birdies

I love birds and I love painting on cakes.

The cake artist who inspires me the most with the way she captures birds and nature is Natasha Collins of Nevie-Pie Cakes. Natasha worked for many years as an illustrator and textile designer before combining her life-long love of baking with her art.

Like Natasha, I mainly use food paste colours to paint with, however for washes, I use alcohol whereas Natasha uses boiled water. I also use pure cocoa butter to create a lustrous patina.

The swallows were featured on a spring cake created by Natasha, while the robin red-breast in the snow was painted by me to decorate traditional christmas cakes.