We've proudly baked hundreds of birthday cakes over our 14 years in business, including many for celebrities and their families—whether they choose bespoke and personalised designs or options from our popular London collection.

Whilst we always respect our clients' privacy due to GDPR and basic common courtesy (and because they pay us like every other valued customer in cold, hard cash, not 'exposure bucks'), imagine my utter joy when one of my personal favourite famous people *publicly* shared her daughter's personalised cake on Instagram!

It's KATHERINE-FRIKKIN-RYAN!

I love her comedy and I'm an avid listener of her podcast, *Telling Everybody Everything* (it’s my Friday highlight at work whilst I am in the weekend blizzard of birthday cakes!).

It wasn't the first time we've baked for Katherine either, so having her come back as a repeat customer was even more joyous. This time the **personalised birthday cake** was for her younger daughter, and it was Moana-themed—specifically, Tamatoa-themed. You know, the antagonist crab in *Moana* who belts out the banger "Shinyyyy."

Crafting the Custom Tamatoa Topper

Admittedly, I had to Google the crab images! Using those as reference, I created the sugarpaste model which took the best part of a day. It was a true case of "trusting the process."

Measuring and shaping the crab legs and pincers was probably what took the most time—I must've started and re-started it at least six times. Only once all the fondant shells and sprinkles were glued onto the crab shell and sprayed with lustre was I actually relieved that it wasn't a waste of a day. I love how he turned out!

The cake itself was an 8" round **vanilla Hero sponge cake** with our signature Swiss meringue buttercream, tinted in sea blue tones. Some edible sand and seashells scattered around and the big edible sugarpaste crab placed on top, this Moana cake was ready to party.

Thank you, Katherine, for trusting us with baking for your special occasion, and we hope to bake for you again soon!

Ready for Your Own Bespoke Cake?

If you have any personalised or bespoke custom cake queries, please get in touch with us via email or WhatsApp. We can make anything possible in cake.

To request a quote for your **custom cake**, please provide:

• Theme/Inspiration (e.g., Disney Moana, Tamatoa)
• Delivery Date
• Delivery Post Code
• Portions
• Budget

Reshmi xoxo