Christmas cake 4 - 2013

...and this one was for my friends next door:

Christmas cake 3 - 2013

This was for my cousin and his family:

Christmas cake 2 - 2013

It didn't snow this December, but my friend Henriette and her son (my Godson!!!!) and the rest of her family deserved a snowy Christmas cake:

Christmas cake 1 - 2013

Have I mentioned before, that I really love Christmas?

Carrot cake

Made for my friend William who is surprisingly fond of carrot cake.

Princess cake

In my house there lives a very determined and forceful young lady, who as early as April announced that I was going to make her a princess out of cake with flowers and stars for her birthday in August, and even though I came home from a holiday in Monaco the evening before the big day (she turned 5), I didn't have the heart (or the guts) to go back on my promise. So, I cheated and bought the Barbie-looking topper and ignored the rather uneven finish - and she just loved it (some things are so simple).

Aquarium cake

This cake was for my little friend Lorenzo who lives next door - and it didn't turn out quite as I had envisioned. But it tasted well :-)

The cake was another piping experiment - the cake and the decorations are royal icing. I used the run-out technique for is the fishes, octopus, sea horses and the number.