Lovely Lace Panels

For this pretty little cake with shimmering lace panels and satin ribbons complete with side bow, we took our inspiration from a beautifully simple lace dress. From afar the cake looks like an ivory cake with white panels although on closer inspection, you can see intricate flowers and details that join each part of the lace. Perfect for a Spring wedding with Lemon Poppyseed cake and lovely Lemon Curd fillings!

Bright Winter Flowers

It was so lovely to make these bright flowers on such a bleak grey November morning, although luckily for Helen and Adrian's big day the sun came out and when we delivered their cake to Thornton Hall there was glorious blue skies! We think it was coaxed by the bright colours of this wedding cake... After tasting our flavours, the happy couple decided to have some cupcakes scattered around the base of the cake too.

Boudoir Cake

It is always lovely to hear from our brides and this morning I received a lovely email from Charlotte's sister Julie who attached some images of the big day! It was so lovely to see Charlotte in her dress and to see the cake being a great part of the day. The wedding was held at Aynhoe park in Banbury which is a grand venue indeed! Charlotte had seen an image of this cake on our website and the black of the icing and deep red ribbons and roses suited her wedding perfectly.
We travelled down to Banbury on the 10th November with this beauty and there we met Charlie from the Flower Fairies, who provided us with these gorgeous sumptuous Grand Prix roses which sat perfectly in between each tier and were the main focus of the table centres.
The cake filling was Chocolate Velvet Cake with Baileys and Baileys Truffle Cream Centre, Vanilla Cake with Champagne, Strawberry preserve and Buttercream and to top it off was a gorgeous Boozy Fruit cake which was matured for 12 weeks and fed with Brandy...

Hand sewn?

Based on a very unusual set of wedding stationery which was hand sewn with tiny pearlised beads in the centre of each little 'branch'; this cake was a complete pleasure to make. Katie wanted the pattern on the cake to match the invitations. Around the base of each tier is two layers of double satin ribbon overlaid with a shimmering pearl trim and to finish were the flavours of French Vanilla with champagne, strawberry preserve and Buttercream and a very tangy but sweet Lemon cake with Lemon curd and Lemon Cream in alternate tiers.

A lovely love story

This was and still is the brightest cake that I have ever made! Others have tried but not even come close! As you can see from the dinosaur topper, it's based on the lovely love story and Lisa and Ged both had massive input into this cake; a lot of brides do but this couple literally got involved!
Ged helped by dusting the roses into the gorgeous bright orangey red colour while Lisa came up with the colours of the tiers and the sweep of the roses.
The vivid little bows with tiny coloured spots around each one help to tie the whole cake together and tie the cake in with their equally bright big day as the colours of the cake matched perfectly with the tulips that were the flowers of the day.

Frosty September morning

With it being National cupcake week, I thought it may be appropriate to post some images of cupcakes.  I was amazed to see frost on the ground this September morning so thought these snowflake cupcakes were more than fitting. The top of each cupcake has a light blue disc and the handmade snowflakes are finished with a little glitter which just finishes off the frosty look... I also love the way they are reflected in that huge mirror!

Musical sparkle

When Jo first booked her wedding cake with us, these sparkly musical notes were going to be black on the white background. The next time Jo came in, I had started work on a diamante encrusted cake and this was the final design; perfect for their musical themed wedding!

Brochures!

I couldn't resist showing off my new brochures; which were actually printed two weeks ago but I still can't resist showing them off! The design work is gorgeous and was the brainchild of a rather nice lady called Lisa. She knew exactly what I wanted and designed them perfectly.

Purple Anemone

This was a different way of working for me. Holly and Martin spent most of their time abroad and our only contact was email. They had seen images of things they liked and we decided to design something based upon that. Their colour scheme was deep purple and their flowers were anemones. So a cute little anemone with a purple centre was the centrepiece of this pretty cake.

Cascading ivy

Adorned with white ivy leaves upon an ivory background, this cake was stunning. A simple pole stand separated the top boozy fruit cake tier from the rest of the cake which was filled with Chocolate Aphrodisiac, French vanilla with champagne, strawberry preserve and buttercream and Very lemony lemon cake with lemon curd and lemon cream...

Pink Diamonds

This lovely bright little cake worked really well with the pink theme that surrounded Lucy and Carlo's wedding earlier this year. We even made bitesize canape cupcakes with champagne and finished with a swirl of pink sparkling buttercream!

Roses everywhere...

Kirstie had specific ideas for what she wanted for her wedding cake. A four tier cake covered entirely with roses and with a ball of roses to top it off, which we think looked fantastic in the great hall at Thornton Manor.
This not so little beauty was the result of days upon days of making roses completely by hand. After 250 were made I thought that the end was in sight but alas, 300 more and it finally was! Definitely a labour of love...

Blue and Silver Classy Cake

Katy and Alistair wanted a simple elegant cake that could be served as dessert. We made our tantalising recipe of Chocolate Baileys cake covered along with chocolate baileys truffle cream centre. The cake was finished with sumptuous double satin ribbons which matched the invitations and a gorgeous sparkling trim which glistened in the twinkling lights of the dancefloor.

 

Swags and Roses

We think the mix of pillars with gorgeous fresh flowers and a little sparkle in the perfect way to mix the traditional with the contemporary. We think this cake fits in with its settings so very well...