Cake - Celebration Cakes 187 - June 2014

Rock Eruption – Birthday Cake
Elaine Thomas has created a teenager's cake, perfect for rock and roll fans be they male or female.

Guest of the Month – Water inspired Wedding Cake
Airbrush expert Cassie Brown shows how to create airbrushed water effects on her wedding cake along with modelled seahorses, sea holly and cockscomb.

Muddy Good Fun – Father's Day Cake
Dawn Butler has designed a special cake for Father's Day, a 3D 4×4, which would make a great birthday cake too.

An Elementary Birthday Cake
A fun birthday cake with Sherlock and Watson on the trail of a famous case designed by Ally Colledge.

Simply Modelling – Dad's Shed Part 2
To complete the project from last month Jane Barraclough now makes the inside of the 3D shed and adds the garden tools.

Have a break Dad! Have a cuppa! – Father's Day Cake
Encourage dad to have a sit down and enjoy Paula MacLeod's character mug cake. An adaptable design which can be used for various hobby related cakes.

Sugar skills – Making faces
Carol Deacon shows how to get real character into your modelling with expressive faces. She then uses some of these to make a Family Photograph Cake Topper.

Changing Times – Retirement Cake
By placing cupcakes together Sam Hanna creates a tree themed retirement cake, complete with a sweet mouse peering round the tree.

Chocolate Cravings – 3D child's transfer sheet bedroom cake
A fun cake of a child's bedroom from Tracey Mann, which can be adapted easily to suit male or female, young or old.

Interviews & Features

Toy Box cake for Prince George
A story from University College Birmingham Assistant Dean, Dawn Gemmell, who has baked for the three generations of the Royal family.

Cake Bomb – Welcome to the Jungle
A life size baby elephant is just a small part of what the Cake Bomb girls got up to recently.

Celebrity Interviews – Buddy Valastro
One of our roving Cake reporters caught up with Buddy Valastro from Cake Boss when he was in the UK recently.

Recommended Reads
Our choice of the latest books that are on the book shelves this month.

Cake International – Best in Show
We have two exclusive interviews with the best in show winners from recent Cake International shows.

Regular Columns

Market Place
The latest information from the cake industry along with fabulous free product giveaways.

Home Baking – It's Strawberry Time
Valerie Hedgethorne bakes yummy Strawberry Cream Cake, Strawberry Meringue Tartlets, Walnut & Strawberry Gâteau and Tiny Strawberry Tartlets.

Food Facts – More facts about Strawberries
More about this favourite summer fruit from Valerie Hedgethorne along with two extra recipes, a strawberry rhubarb pie and a tasty strawberry meingue roulade.

Coming Next Month
Highlight's from July's issue of Cake Craft and Decoration, wedding cakes and much more.