My most recent commission has been a Christening Cake for a little boy in August. As with all my commissions, I've never done a Christening cake before and took a lot of inspiration from the Customer to ensure the design was exactly what they wanted, which included a simple modern design but with a nod towards the Christening style.
I reassessed the design a couple of times, however we settled on a lovely blue, green and white theme including buttons, stripes and an icing Bible, something I'm really looking forward to creating!
Sketches and designs
The chosen design
As the first step with any cake, I ordered all of the necessary equipment, (I used the Cake Craft Shop to order my supplies from, they have a fantastic range and some very helpful tutorials and calculations) and then drew out all of the necessary templates that I would need. I had to drag up a lot of my GCSE maths knowledge (which did make my brains hurt I will admit!) to work out the equal distribution of stripes around the cake, which was something I learnt previously from my first tiered cake. Measurements and scale is very important when planning decoration, so make sure that you schedule in plenty of time for this important step, planning makes cake making all so much easier!
Stripe plan
Greaseproof paper templates with all of the equipment required!
I drew out all of my plans and templates onto greaseproof paper, making sure that I had all of the measurements of the cake to hand so I could make sure that everything was to scale. Then when you are ready to start creating, simply cut out your templates and use them to cut around with a knife on your icing.
Tip: Try to keep your templates as flat as possible by keeping them under a book overnight before you need them. Curly greaseproof paper off a roll is a very practical idea but not when it keeps curling up as you're trying to cut a straight line!
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