Lulu skip to ma Lou

Gravity defying creations are always fascinating and a big challenge in making figurines. I love a challenge. So, meet Lulu my skipping in mid-air Chicka. She got the name Lulu from people who liked her in my Facebook page. Than you peoples! I confess I'm absolute stoked with her and even hubby's impressed.

Bow chicka wow wow wow.....

Stripper pole dancer cake topper for an 18th birthday cake.

I won a ribbon at the 2014 Sydney Royal Easter Show!

Runner-up in the Open Sugar Art Class!

I came second in the Open Sugar Art Class at the Cake Bake & Sweets Show in Sydney last weekend. 

Got a certificate and trophy. Never won a trophy in my life! That's cool.

But what's really cool is Dawn Butler from Dinkydoodle was at the show doing some airbrushing demo. She's here all the way from the UK and yes, she's the model for my bobblehead... AND...... my bobblehead got a big nod of approval from her. Eek! She was disappointed she couldn't get near enough to my entry to take a picture so with the help from my cakey friends, we got the organiser to arrange some photos and here they are...

Thank you so much to the organisers of the Cake Bake & Sweets Show, and the very lovely ladies from the NSW Cake Decorators Guild. Most of all, thank you Dawn for being such a trooper! 

But very special thanks go to my cakey friends on Facebook. I've never met anyone of you but for the past 2 years (has it been 2 years already??) I've learned so much from you all and the support and encouragement I get from you lot are simply amazing! Couldn't thank you enough. 

Last but not least, I must thank my dear hubby Greg who has supported me in every way. You're awesome, hunny. MWAH!

Australian Cake Decorating Championships 2014

My entry at the Australian Cake Decorating Championships at the Cake Bake and Sweets Show in Sydney this weekend. We had to leave at 6am yesterday to drive 3 hours to Sydney to submit my entry. I came at second place. Would've loved to be first but second is still great considering this is my first time entering a competition. 

The theme was "Nature's Best" so I've made a bobblehead of a famous UK cake artist (with her permission of course!), and she's Mother Nature in an apple orchard airbrushing the trees and apples to bring out their best colours. Don't know how clear you can see it in these pics, but I made her balanced precariously on a ladder that's tipping over and she's sorta lost her airbrush which is floating in the air and as a result, made splotches of paint on the tree and ground. 

Incidentally, the splotches are in the shape of her logo - that was her only condition of granting me permission to use her as my model, and that is to feature her logo. Please visit her facebook and give her a like! https://www.facebook.com/DinkydoodleDesigns

My Christmas Village Centrepiece

Quite pleased with my Christmas Village centrepiece. Two-tier chocolate mud and bitter orange cake with 1kg dark chocolate ganache and 1kg white chocolate ganache. Yes, truly a death-by-chocolate experience! 

2013 Recap

2013 has been a busy year. My caking activities took a new turn this year and I discovered my love for bobblehead cake toppers. To my utter delight and amazement, it turns out I'm not the only one loving those bobbleheads. As a result, it's been a steady stream of orders through the year and almost every weekend has been a bobblehead weekend, hence why I've neglected my blog. 

In addition to bobbleheads, I also discovered a fitting name for my little hobby-turned-small-business, Cakicature, which is a play of words combining "cake" and "caricature." I set up a Cakicature Facebook page and a website as well. Do click on the links and check them out. 

To all those people who have been a great source of support to me this year, I'd like to say a big Thank You. My hubby Greg for being so patient, my fellow cake decorating friends on Facebook, whom I fondly refer to as "my cakey friends" - an uber thank you.... yes, you know who you are! Thanks for all the invaluable support, advice and awesome tips. And of course, to all my customers, thank you muchly for giving me the opportunities to make such a variety of bobbleheads and cake toppers. They each have their own unique challenges and I've learned so much more from them. 

Finally, I'd like to thank the master cake artists whom I've been fortunate enough to meet and learn from by attending their workshops - Peggy Tucker and Dawn from Dinkydoodle. The skills I learned from you have greatly expanded my capabilities. Oh, and all those Craftsy video lessons have been truly priceless as well. 

I still have one more person to thank, and that's Gary from Oldvision for his "how to pack fragile items" youtube. If not for this youtube video, I wouldn't have a clue how to pack and ship my bobbleheads safely. Check out his video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4X-8a2YVtw

That's my oscar-wannabe-speech done. Hahaha! Here're a few pickies from 2013. First, the bobbleheads....

And I made some cakes too...