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Wedding cake trends Wedding cake trends – to follow or not to follow? It’s your wedding, so it’s entirely up to you! If the trend speaks to who you truly are, and what you really like, then it could be an ideal fit for your wedding. We’re all influenced by trends and are often unaware of how they trickle into …
Tuition gift vouchers Although I’ve offered tuition gift vouchers for a number of years, I’ve never specifically mentioned it on my website, only on social media. So, with gift-giving season approaching, I’m rectifying that with this blog post! Of course, tuition gift vouchers aren’t limited to this time of year and are available all year round. But Christmas is an …
Wedding cake pricing A question often asked is, “How much will my wedding cake cost?” The topic of wedding cake pricing, when covered in wedding blogs, unless featuring interviews direct with wedding cake designers, isn’t always reliable information. Unrealistic wedding cake pricing Some wedding blogs mention average wedding cake pricing based on little, no, or outdated research. The stats often …
Iced biscuit favours I’ve now added iced biscuit favours to my range. Ideally, I’d like to provide fully royal iced biscuits. However, they are sooo very time-consuming. Consequently, they’d just be too pricey. So, I’ve gone for the perfect combination of fondant-iced biscuits… but still with royal icing hand piped detail (my happy place!). Iced biscuit favours flavours (that’s a …
Displaying your wedding cake When you’ve invested in a luxury bespoke cake I always recommend thinking about how you’re going to go about displaying your wedding cake on your big day. Table position Often, venues have set positions for the cake table. Find out where they are. Ensure you like the position. If you don’t like it don’t be afraid …
Lambeth Love celebration cakes Throughout my 14 years in business I have created purely bespoke, fondant-iced, wedding and celebration cakes. However, given the current popularity of vintage style piped buttercream-iced cakes (hello Bridgerton!), and my absolute love of piping, I thought I’d join the trend! Introducing my ready-to-order vintage style Lambeth Love celebration cakes! Ganache or buttercream? I was going to …
Postal flowers I’ve offered sugar flowers made to order for many years. But, due to their fragility, they’ve only ever been available for collection. However, back in early 2019 I looked into the possibility of also offering postal flowers. Ultimately, after searching exhaustively for suitable packaging I decided it was too risky. Sugar flowers are so very fragile, I didn’t …
Favourite wedding cakes of 2022 As we enter the last month of 2022 I thought I’d look back on the year and choose my favourite wedding cakes of 2022. Not to diminish all the others but just to highlight three, for various reasons, that made me the happiest! I’ll apologise in advance that this blog is image heavy (all taken …
Classic meets contemporary wedding cake Having recently attended a masterclass with Suzanne Thorp at The Frostery I thought I’d share my classic meets contemporary wedding cake I designed! I’ve wanted to attend a class with Suzanne for many years and finally got the opportunity in February 2022. We had some initial chats to discuss what I’d like to learn. I …
Floral textured wedding cake I thought I’d share my creative meandingerings during ‘twixmas’. So, here’s a short blog post about my foray into palette knife painting to create a floral textured wedding cake. I try to add to my cake decorating and wedding cake design skills to broaden my repertoire as often as I get chance. During the early months …