Electric car cake

My friend, Karin, is in the process of completing a phd-study on innovation and partnership, focusing on the development and sale of electrical cars, in particular a small car from a remarkable Norwegian company called "Think".

When she came to visit, I couldn't resist making her a cake with a model of Think's electrical car. In all fairness the original car is much better looking than my feeble attempt at modeling a car would suggest.

The cake cover and dots are made of marzipan, while the car is made out of fondant. The cake is a layered cake with raspberry creme and chocolate ganache - very yummy.

Train cake

Our young neighbor, Lorenzo, turned 1 year old, which made the perfect occasion for having a go at making a cake train.

The actual cake is a rich yet children friendly chocolate cake - as Lorenzo's father and sister, the lovely Isabella, have a thing for chocolate cakes...

My always gracious and diplomatic nephew kindly agreed, that most people, including the birthday boy, would recognize that the creation was meant to resemble a train - cheeky boy!