Whether you are from Liverpool or London, chances are you have heard of the Royal Liver Building. It’s an iconic North West landmark and a beautiful building, so you can imagine how excited we were when we discovered that, not only did the building now contain “The Venue”, a bespoke wedding and celebration space,…
The current heatwave has resulted in many frantic calls from our customers asking how to look after their wedding and celebration cakes. Fear not, there are steps you can take to ensure your cake stays perfect. For starters, please, for the love of cake, DO NOT PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE! Placing an iced cake…
Those of you who know me know that I’m not a fan of personal posts on our business pages and media, so for me to post an appeal of this nature means it’s a pretty big deal! On Saturday 22nd October, we are donating a cake to Lucy’s Charity Ball to raise money for…
A couple of years ago, I was beginning to lose count of the number of brides and grooms who came to see us to book a wedding cake, only for one to pipe up “I can’t have any cake myself, I have a food intolerance”. Fortunately, the number of bakers willing/able to cater for those…
This week I finally caved and made an Instagram favourite: the drippy cake! Whilst these are very popular in Australia right now, I hadn’t seen many over here that have embraced the use of vibrant colours (primarily because most brighter shades are banned by the EU, but that’s another rant for another day). The great…
A couple of weeks ago now we were asked to make a gender reveal cake for a couple expecting a little one later this year. As a cake blog addict myself, I was aware of these cakes and their huge popularity in the States, but haven’t heard of many being ordered on this side of…
[one_sixth] Contents [/one_sixth] We have had one hell of a fun week when it comes to our wedding cakes, with plenty of cartoon graphics, Star Wars, even a bit of Peppa Pig! This got me thinking about all the fun, comic themed cakes we have done over the last few years. Back when we opened…
It has been a crazy few weeks here, hence the delay in posting my blogs recently, as we have been redecorating the studio and other parts of the shop that our customers don’t generally get to see. When we moved into the new premises last July we were in the midst of wedding season, so…
If there’s one thing we get asked over and over again, it’s “how can we make our cake a bit different?” With a plethora of elegant white cakes and classic florals filling the windows of every cake shop in town, many couples feel a little apprehensive about asking for something different from the norm. The…
This week I’m going to cover some of the more frequently asked questions we get about booking wedding cakes. We often have brides and grooms coming in with very specific ideas, some of which are not always possible, so I figured it would make sense to clarify some of the stickier issues that crop up…