Most Popular Oreo Cake!

With the varieties of cake flavours, it appears Oreo Cake is ordered the most - rich chocolate cake layers with oreo buttercream and chopped oreo cookies filling :-d This was a birthday cake for Nandita's friend Chetak, it look simple but sweet, I was told this was the most popular cake among the group!

Looking at this picture now makes me want to have a slice too...

✿ Sugar Peony, Ranunculus and Rose ✿

A side project I have been working on, when your favourite flower is not in season, sugar flowers work best on cakes, and they last infinitely as long as they are kept/stored away from direct sunlight and moisture. The petals are made of edible florist paste, the thinner they are rolled out the more delicate and more lifelike they look.

I like Peony, Ranunculus and Rose, sugar flowers do take a long time to make, a lot of patience is required in rolling, cutting, frilling, drying, sticking many petals for one sugar flower, the outcome do worth the effort : )

This is actually my first time making Ranunculus.

and a large rose

wired petals for the peony

and unwired peony

Unwired peony and ranunculus are my favorite here ♥

Another angle of the flower arrangement

A few different views from different side ❤

Black Forest Gâteau with Russian Doll Macarons

This is a recent birthday cake I made for Nandita's friend Shirin, the idea was to have a doll topper on a Black Forest Cake, but sugarpaste/fondant toppers melt when sitting on fresh cream, so I made the dolls in macarons instead!

Although it  was a large cake, Nandita told me it was gone in minutes :-D

I think the Russian Doll macarons look very cute here, a bit like Little Red Riding Hood in the Black Forest :-P

The macarons were made by the same method I use for the teddy bear macarons, I piped them free-handed with a plain nozzle joining two circles together, then draw the face and flowers with chocolate and royal icing.

Sandwich them with chocolate ganache

and the whole little family is done double-sided :)