A talented baker with more than 10 years of experience has gained a strong online following of close to half a million people by sharing videos of the unbelievable cakes she makes at home.
Tegan Maccormack, from Melbourne, has always had an interest in baking and co-founded her business Cake For Days with her best friend Katie in 2017.
The 33-year-old was pushed to start the business after the local cake shop she was working for closed.
‘I was shocked and in need of a job, so we launched the business and started taking orders the following week,’ Tegan told Daily Mail Australia.
Since then, she had made incredible birthday cakes replicating the look of popular movie characters as well as cakes that look like pub meals, shoes and beer bottles.
The two best friends have been baking the outstanding cake’s in Katie’s kitchen, and today the brand is so popular they are completely booked for the remainder of 2021.
Tegan Maccormack (pictured), from Melbourne, has always had an interest in baking and co-founded her business Cake For Days with her best friend Katie in 2017.
The 33-year-old has baked a fantastic range of cakes, including a Harry Potter book and wand (pictured)
Another impressive bake was the Disney Pixar robot Wall-E cake Tegan made for a first birthday party (pictured)
Tegan said the cake that ‘started it all’ was her amazing Millennium Falcon cake from the Star Wars series, which had its own stand, took over a week to make and featured incredibly detailing with LED lights installed in the back.
More recently she has baked a VB beer bottle cake, the Harry Potter book cake, the Harry Potter sorting hat cake, the Nike shoe cake and chicken parmigiana cake.
‘It’s always challenge creating a replica of something in the form of a cake because I need to consider size, shape, weight and whether it will stand up,’ she said.
On TikTok the talented baker has gained a following of more than 436,000 people, with many of her videos going viral once shared.
On average Tegan said the unique cakes take between two and five days to make.
The kitchen itself is only a small 4×4 space, but inside is filled with two ovens, two fridges, shelving, a silver bench top and all the baking equipment needed.
The two best friends and baking duo have been baking the outstanding cake’s in Katie’s kitchen, and today the brand is so popular they are completely booked for the remainder of 2021
The sorting hat cake from Harry Potter (pictured) was made using layers of salted caramel and chocolate mud cake with chocolate ganache and salted caramel sauce
Tegan said the cake that ‘started it all’ was her amazing Millennium Falcon cake from the Star Wars series, which had its own stand, took over a week to make and featured incredibly detailing with LED lights installed in the back
Another impressive bake was the Disney Pixar robot Wall-E cake Tegan made for a first birthday party.
Tegan began by planning the design and gathered the core ingredients needed, including fondant, edible dust, edible paint, ganache, sponge cake and polystyrene foam.
She said the cake was made in ‘stages’ and first made the eyes by covering polystyrene foam with fondant and ganache then added the detailing with edible paint.
‘I used foam inside the eyes as I had to make them ahead of time and I also needed them to be as light as possible,’ she said.
‘I considered using rice crispy treats but they would’ve turned stale too quickly.’
Next she made the robot body using white chocolate mud cake and ganache, then made the side wheels using triangular pieces of cake.
The final stage was making the arms and hands using fondant.
To add the rusted look Tegan painted the cake with edible dust and edible paint.
‘I was so pleased with how the cake turned out and when I dropped it off to the customer she cried when she saw it,’ Tegan said.
On other occasions, the cakes have looked so realistic guests have not realised the pieces were edible.
Tegan said she previously made a bird perched on a log and fish wall mount, which both were mistaken to be real objects.
At her own wedding she also made three ‘pot plant’ cakes and placed bouquets of flowers in them, and several guests asked her where the wedding cake was.
On other occasions, the cakes have looked so realistic guests have not realised the centre pieces were edible
Tegan said she previously made a bird perched on a log and fish wall mount, which both were mistaken to be real objects
Tegan’s number one tip when baking in the kitchen is to avoid cutting corners and use your time wisely.
‘When I cut corners trying to save time, I usually end up needing to do it the long way to get it right anyway, so it’s best to try and get it done correctly the first time,’ she said.
She also recommends ‘choosing the right time to experiment’ and avoid experimenting when under pressure.
Tegan said she hopes of owning a home one day with a kitchen dedicated to baking where customers could pick-up their orders and purchase pre-made desserts
Tegan also made a Pokemon pokeball (pictured) for a sixth birthday party with Pikachu sitting on top
‘I honestly can’t believe how well the brand has progress and we have learnt a lot along the way,’ she said
Tegan said she hopes to a home one day with a kitchen dedicated to baking where customers can pick-up their orders and purchase pre-made desserts.
The baking friends are humbled by how far the business has progressed and remain passionate about their purpose.
‘I honestly can’t believe how well the brand has progress and we have learnt a lot along the way,’ she said.