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My name is Claire and I'm a 40 something mother of three boys living on the Kapiti Coast. Having recently found the love of baking and making decorations in 2016, I love baking in my kitchen. You'll find me regularly creating delicious, individual and bespoke decorative cakes, cupcakes and super fun cake toppers.

Sep 18, 20211 min read

Bad grammar cupcakes

Bad grammar cupcakes made with fondant toppers.

Sep 15, 20211 min read

Fishing themed birthday cake

Fishing themed cake, hand drawn image of the fisherman, fish and the plants as 2d fondant and gum paste mix.

Jul 20, 20211 min read

A cake imposter!

Among Us birthday cake, with characters - a true imposter.

Jul 18, 20211 min read

Mindcraft birthday cake

A Mindcraft cake created for my middle son's 7th birthday, he loves Mindcraft and requested all the characters on the cake.

Jul 15, 20211 min read

Arrgghh, Monster Truck Cake

Chocolate fudge cake, in two tiers with a road up the side of the cake.

Jun 3, 20211 min read

NZ birthday cake

For my pal's daughter, this special birthday cake was created for her daughter Harper while they live in New Zealand for one year.

May 13, 20211 min read

Mario Bros. Cupcakes

Super Mario Bros. themed cupcakes for a birthday treat. Vegan cupcakes.

May 12, 20211 min read

Construction cake

Construction cake made for my youngest son's 5th birthday. He 100% wanted a construction cake, with vehicles, sign posts and edible...

Mar 21, 20211 min read

Ainme Toppers

My pal Donna is an awesome baker, and creates the most amazing cakes. I often chat to her about cake and baking related tips and tricks....

Feb 3, 20211 min read

Army cake, Rambo style.

Rambo birthday cake, with Army themed, with fondant decorations.

Jan 16, 20211 min read

Happy 50th birthday Dennis!

50th birthday cake, with fondant character and decorations.

Dec 20, 20201 min read

Political cupcakes

For a fun treat for work during the 2020 election, I created these fun cupcake toppers of each of the political parties. The team loved...

Dec 20, 20201 min read

Farewell to the Team

My colleague was leaving the team and heading off in his newly purchased camper van to travel New Zealand. This cake represents his time...

Dec 20, 20201 min read

Rugby cupcake toppers

My eldest boy's end of season rugby party called for everyone to bring a plate, so I whipped up some chocolate chip cupcakes complete...

Dec 19, 20201 min read

Drag Queen Cupcakes...

Created for everyone's favourite drag queen, Felicity Frockacinno, this mini cake and full sized fondant cupcake with a bingo set...

Dec 19, 20201 min read

Motor-cross Birthday Cake

Created for my friends husband, this 40th birthday cake with a motocross theme was a real hit, including his name, tyres, winners flag,...

Dec 19, 20201 min read

Unicorns and Rainbows

With a special request from my friends daughter, I created her a Unicorn cake for her 5th birthday party, complete with Rainbows, sweets,...

Dec 16, 20201 min read

Baby Mamma - baby shower cake

Baby shower cake with pregnant women. Triple layer banana choc chip cake covered in chocolate buttercream and decorated with a purple, black

Nov 25, 20201 min read

Happy birthday bro...

This is a birthday cake for my brother's 40th birthday party. The cake is loaded with all the things he likes, tomato sauce, marvel...

Nov 18, 20201 min read

Sporty granny and her 85th birthday

My friends great Aunt, who was turning 85 years old. The brief was too include all her favourite sports.

Nov 10, 20201 min read

Cow Cake and Cupcakes

This birthday cake was requested by an eight year old, who loves farm animals, especially cows. So complete with a family of cows, farm yard

Oct 26, 20201 min read

Play your cards right

A 90th birthday celebration for my pal's Grandad, this was packed filled with life size playing cards, card suits, and a fondant grandad pla

Jul 20, 20201 min read

Welcome to the team

What better way to welcome our new team member Tessa to our "cool comms" team, than with cupcakes! I created a batch of super fun double...

Jul 18, 20201 min read

Grizzly and the Lemmings Birthday Cake

As requested by my middle son, he wanted a Grizzly and Lemmings birthday cake...mission accepted! This cake has a lot of decoration...

About Me

My name is Claire and I'm a 40 something mother of three boys. I love baking in my kitchen, creating delicious, individual and bespoke decorative cakes, cupcakes and super fun cake toppers. My cakes are perfect for birthdays, baby showers, Christmas, Easter, Hen or stag party or any celebration in between!

I decorate my cakes with buttercream or cream cheese icing, as a rule I don't use fondant to cover the cake. When I do use fondant, it's for decorative elements, such as toppers, characters, lettering, animals or flowers.

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