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 try and be a little different by offering them in white chocolate ganache instead of buttercream. As buttercream for piping requires double icing sugar to butter and is ever so sweet, it could potentially add a little too much sweetness if piled high in scrolls, swirls, rosettes and swags. So I went in with a piping bag and some whipped white chocolate ganache….
and came away hours and hours later with a very sore wrist! (An occupational hazard.) It was a nice idea but ganache sets so quickly. Hence it’s the ideal undercoat to create that sharp and clean foundation for fondant covered cakes. But, pretty as it is…
I won’t be piping with it again any time soon.
Swiss meringue buttercream
So, instead I’m offering them in Swiss meringue buttercream, as it’s a less sweet buttercream which is so lovely and light. It’s also deliciously smooth and a dream to pipe with! After launching yesterday and sharing on instagram I got up early this Sunday morning and piped a pink version…
and, again, shared a reel on instagram.
Lambeth Love celebration cake flavours
As a ready-to-order product with a relatively short lead time, I’m offering my Lambeth Love celebration cakes in two flavours…
Madagascan Vanilla & Raspberry (top right)
Marc de Champagne & Strawberry
as I always have vanilla extract and Marc de Champagne liqueur in stock. My Lambeth Love celebration cakes are baked using the finest ingredients including fair trade raw cane sugar, local free range Ian Taylor eggs (laid 10 minutes from my door!) and a lot of love!
How to order
Serving 10 dessert/20 finger portions, they’re perfect for those smaller, but special, days with your loved ones or just for a Friday!
To order, simply browse the designs in my Vintage cakes – Lambeth Love gallery then complete the Contact form with the date you would like to collect the cake, indicate ‘Lambeth Love’ in the any other information section along with
- your chosen design from the gallery
- your chosen colour(s)
- hand piped name/short message if desired.
Please note that, as a hand piped cake, the decoration may differ slightly from the images shown… but it will always be vintage style and will always be pretty!
With love, Amanda x
