Four Celebrations and a Wedding

Birthday cakes for men always pose a problem, we want to make them exciting and creative, but sometimes it`s not as easy as it sounds!  This time we were asked to make a country/guitar themed cake for an out door birthday party.  We came up with this guitar cake which we are told was a huge hit at the party. 

For an intimate wedding often not very much cake is required but it's still fun to have a cake that fulfills all the criteria for an elegant and stylish wedding cake that fits in with the theme of the day.  This bride chose blush and gold for this timeless cake and we added the couples initials "S" and a little pink heart which appeared on their wedding invitation. 

We don't often make cakes with a Disney theme (for copyright reasons which we have blogged about in the past).  What we are allowed to do is to take ready made copyrighted items and put them onto a matching cake.  Above is an example of that.  Dressed up with dots and bows, this makes such a cute cake for a little girl or even a grown up princess!

A hand painted cake for Mother's Day.  Imagine this Mom's surprise when she walked in to our tea room on Mother's Day to find this cake waiting for her along with a delicious high tea.

Miniature cakes are often ideal for a small celebration of less than 4 people, or something at the last minute when there isn't time to order a fully custom designed cake.  This little cake was made for a little boys first birthday when he was going to be dressed as a strawberry for a photo shoot because his favourite food is strawberries!

Mini Cakes

Here is a selection of some of our recent mini cakes....we are not always able to make custom mini cakes because of time restraints and because they are so small, but they are always quite beautiful.  Available at short notice (1 hour) and come boxed with a message if you need one.  $15.00 per cake, serves 2 - 4 guests.

Antique Style Cakes

We have made the vintage/antique style of cake our 'signature' using a special technique that we're keeping secret....sssshhh.

Here we have a small 4" round cake with white flowers and white decorations but have used gold as an accent to make this look like a vintage piece.

All This Week - Valentine's Treats

This week is Valentine's week and because nothing says "I Love You" quite like sweetness and chocolate, we've created some lovely goodies that will help you say just that to your loved ones.

CUPCAKES

Let's start off with cup cakes; this week we're offering Devil's Food Cake with Chocolate Fudge buttercream, Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese buttercream and French Vanilla Cake with Raspberry buttercream.  These are all decorated with edible flowers and of course are made with pure butter.  

SHORTBREAD

Here we have our delicious Scottish Shortbread.  Now, if you've never heard of this before or never tried it, I (Lynne) can assure you that you will not have tasted any shortbread as good as this. Having been born and bread in good old England, I know my shortbread and this recipe has the right texture and taste enough to make any Scotsman cry!  Not all shortbreads are created equal you see, it's a long story and a long history.  We serve our's simply in fingers with the traditional fork holes on the top. Once again we only use pure butter for our shortbread and you will definitely taste the difference.

FRENCH MACARONS

By popular demand these little French goodies are back!  We have made them pretty and pink and filled them with a raspberry buttercream, so delicious!

 SUGAR COOKIES

Heart shaped large and small sugar cookies covered in sweetness, and love with 24k gold painted decorations for the ultimate finish we have put these into little gold boxes (1 large or 4 small per box) so that all you have to do is seal it with a kiss.

MINIATURE CAKES

A delightful little cake to share this is a perfect size for two people and looks so pretty in it's individual box, a lovely gift for anyone one that you love....you can even use it to pop the question! If you would like us to customize your cake with a message....just give us a little advanced warning and we'll be happy to do that for you free of charge.

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES

Red velvet champagne truffles, the ultimate in chocolaty decadence.  These are not for the light hearted and are bitter-sweet cocoa covering, a la francaise!  These are presented in a little box of six with hearts on each truffle.

HEART COOKIES

Little pieces of love, these heart shaped cookies are sandwiched with buttercream and packaged, two at a time in a little clear bag and tied with a pink ribbon.

PRICES

Our prices will vary according to the way the items are packaged, but here's a rough idea:

• Miniature cakes - $15 each
• Champagne Truffles - $10 for six
• Heart Sandwich Cookies - $3 bag of 2
• Boxed Sugar Cookie (large) - $4 
• Boxed Sugar Cookies (4 small) - $4
• Cupcakes - $3 each
• Shortbread - $3 (2 pack)
• French Macaron - $3 each

Mini Cakes - First Birthday

A last minute order of mini cakes for a little girl's first birthday.  Bows, flowers, a little yellow duck and bubbles were the theme for these little cakes.

We hope Meghan enjoyed smashing her little cake!

Miniature Roses

A miniature cake for two with lots of tiny sugar flowers, nothing says "I remembered!" like a little treat in a pink box!

Miniature Cakes

One of our regular clients ordered two different styled mini cakes for her wedding anniversary.  Robyn is also a very accomplished photographer and sent us these pictures.

Mini Cakes

Our mini cakes are more and more popular, each week we are asked to do them for clients who are looking for a good quality cake that says "Happy Anniversary", "Happy Birthday", "Congratulations" and so on, but for two - four people.  On the left are mini Tiffany cakes that we made for a bridal shower tea party.  They were so cute we didn't want them to leave the shop!

Then there was the beautiful cream coloured rose touched with blush pink on top of a cake, just to say "Thank You".

Then we have our little "Happy Birthday" cake all in pink with it's little white bow and tiny pink rosebuds and another "Happy Birthday" with purple fondant and white and green flowers.

A tiny surprise first anniversary cake for two ordered by a husband who wanted to surprise his wife with something special to mark the occasion.

And finally (well it wasn't, but I didn't take pictures of the other two) we have the little bling cake with it's delightful textured bow and miniature brooch which sits in the middle.

This miniature cakes average $15 and are customizable if ordered far enough in advance.  For last minute orders we can only customize the colours for you and flavours are amongst any we have available at the time and can be ordered as little as one hour before you need it (while stocks last of course).

Let Them Eat Cakes in Weddingbells Fall/Winter 2011 Edition

We are thrilled to once again have been asked to participate in the Wedddingbells wedding cakes feature.  We have appeared in Weddingbells magazine in 2009, 2010 and 2011.

We also participated in their 25th anniversary celebrations by being chosen to represent the wedding profession with 24 other talented artists who presented their cakes for the occasion.

This issue is all about royal wedding inspiration and in a photo shoot that was entirely inspired by English traditions the earthy brown tones with terracotta, burgundy and deep ivory colours being the basis and flowers, lace and gardens being the theme.  We created 15 miniature wedding cakes 6 of them shown (or just about shown) here.  Come in and see them close up!

Miniature Tiffany Cakes

For a bridal shower this week we made 35 miniature Tiffany cakes...oh what a lot of work these little babies are, but oh so pretty when they're all sitting in a row.
White velvet cake with vanilla buttercream inside, these little cakes are as delicious to eat as they are to see.

Red Rose

A miniature birthday cake for an 85th birthday!

Mini Birthday Cake

Sometimes it's nice to give a little gesture for someone's birthday, but if there's just two or three people celebrating then a whole cake is often a little bit more than required.  A pretty little cake for two to four people can fit the bill very nicely.

This cake was ordered for Pauline's 60th birthday by a colleague and since Pauline was actually going away for her birthday she knew that a lot of left over cake would simply go to waste.

We make these miniature cakes for all sorts of occasions.

Miniature Leopard Cake

Hand painted with leopard print this cake was adorned with a 24kt gold painted bow and large edible gold beads.

Bobbi Loves Jim

Custom order from Bobbi to Jim in black and red.  Inside, devil's food cake with vanilla buttercream.

Be My Valentine

A pretty pink cake, lots of hearts and a chandelier, random, but pretty.  This cake was vanilla with vanilla buttercream and raspberry drizzle.  Just right to say sweet nothings to a loved one.

Tiffany Cake

We had an order for a Tiffany box cake and were told "any flavour".  We decided to make a chocolate cake and created a box with a bow, flowers, sparkle and Tiffany logo.

When the client picked up the cake and we said it was a chocolate and vanilla cake, they remembered that the 'birthday girl' was allergic to chocolate!

We created this mini vanilla cake to accompany the main cake so that everyone was happy!  

Regrettably we forgot to take a picture of the main cake.

Miniature Tiffany Cake

How cute can it get?  This miniature Tiffany cake sits perfectly on a miniature Lou Hanson cake stand the same as we use for our larger cakes.

If you're worried about what to buying a birthday or Christmas gift for the person who has everything and is watching their waistline, then why not get this miniature (4" cake) and mini cake stand?

Miniature cake $9.50

PS:  If I were anything of a photographer I would have captured that tiny, genuine Swarovski crystal on the Tiffany & Co banner!

Price: $35.00

This tiny Victorian Frill Handmade Cake Stand is just the right size for a cake for two. Delicate porcelain piping and lacy cutwork are enhanced by the antique white glaze. Each one is unique - and will bring much joy into your life when you include it ìn life`s everyday celebrations.
Size: Approx 6``D x 4``h