I do love making a cake! Especially when its for someone else and you know that it is going to be appreciated! I also love being able to let creativity take over and experiment or take on inspiration from others!
I started making cakes by making cupcakes! I felt as though I perfected my sponge and icing technique so I thought ‘why not? Lets make a cake!’ I follow loads of bakers on Instagram but the one that got me really into cake making was Cupcake Jemma who is included on Jamie Oliver’s Food Tube, she owns her own shop called Crumbs and Doilies and every single time that I go to London I have to go! Her cakes are so light and fluffy! What I like about the cakes she sells is that they look incredible, they look different and arty. She doesn’t use rolled, royal icing, she creates smooth surfaces using just soft buttercream! Once the cakes are smooth she creates a chocolate drip! Its this that I then like to bring to my cakes!
This cake that I made is for my friends 23rd birthday today! He asked for a chocolate overload and thats what he got! He brought the chocolates to go on top as he wanted his childhood favourites! Inside was made up of simple vanilla buttercream icing and thick, fluffy chocolate sponges! 
To get smooth surfaces I cut around the edge to get rid of any crispy bits as well as using a cake leveller to create smooth tops! Then goes on the outside chocolate buttercream. I melted nearly a whole melted Terry’s Chocolate Orange and drizzled it over the whole of the cake and let it run down before adding all of the chocolates that my friend wanted on top! A full on Chocolate Explosion!
This was such a fun cake to make and soon I will hopefully show you how to make one but I thought this would be a good introduction to the style of cakes I like to make!
This Girl Eats A Lot 