Week 5.2

Week 5.2
This week consisted of a lot of baking in order to ensure I could back a cake so that it looked just right. The below photos are me during the process of icing the cake.


I was really pleased with how both the cake and the photos came out (see below) It also encouraged me to want to go in a slightly different visual direction to what I had initially been planning.

 
 
 


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