A Watermelon Affair

Hi all,

I thought I would share my latest cake with you.  The very sweet bride to be came for a consultation with her sister and they were VERY precise about what they wanted; four individual wedding cakes, all with designs in a watermelon colour....right then best crack on!!!  

The largest tier was a vanilla sponge cake in a hexagon shape which was a first for me but it was so satisfying to ice, very clean edges.  This was then iced in ivory sugarpaste and piped with watermelon royal icing...took an age!  

The next tier was a 10 inch round rich fruit cake iced with marzipan and ivory icing, it was supposed to have an actual watermelon ribbon around the bottom but could I find one that matched in the UK...nope!  so I made a pretty one from florist paste instead and I think it completes the look nicely.  

Next was an 8 inch vanilla sponge cake with strips of ruffles...

...and finally a 6 inch rich fruit cake with the same design as the largest hexagon cake...phew!  

It was hard work as it was just so hot but its all done now and I was happy with the result.

Next up this week are my specialities...x3 tiered Victoria sponge wedding cakes...

...some pretty vintage cupcakes...

 ...and a batch of melt in the mouth buttermilk scones, I can't wait to get started.  Oh and just because its starting to become a little tradition, here is my little pudding, Henry, he came along to set the cakes up with us and was so good.  Love him :)

Thanks for reading.

Vintage and Cake

x

Hello and a little giveaway!

Hello!

Sorry I haven't blogged for such a long time, I have been a tad on the busy side giving birth to this little pudding and generally learning how to be a mummy and loving every second of it!

Henry Bernard Woods is the light of my life!  Things have changed, in fact I have changed (for the better I think) so much since having him but Vintage and Cake is still here!

I am starting my blog up again after maternity leave with a gorgeous giveaway for you all, these vintage cupcake cases are up for grabs, provided by the Cake Decorating Store.

  All you need to do is follow my blog and comment on this post leaving your email address... that's it, ridiculously simple!  the winner will be picked out of a hat, perhaps one of Henry's (he has loads of very silly ones!)

I really hope you will all enter, the giveaway closes on Friday 8th March 2013 and I will announce the winner here on my blog so keep your peepers peeled.

It is open to EVERYONE in EVERY country yey.. in other words Internationally!

Good luck!

Love

Julie

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Laura and Michael's wedding cakes

Remember the lovely lady I ran a hen party cupcake decorating workshop for... well I made her wedding cakes too and here they are!

Image above - CopyrightLucyStendallPhotography

Laura and Michael are such a lovely couple, they came to me for their wedding cakes and revealed the news that they were expecting their first baby too! Little Toby was born only a couple of months ago and goodness me he is cute. Laura and Michael had a lot on their plate as they had to organise their wedding too, but let me just say what an amazing job they did, it all looked beautiful.

They were married at the gorgeous Beechenhill Farm in Ilam, which is one of my favourite places, so tranquil and beautiful. They decided to go for 50 vintage style cupcakes with chocolate and vanilla flavours. They also went for my rustic vintage buttercream wedding cake, with lemon and chocolate flavours. It all looked stunning on their cute little cake table. Lovely couple, beautiful wedding. I wish you a long and happy life together Laura and Michael! Vintage and Cake x

Aubergine Vintage Wedding Cupcakes

I delivered 120 wedding cupcakes with a rich fruit cake top tier this Saturday to Alrewas Hayes in Staffordshire. The venue was lovely!

The cupcakes were a mix of vintage designs in both buttercream and flat sugarpaste icing. The top tier was a rich fruit cake soaked in brandy, iced in ivory with an aubergine flower corsage.




Congratulations Lisa and Anthony, I hope you had a wonderful wedding day!






Vintage and Cake x

Cream and Gold Vintage Wedding Cupcakes

These little vintage cupcakes are all ready for collection by the lovely bride to be...


Chocolate and vanilla flavours


Vintage roses, butterflies and pearls


Sprayed with gold lustre



I hope the bride likes them!

x

Vintage Wedding Cupcakes

I made some vintage style cupcakes for a wedding on Saturday, they had it in a little place called Alison House in Cromford, Derbyshire, it was gorgeous! The bride and grrom were so lovely.

Here are the cupcakes...

Bunting Cake and Vintage cupcakes

I was asked to create a vintage style cake for a 21st birthday, the brief was 'she loves vintage' so I eagerly put forward my bunting cake, a cake I had been dying to do for ages. My customer agreed! So here it is! A two tiered affair with sugar bunting around the edges. The cake itself was a simple Victoria sponge.




The cupcakes were made for a customer who popped round for a wedding cake consultation, her brief was 'Wedgwood, daisies, pearls, pink roses, vintage style' so this is what she got :)



I used a little bit of black sugar paste mixed with white and a touch of royal blue gel colour to create the Wedgwood blue colour, I just played around with it until I got the right grey/blue tones.

Vintage style cakes rule!!

Vintage Wedding Fair in Leamington Spa

I exhibited at the Vintage Wedding Fair in Leamington Spa yesterday and it was great! I saw two of my lovely friends there who are getting married soon, one of them bought her dress yey!

I also met up with some good old Twitter friends, Rachel Spivey photography and Daisy Cupcakes, two fabulous businesses and lovely, lovely women! I was amazed by the quality of the stall holders and felt so inspired by the wonderful vintage businesses we have out there. I was also very impressed with all of the lovely brides and grooms I met on the day, they were all so chilled about their days and had a clear idea of what they wanted or at least a colour scheme which is a start!




The day was set off beautifully by the Polka Dot Dolls who sung fabulous 1940's and some 1950's songs, it was dreamy, I could have stayed there all day. I would definitely recommend these ladies for your wedding.




I will very much look forward to meeting up with lots of brides and grooms I met on the day to chat afternoon teas, vintage china and cupcakes!






Thank you to my amazing boyfriend for the photographs!

Teapot Cake And Cupcakes

I have just completed another teapot cake, which I love making. This one was for an 18th Birthday party. The mum of the 18 year old got in touch with me and gave me some photos for inspiration, which I have added below. It is a total surprise for her daughter but funnily enough her daughter had actually been on my website looking at my vintage cupcakes, she showed her mum, but her mum pretended to be too busy.... little did her lucky daughter know that mum was plotting to get her a Vintage and Cake teapot cake and vintage cupcakes, yey for mums and their sneaky ways!


The inspiration photo


Inspiration photo

The teapot cake is vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream and the cupcakes are all classic vanilla too. It was collected today and will be winging its way to the party for tomorrow, wish I could see her daughters face when she sees it!