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!

Alice In Wonderland Cupcakes

I have just completed the best order ever! Alice in Wonderland cupcakes with a giant cupcake for an 18th birthday. Do you remember the lovely teapot cake and little teapots and teacup cupcakes I did a few weeks ago? well they were for an 18th birthday too and the birthday girl's friend saw them at the party and asked her mum to get onto the phone to me immediately as she was desperate for some Alice in Wonderland cakes for her birthday and wanted Vintage and Cake to do the honours... well I jumped at the chance! I loved making these, the little teapots and wonky teacups were time consuming to say the least but well worth it as they look so cute.





I hope you enjoy looking at them.

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Short but sweet Ruby Wedding Anniversary Cake

Hello, just a short blog to tell you about my latest cake. I created a Ruby Wedding Anniversary cake for a party held on Saturday just gone.

The cake was vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream and the cupcakes were a mixture of vanilla and chocolate buttercream roses.

To celebrate your Ruby Wedding Anniversary (40 years!) is truly amazing!

Spring Cupcakes and a Giant Cupcake

These were delivered last night to a lovely couple heading off to Bath today to get married, just an intimate wedding of 20 guests. I hope they have this lovely weather!

These cakes were great to make, the little bees are so cute and such a nice idea for Wedding Cupcakes.

The flavours were carrot with cream cheese and honey topping, chocolate with chocolate buttercream and lemon with lemon buttercream.

I hope Patricia and Christopher have a wonderful day!





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Vintage Cupcake Decorating Workshops

I am now running vintage cupcake decorating classes with afternoon tea. You will learn how to create nine beautiful vintage style cupcakes, including;

♥ How to pipe with buttercream using lots of different techniques and nozzles, including a fabulous buttercream rose
♥ How to use embossers and other tools to create a vintage look
♥ How to create that pearlised vintage sparkle
♥ Make very delicate roses and other flowers
♥ How to make other vintage inspired sugar designs
♥ Make and use sugar pearls
♥ How to pipe with royal icing
♥ Have a vintage afternoon tea!

The workshops are £40.00 per person and include a full afternoon tea with lots of tasty treats.





I am very excited to be able to run these courses as vintage is my speciality and something I love doing and do lots of. The courses are held in The Thomas cook Memorial Hall in Melbourne, Derbyshire which is a great hall with a lovely vintage feel.

If you would like to book then please call 07814 600596 or email vintageandcake@me.com, I would love to hear from you.

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Mother's Day is nearly here! This year it falls on Sunday 3rd April.

I thought I would give you a few ideas for some gifts to spoil your lovely mum with.

A teapot cake is a great gift idea, you can personalise the message to anything you like and choose your colours and design.



A beautiful Mother's Day hamper from The Blossom Tree Florist, an array of beautiful seasonal flowers with a cute little cupcake inside a lovely basket.



This personalised tea cosy by Milly and Pip is another brilliant idea for Mother's Day, again it can be personalised with a message of your choice.




Go on treat your mum! x

Cupcake Decorating Baby Shower

Yesterday I spend the afternoon with 6 lovely ladies teaching them how to make little sugar ducks, roses and booties! They came along to one of my cupcake decorating workshops with afternoon tea. They created some really beautiful cupcakes, I was very impressed with their creativity. I had a really lovely afternoon, they were a pleasure to teach.



I also welcomed my first assistant to Vintage and Cake, the delightful Emma, Emma will be helping me at the workshops over the summer, assisting people with icing techniques, sugar craft and answering whatever baking questions you can throw at her!



This is a great idea for a baby shower, the mum to be was literally showered with gifts and made to feel really special by her lovely friends and mum. She is actually due next week so was under strict orders NOT to give birth before or during the workshop (I had brought hot towels just in case!)

A lovely afternoon, thanks ladies, I hope you will continue to make lots of fabulous cupcakes!