Battenberg Cake

My very first attempt at battenberg cake....

I got a little help by using the silverwood battenberg tin...

Anniversary Chocolate Rose Cake

For my Dad and Step Mum's 10th wedding anniversary I decided to bake them a chocolate cake and took inspiration from the Fiona Cairns birthday cake book for the decoration; piped chocolate ganache roses. I tried a new recipe with this one too, a chocolate buttermilk cake from the book Tea with Bea.

I did run out of ganache and the roses aren't as equal in size as they should be but the overall effect is good I think....

Smoke Alarm Cake

Yes you have read that right, a smoke alarm! My Grandad used to be a fireman, he then went on to be a community safety officer and he wanted a cake he could take into work for his colleagues as he was retiring. As a novelty he asked me to do a smoke alarm cake based on the smoke alarms they have to fit.
This is the smoke alarm I based it on:

And this is the cake:
A 10" round Madeira sponge cake with jam and buttercream filling