Monday, February 16, 2009

In the Night Garden Cake

I discovered a new children's show last week when researching for my next cake for a little boys 2nd birthday.

The cake was based on a show from the UK called In the Night Garden. These characters are soooo cute - they don't have voices, but seem to squeak and make strange noises.

This cake was a 3-layer lemon cake with vanilla swiss meringue buttercream. All characters were handmade out of sugarpaste - they were quite fun to make.

January 26, 2010 Update - Check out my latest In the Night Garden 2-tier cake.
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8 comments:

  1. leeshFebruary 16, 2009 at 6:05 PM

    My niece would love this cake. She introduced me to Iggle Piggle (I think that's the name) and all the rest of the characters at a Toys R Us visit back in September.

    The cakes is amazing!!! You are so talented.

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  2. SweetThingsTOFebruary 16, 2009 at 9:09 PM

    Yes - the blue guy is Igglepiggle, the girl is Upsy Daisy, the short guy is Makka Pakka and the train-like thing on the side of the cake is called Ninky Nonk.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 7:53 AM

    I agree - these characters are cute. You made them so well!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2009 at 9:09 PM

    My daughter would love this cake - she is turning 3 next week! Ali

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    That is so amazing! I adore these characters as well! What a great cake!

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  6. Rina Whittaker (Bhimani)March 6, 2009 at 9:37 PM

    OMG ... Tom and I saw that show when we were in Scottland and were bewildered!! Apparently Iggle Piggle had lost his blanket ... I may have to order this for Tom's birthday!!

    As usual, amazing job!

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  7. AnonymousMarch 17, 2009 at 8:45 AM

    You are so talented in you character modelling! Where did you learn how to do this? Kath

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  8. SweetThingsTOMarch 19, 2009 at 10:09 PM

    Hi Kathleen - I once took a Marzipan sculpting course at George Brown in Toronto. But I think I learned mostly through trial and error.... lots of error... :-)

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