This week I experienced a few days of utter madness courtesy of Joe Wicks, aka The Body Coach. Whilst I love working on every cake I make I’ll not deny there was extra excitement in the air when I took an order from Triumph UK to make a birthday cake for Joe; it was the…
Lockdown celebrations have been understandably small, requests have often been for ‘just the 4 of us’. But small doesn’t mean less beautiful, 6″ cakes have proved to be really popular; drips, fruit, chocolate or flowers they are all just the right size to enjoy a big slice … and maybe another the next day too!
It was my own beautiful daughters big birthday this year and for a change (July is usually full with wedding cakes) I had time to indulge and make her a cake. Here she is, my sophisticated young lady with Millie our dog, a nod to her constant work travels, netball & keeping fit and her…
Is it really September? In some ways this year has been endless, in other ways it feels it’s hardly begun; certainly from the wedding cake point of view it really has hardly begun. I haven’t expressed my thoughts much during lockdown but can I do so now and send out my heartfelt sympathies to all…
Well it’s been a long old 7 weeks so far hasn’t it? I took the decision on day one of lockdown to stop baking for customers; even I, who live and breath cake, just cannot justify the journeys and risks associated with shopping for impossible to find ingredients and cake deliveries. I decided to use…
As the autumn wedding fair season draws to a close and the lovely couples who I have met come along for design & tasting consultations, one thing always strikes me. Brides (and grooms, but usually brides) open their saved mood board on Pinterest and it is full of pink/blue/purple (insert your favourite colour here) cakes….
I recently had the absolute privilege and pleasure to make a wedding cake for Brian & Chris who celebrated their marriage at Oatlands Park Hotel in Weybridge. The couple they live in Hong Kong so when they came back to the UK to party they brought the East with them in the shape of dancing…
Earlier this year I took a phone call requesting a cake for a 50th birthday, it may be a bit of a challenge; well I love one of those and say yes first and ponder how after! The recipient is a film camera man, not a problem I thought and immediately envisaged a model of…
Wow its October already, it appears that I last posted in April; how did that happen?! It’s been a very busy summer at Cakes & Drapes, as much with big celebration cakes as wedding this year. I’ve been delighted to make many cakes for returning customers, there really is nothing nicer than getting an enquiry…
I’m absolutely delighted to announce that I have been accepted as a partner supplier to the very beautiful Russets Country House & Venue; as their own website says this really is an exclusive wedding venue like no other. Russets is an exquisite family home that becomes yours for the day, a contemporary country house set…