How Little Wish Cakes came into being....

How cool is this? My first blog after ages.

Rita is my mom who was a very hard working multi-talented lady. She could cook, sew and her greatest talent was to decorate cakes. She made the most beautiful natural looking roses that I have ever seen and the most amazing butter cream iced cakes as was popular back then. As a child, I remember my mom would make a cake way past our bedtime and voila the next morning there sitting on the table was the most outstanding work of art.

If not for seeing her planning and baking the cake from scratch and painstakingly making those beautiful roses during the day, I almost assumed there was a fairy that made the cakes after my sister and I went to bed!

It has always been a dream of my mother's to progress with her cakes and someday run a small business. Her dream never materialized and gradually no more beautiful roses, or amazing looking cakes on the table.

I on the other hand have always been interested in Painting, Interior decorating, Fashion designing and anything and everything to do with Hand craft. I am one of those Jacks Of All Trades, Master of None. That was until I discovered the wonders of Fondant and 3D cakes. Sky was the limit and since then there has been no turning back.

Once I discovered my passion, I started making 3D Novelty Cakes for my children. After all I have free design over their cakes, plus there was no one to complain if it turned out bad. This led to making my Kids friends' cakes and their friends! All my doubts about my ability were diminished by the look in a child's eye, when they see my cakes.

While I am mostly self-taught, I have gained further knowledge as a cake artist from some of the best cake designers and decorators in Australia such as world renowned, Planet Cake and Perth based Cake Tinz n Thingz. Thus the creation of my hobby Rita's Little Wish Cakes.

Personally the most enthralling feedback I can ever get from one of my handmade masterpieces is the look of enchantment in a child's eye! Their eyes speak a million words, money cannot buy! Hope you all enjoy looking at my creations as much as I love making them!

My Darling Ma n I

As much as I would love my creations to be known as a Rita's Little Wish Cakes, it was too confusing as every one thought I was Rita! So that is why we are now known as Little Wish Cakes!