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The Johnny Depp wedding cake
Bride-to-be N had a pretty unusual request. She had ordered a wedding cake topper, and the cake I was to make had to accommodate its size and style. When she emailed me a photo of it, I gasped back,...
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My terrible weakness…
SShhh… I really shouldn’t be saying this, but I have a weakness. Two weeks ago, I spent absolute ages decorating a cake that should’ve been done in just one hour. The cake was priced at $300, but with...
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Vera Wang wedding cake
I didn’t wear a Vera Wang gown at my wedding (because I couldn’t bloody afford one). So as a bizarre form of vicarious reaction, I will spend the rest of my life making up for it by making Vera Wang...
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The not-quite-heart cake
One of the things I like about my husband Z is that he is just such a smart dude. Okay, so he failed O-level Maths, has the memory of a goldfish and the sense of direction of a middle-aged auntie. But...
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Ling & Douglas’ wedding cake
Terror has a new name: Stripes. In the past, the one thing anyone could do to flood me with dread and trepidation is to ask me to make a birthday cake for a boy. Now, it is to make a cake with...
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Florentine tarts for my brothers
Don’t ask me how, but my husband was looking for some kids video for our daughter on Youtube a few days ago when they stumbled on Bohemian Rhapsody. And since then, the Queen anthem has been playing in...
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Faith’s four cakes
No doubt about it. This was one difficult job of hair-pulling proportions. F wanted to splash out on a few birthday cakes for herself. But it wasn’t to celebrate the xxth anniversary of her birth-date,...
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Ikebana wedding cake
Okay, I’m really proud of this one because it is a true Crummb original. Not copied from Martha Stewart. Not adapted from a cake from some wedding blog. But completely conjured up by moi! Well,...
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Noelle’s 4th birthday cake
When I left journalism a year ago, I thought I had quit the rat race for good. No more jostling for promotions, salary increments, bigger headlines and all that tiresome stuff. I was now a full-time...
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Pleat cake for Tatler Weddings
Dear followers of my blog (yes, all four of you), Apologies for not updating for a while but I really haven’t got anything funny to say anymore. Ever since I started making wedding cakes for friends...
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