A white rose wedding cake

Christmas wasn't all about the eating and chilling out for me, oh no there was work to be done as weddings took place over the festive period, well on the 28th December anyway!

I had two weddings on this date one was for a large vintage china order for a British themed wedding, delivered to a lovely village hall in Nottingham (sorry no photos as yet!) and one was for a very simple yet elegant white sugar rose stacked wedding cake. So on the day after Boxing day it was back into the kitchen for me and then 7 hours later this cake emerged!

I must say I do find it rather a challenge stacking wedding cakes as there are so many processes involved and the doweling and icing is key so that your cake doesn't sink at the venue, that would be a nightmare, in fact I do actually have nightmares about that happening or the cake falling when the couple go to cut it, luckily that has never happened and I will make sure it never happens!

This cake had 3 layers, the bottom was a rich fruit cake, the 2nd and 3rd tiers were a simple vanilla sponge with whipped vanilla bean buttercream. I set it up at Donington Park Farmhouse, one of my favourite venues in Derbyshire as the staff are great and the place is so cosy. This couple had their wedding in the old piggeries and it was gorgeous, very lovely for a cold winters day.




My next wedding cake is another shells and starfish cupcakes with top tier, I love making that cake. The fruit cake is already made and maturing nicely!

Happy New Year everyone and please check back for my New Year giveaway soon!

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...and the winner is...

Amanda from Pandy Potter. CONGRATULATIONS! You have won 4 Christmas cupcakes just in time for Christmas. They will be winging their way to you tomorrow.



Keep your eyes peeled for my New Year giveaway!

Merry Christmas everyone!

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Christmas cupcake giveaway!

I recently posted some of my Christmassy cupcakes and I thought seeing as its the season of goodwill to all men (is that the saying...??) I would give you all the chance to win 4 beautifully decorated vanilla Christmas CUPCAKES woo hoo!!!

If you live in Derby then I will deliver them to you on Christmas Eve, however if you live further afield then please do enter as I will post them out to you in time for Christmas.

All you need to do is answer the question below, then post your answer on my blog and of course make sure you are following my blog. When you leave your answer just make sure you leave an email address and your name so I can contact you. The winner will then be picked at random.

Question: Who supposedly coined the phrase 'Let them eat cake'?

Terms:
UK only
Closing date: 21st December 2010

I will notify the winner via email.

Get posting and Merry Christmas!

Christmas cupcakes and edible glitter

I LOVE edible glitter as I am sure many cake makers and decorators do!

I recently made some lovely little Christmas cupcakes for Vintage Amethyst who won my blog post competition quite some time ago which entitled her to four tasty cupcakes. I hope they arrived safely! They are each topped with gorgeous edible glitter in sparkly peacock and deep purple, you can get so many different colours. Check out this website for an amazing array of colours and other delightful sprinkles.

Edible glitter certainly adds a bit of glamour to whatever you are baking. Why not sprinkle some onto your mince pies, Christmas cake or some gingerbread cookies. Your guests will be so impressed.

Christmas gift ideas

We are now offering gift vouchers for our cupcake decorating workshops with afternoon tea; a lovely gift for friends or family this Christmas.

What's included I here you ask?

♥ Cupcake decorating workshop with vintage afternoon tea:

♥ Cupcake decorating - You will decorate 9 cupcakes, chocolate and vanilla. You will learn to pipe luscious buttercream swirls, use glace icing and then make your own sugar designs to decorate your cupcakes with. There will also be an abundance of sprinkles, glitter and pre cut sugar designs available for you to use. You will then be free to take those cakes away with you at the end of the workshop to share or eat all to yourself!

♥ Afternoon tea - You will be served steaming pots of tea, dainty finger sandwiches (a choice of 3 fillings, can be discussed on booking), scones with clotted cream and homemade, organic jam and slices of Victoria sponge, all of which are served on elegant vintage china. You are also more than welcome to provide your own bubbly as we will supply the vintage teacups for you to sip it from.

♥ Duration of workshop - 3 hours at a time that suits you.

♥ Price per head £35.00 for 2-4 people (£30.00 for 5+ people)

♥ Location - Derbyshire

Whether it's a treat for yourself, a friend or family member we can guarantee that you will be thoroughly spoilt!

To order your voucher all you need to do is email us. We will then sort out suitable dates for you.

❄ Christmas Cakes

❄ To order please contact us. You have a choice of 4 lovely designs; take your pick!


Blue snowflakes with purple edible glitter
£9.00

Christmas trees with peacock edible glitter
£9.00

Holly with red edible glitter
£9.00

Pink snowflakes with silver edible glitter
£14.00

Christmas cakes make lovely gifts

I am now really focused on Christmas, now that the vintage wedding fair is over! I cant wait for my next event which is at Kedleston Hall National Trust. It is such a beautiful place especially at this time of year.




I have completed all of my Christmas cake baking and have been maturing and feeding my cakes over the last few weeks, I am now ready to start decorating them which is the best bit as I can really get creative with lots of fab vintage ribbons and sugar designs. I will then be holding a stall on the 27th and 28th November at Kedleston Hall for people to buy, either as a treat for themselves or for a little gift this Christmas.

Come along, have a mooch at the lovely gifts then go for a walk across the beautiful Derbyshire countryside, it will be a lovely weekend.

The Vintage Tearoom

Well we went to London and held our little vintage tearoom... was it busy? well me and my lovely helpers did not even have time to eat or drink! You know those queues you see for Betty's Tearoom in Harrogate? well it was like that, which is brilliant for business but not so good for delicate vintage china. Some of it did get broken and I was very upset but these things happen I suppose, no point crying over beautiful, irreplaceable vintage china now is there!!:(





The vintage wedding fair was very busy so I hear but I didn't even get the chance to go and have a mooch around like I usually do as I was busy serving tea and cakes to the masses of people. I wish I had more time to chat to all the lovely brides to be but unfortunately I was too busy cutting slices of lemon drizzle and Victoria sponges!



The next Vintage wedding fair is in Lemington Spa on the 10th April, I will be posting more details on that one soon, this time I am just holding a stall so will have lots of time to chat to all the vintage brides to be.

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