery balls.

PINK PRESENT & BLACK BOW

2011-06-25T22:35:00.002+01:00

A square 9" cake covered in light pink and made to look like a present by illustrating a black star bow. The lady also requested stars and feathers and these were placed neatly in the corner.

TEDDY BEARS

2011-06-25T22:25:00.002+01:00

This lady has the love of teddy bears and was a surprise cake - I've hopefully captured the likeness of the teddies.....

TRAIN CHRISTENING CAKE

2011-06-04T15:16:00.002+01:00

A pale blue colour theme - train and blocks with balloons in the corner.

WHITE 4 TIER WEDDING CAKE WITH CREAM CASCADING ROSES

2011-06-04T13:15:00.004+01:00

This is the 4th wedding cake of this type that I have done, and all with different colours. This one is on a white covering but cream roses. The bride requested the silver ribbon as this was one of the colour themes. The tiers were 2 plain, chocolate and a lemon one.

BEN10

2011-06-04T12:57:00.004+01:00

This cake was commissioned to me by my 8 year old nephew! It had to be Ben10, have the special watch and had to be chocolate. I decided to cover the board in yellow and the ribbon was green. All edible even the nose that was drawn by edible pen.

BLUE AND WHITE THEMED WEDDING CAKE

2011-06-04T12:52:00.003+01:00

This lady wanted a 4 tier with her and soon to be husbands initials on the top which were provided to me. Two tiers had dots on them and the other two tiers were accompanied by blue ribbon which was the colour theme.

BEATLES CAKE

2011-06-04T12:49:00.002+01:00

This lady wanted a picture of the Beatles for a 60th party. I decided to place some musical notes on the board to compliment the cake.

HEART CUPCAKES

2011-05-18T18:37:00.003+01:00

My heart cupcake design complete with a 6" on top with bursting hearts.

SIMPLY BOWS

2011-05-18T18:19:00.002+01:00

A lovely 4 tier wedding cake with just two bows and diamante brooches finishing them off. The colour of the bows complimented the bride's colour theme.

CHOCOLATE BOX

2011-05-18T18:15:00.003+01:00

I have found this to be another favourite as this is the 2nd one I've done - must be something to do with the love of chocolates!

2011-05-01T19:02:00.002+01:00

A 4 tier wedding cake made up of madeira, chocolate, lemon and carrot cake - simply finished off with 2 ivory and 1 ruby rose on the top.

BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL EMBLEM

2011-05-01T18:59:00.003+01:00

Simply just the Birmingham City Football emblem made up of 2 6" cakes with upstands for the ribbon together with the wording. I have been advised that this little boy was absolutely over the moon as were the adults (well the supporters of Bham City in any case!)

TOPSY TURVY

2011-04-24T17:52:00.002+01:00

A 3 tier 40th birthday cake in the striking colours of lemon and black. Two tiers were madeira, one tier chocolate. A joy to do.

MORTAR BOARD

2011-04-24T17:43:00.003+01:00

The big one is for the lady that had qualified, under the board was 'congratulaions sid', the three little ones were for her three sons with their names.

ZEBRA HANDBAG

2011-04-15T21:35:00.003+01:00

This lady advised me that she liked handbags, jewellery and her beloved cats so I decided to add them all. The bag was a zebra patterned bag, a tiffany box and her lovely two cats.

SIMPLY CARNATIONS

2011-04-15T21:32:00.002+01:00

Just a small cake for someone that liked bright flowers. I decided on sweet peas and carnations.

BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL SHIRT

2011-04-07T20:54:00.001+01:00

For that Birmingham City fan....

LORD OF THE RINGS BOOK

2011-04-07T20:50:00.004+01:00

The brief for this was an open book for someone who is forever reading Lord of the Rings, accompanied by his glasses. The map I had printed on sugarpaste and is of Mordor, with a short extract from the book.

DINOSAUR

2011-04-07T20:48:00.001+01:00

This was a friendly dinosaur for a 4 year old. Shaped out of madiera sponge, all edible.

JESSICA RABBIT

2011-04-07T20:46:00.003+01:00

The brief for this was a Jessica Rabbit sprawled across a poker table. The cake was chocolate and all is edible (except the wires sticking up at the back)

BLACKBERRY MOBILE PHONE

2011-03-29T19:33:00.002+01:00

A request for this phone was because the girl in question is always on it ha ! I decided to make the screen of the girl in question also to make it more personalised.

THE NIGHT GARDEN

2011-03-29T19:30:00.003+01:00

Would you believe another Night Garden Cake, the 2nd in as many weeks, this time for a 2 year old. I always think it's nice doing the number for their birthday as a little bit more special. The little boy was over the moon and soon grabbed all the characters off.

AFTER EIGHT IN

2011-03-29T19:25:00.004+01:00

This was a very unusual request as it was chocolate sponge with a layer of after eights and peppermint buttercream. The recipient assured me that it was exactly the right balance and two pieces just weren't enough! It also had After Eight around the tin in white.

GOLFER

2011-03-29T19:23:00.001+01:00

This has become a favourite and is the 3rd one I've done.

MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL SHIRT

2011-03-21T20:45:00.004Z

For the Manchester City Fan. The emblem was handmade.

THE NIGHT GARDEN

2011-03-21T20:43:00.003Z

For a one year old whose passion was the night garden! I had to learn all the characters which was fun!

2 TIER PINK GIRLY CAKE

2011-03-10T20:55:00.001Z

A two tier pink cake for an 18th - complete with handbag, shoes, champagne and feathers coming out of the top.

SCOOBY DOO MYSTERY MACHINE

2011-03-10T20:53:00.001Z

Another one, but this time complete with Scooby and Shaggy.

ASTON VILLA CAKE

2011-03-10T20:51:00.001Z

This young girl just simply wanted the aston villa emblem (to tease her dad I believe)!

SINGLE TIER PINK GIRLY CAKE

2011-03-10T20:49:00.002Z

The lady sitting on the cake is the girl whose birthday it is, accompanied with handbags, shoes and straighteners, oh and the bottle of champagne.

TEDDY BEAR CHRISTENING CAKE

2011-03-10T20:46:00.001Z

A 10" square christening cake accompanied by a blue bear, blocks and rattle.

FLOWERS AROUND THE EDGE

2011-03-10T20:42:00.003Z

Simple but effective in my view, sugarpaste flowers all the way round the edge accompanied by a sugarpaste bow at the bottom.

TWO TIER TIFFANY BOXES

2011-03-10T20:40:00.001Z

Another favourite, this time the top tier was fruit whilst the bottom was chocolate sponge.

IRIS CAKE

2011-03-10T20:37:00.002Z

This was for a lady with a brief of loving Iris flowers, accompanied by carnations.

HORSE RACING

2011-02-06T18:20:00.002Z

This cake was based on the love of horse racing but with the daughter waving the wining ticket which was of course her dad.

DOUBLE BASS

2011-02-06T18:18:00.001Z

Just a small cake for my husband who enjoys the double bass complete with cotton for the strings.

NIKON CAMERA

2011-01-28T19:25:00.002Z

Obviously a passion for photography and the gentleman's camera was in fact a Nikon.

GIRLS WHO LOVE NEW YORK

2011-01-28T19:23:00.004Z

These two friends, one obviously into ballet, love New York so thought it best to do a New York skyline with taxi.

HOTEL CHOCOLAT

2011-01-20T21:03:00.003Z

I think this lady definitely loves chocolates, and in particular those from Hotel Chocolat! The sponge was plain but the sugarpaste was chocolate flavour and the chocolates were from Hotel Chocolat.

carinacakes.co.uk

2011-01-20T20:56:00.003Z

Dear all, just a little blog to promote my official website http://www.carinascakes.co.uk, this has been catagorised so that you can easily find the type of cake you were considering by the click of a button, whether it's wedding cakes, birthday cakes, a cake for a special occasion, they are all there.