Cake Note 23: "You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime" John P. Grier

...and that's a hint for a Happy Birthday wish to my friend Becki! My most loyal follower, customer and regular commentator on my cakes: Thank you and happy birthday from me to you!

So, today's cake blog is...Becki's Birthday cake! Some time ago (last year!) I made a two tier birthday cake for my daughter's friend and the remit was for ' Black and Bling'. Becki liked this and booked me for a smaller version for her birthday today. I've taken a bit of artist's license and it isn't exactly the same  -

Here we go:

This is a 'Death by Chocolate' eight inch cake, filled with vanilla buttercream, and raspberry conserve. The cake is 'crumb coated' with white chocolate ganache, which I find makes a better foundation for the fondant(sounds like a corset , eh?). The board is imprinted with little hearts which compliment the little hearts next to the 'MUM' salutation.

it is then top covered with white sugarpaste, sprayed with edible pearl spray. The ribbon is black organza with diamantes in it, as is the bow.

The topper....well, here's the bling bit folks!

The original design had all black feathers, but I liked the mix of black and white - the feathers have diamantes fixed in them and surround the lovely Swarovski diamante letter B!

I don't know how she does it, but Becki's photos of the cake look so much more 'BLINGY!'

Hope you like my creation! Night x