Returning Customers

I don't think there is anything more rewarding in the business of cake than customers coming back. There is just no better feedback in my eyes :-)

The couple I mentioned in my last post have a son who, soon after their wedding, announced his engagement. I was asked straight away to make the cake and with some elements of the wedding cake to be included as they'd liked it so much.

Paul & Abi wanted figures of themselves and their 2 white dogs on the cake, but also wanted to stick to the hearts theme somehow. I designed the cake to show off the 'down on one knee' moment and even added the sparkly ring!

To keep the focus on the figures I decided on one row of hearts around the base tier and Abi wanted a large heart to top the cake.

This time the cakes were classic vanilla sponge with jam and buttercream.

It's been a while...

I apologise for the lack of blogging recently. I'm surprised I've got away with it really as I usually have people telling me off when the posts become less regular!

It's been a busy few months, with the Oh Sugar order books becoming busier by the day. I'm starting to get orders in all sorts of ways. Through twitter, facebook, recommendations and even forums! Not forgetting of course my lovely returning customers who's numbers are also on the up.

It's all great news and I'm really enjoying working with new customers and their ideas to create some amazing cakes.

Since I last posted I've made another hearts wedding cake, this seems to be such a popular design. All of those hearts do look great but, wow, do they take some time. It's all worth it for the final effect though. This cake was finished off with a posy of flowers, added by the bride and groom.

Both tiers of this cake were rich fruit cake and I received a lovely thank you card from the couple explaining how their guests just kept going back for more!

Congratulations again to Mr & Mrs Humphreys x

Cake of the Year 2011 -Runner Up

This is my second favourite cake of last year...



This was made for a friend I have known for almost as long as I can remember! She and her husband got married in July and I was thrilled to be asked to make their cake. We had a get together and I showed them my ideas based on the theme they'd given me. After much discussion, and the occasional nod of the head from the groom, we came up with the idea above.

The cake was 4 tiers with the base being traditional fruit cake and the others were vanilla sponge with jam and buttercream. The cakes were covered in cream sugarpaste and stacked before decorating. Then began the mammoth task of adding all of those hearts, it took hours to do and there were well over 400 hearts on the cake! Once the rows of hearts had been added the whole cake was covered in a pearl lustre giving it a beautiful finish. The smaller scattered hearts were then coated in an edible glitter and added at the last minute.

There is something so amazing about making a wedding cake, everything has to be perfect so it's not an easy job but one full of rewards :-)

One more favourite cake to post and it's all about chocolate...

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