Elizabeth's Cake Emporium

Variety, they say is the spice of life. I absolutely adore making cakes that are unique and different. Although this is more work than churning out the same old designs  (I have nothing against this as after all it is less hassle!) and involves some risk, I find that it's a great way of being stretched and giving clients something truly memorable.

We recently created a very tall three tier gold and cream scroll cake with leaves based on the design of Ravi and Sunita's wedding rings. Sunita the bride is very creative and wanted a cake that was very personal and reflected both their tastes.

They decided to go with three different flavours for each tier as they both adored our luscious lemon cake, triple chocolate cake and old fashioned caramel cake.

Sugar scrolls are quite difficult to make as they need to be perfectly rounded and even. They also need to be painted and a number of coats of gold was used in order to get an even sheen. The cake was finally topped with sugar roses, gold berries and leaves. 

It was a joy to make and it was displayed in the middle of the room perfectly. All in all a great result!

I love it when a client places their trust in us to create something special. The cake was our famous triple chocolate delight and in order to achieve the required height and dimensions, we baked several square cake layers.

Several hours were spent on carving the cake and making the various grasses using four different shades of green.

To achieve the leathery Rhino skin colour and texture, we mixed several colours including black and brown and used a number of texturisers.

The day after the party, I got a call from the client and her little boy who told me that he and his friends kept poking the Rhino as it looked so real!