Cake Topper
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1–2 minutes
Luca & the monster
Kim and I form a team for our kids’ birthdays. Kim bakes the most amazing tasting cakes, and I make something with fondant to decorate the cake. Luca has loved Tom Fletcher’s There’s a Monster in Your Book from when we first started reading it to him, so for his second birthday, I wanted to…
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1–2 minutes
Mila & Moana
Contrary to last year, where I had a free range to make a unicorn cake topper, this year the theme of her birthday party was “Moana”. This was by far the most complex topper I’ve ever made, but I’m glad with how it turned out. And so was Mila, which of course is the most…
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1–2 minutes
Luca & Nijntje
Since Mila’s second birthday, I’ve started having fun with fondant to make cake toppers for her birthdays. At the end of November, we celebrated Luca’s first year on earth, so I guess it’s now two cake toppers per year. Luca is obsessed with a night light we have of Nijntje (Miffy), so it was an…
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1–2 minutes
Mila & the unicorn
Since her second birthday, I’ve made a topper for Mila’s birthday cake. After the more clearly defined characters of Shaun the Sheep and Bluey, Mila is now very much into unicorns, so the most recent cake topper’s creative direction was a lot more open, which was both a blessing and a curse: I had more…
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1–2 minutes
Mila & Bluey
For Mila’s last birthday, I attempted to make a Shaun the Sheep cake topper. The result was better than I hoped, so I guess we have a tradition now. Kim made the cake and took care of the icing, as she did last year. In the last few months, Mila’s gotten very fond of Bluey,…
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4–6 minutes
Mila & Shaun
Yesterday was Mila’s second birthday. For her actual birth day, I had created a card. For her first birthday, Kim and I made her a busy board. For her second birthday, I wanted to create something again. About ten years ago, I decorated cupcakes for the first time. I enjoyed working with fondant, and got…