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…
Over the last few of years naked, semi-naked and buttercream cakes have become very popular, a trend that shows no sign of waning in 2019. Over the last few weeks I have made striped, dripped, tall, coloured, pretty, novelty but all with one thing in common … they just make me want to eat them!
These lovely photographs of my beautiful bride Amy and her handsome groom Martin were the inspiration for the homepage on my new website. It would be impossible to reproduce the delight on Amy’s face in a staged photoshoot but, luckily for me, Jemma Rylah captured the moment she spotted their cake and very kindly allowed…
This is not a new idea but a fun one to focus on what Cakes & Drapes can offer you. A – Ask as many questions as you can think of, I want you to feel confident that I’m the right cake maker for you. B – Baking, everything at Cakes & Drapes is baked…
Hello and welcome to my new website! It’s been a long time coming (mainly due to the distraction of actually making cakes) and my old one has been looking increasingly tired for a few years, but thanks to my son and his amazing computer talents I have finally been dragged kicking and screaming into the…