u/Jeux65

This was a very challenging cake for me as I have never tried a heart shaped cake before, or palette knife flowers . I haven’t even mastered getting smooth buttercream on a round cake yet , don’t know why I thought it’d be a good idea to try a heart cake 😂. Stencilling as well as palette knife flowers , I gave it my best shot . I tried a little stucco , but I don’t think I did enough or did it properly to make it look intentional. Looks like I just messed those bits up. I was trying to go for a rough ( deckled ) top edge , but it just looks messy.

This is a vanilla raspberry cake , raspberry filling and Swiss meringue buttercream.

Any feed back is appreciated on all aspects . Do you think it needs anything extra , such as some gold leaf or more decorative pieces? As it’s just a practice cake it’s not for any particular occasion.

Thank you in advance.

This is the cake I made with the left over cake/icing/piped flowers from a larger cake the same I made for my aunts birthday. Think I prefer this one to the larger one . Larger one is the last photo .

Hi everyone, I haven’t made any cakes for quite a while , so the break really set back my progress and felt like starting from the beginning again. I struggled with everything on this cake , couldn’t get the coat smooth , Ombre didn’t work out properly, flowers wouldn’t pipe nicely. I got fed up and just used what I’d done. It’s a 6inch , 2 layer raspberry lemon cake , with lemon curd and raspberry filling, Swiss meringue buttercream. Made for my Aunts birthday tomorrow, hope it tastes better than it looks . 🙃

Bella turned 11 years old today , made it through another year 😀
( photos by my granddaughter Emily - Bella’s best mate )

Sofa needs a good clean , peeled off cat protection and it’s left awful marks . I’m going to get a new table lamp , please help with other suggestions. I’m also waiting on a new blind to be installed at the glass sliding door. The reason the rug is smaller is because the area is also a walk through.

Any ideas on window furnishings for this window ? Ignore the roller shutter on outside . My style is modern/coastal leaning into modern scandi . I was thinking about a sheer curtain ? Thanks !