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A few recent cakes . . .

2011-03-19T10:19:00.000-07:00

Quite a few of my recent cakes have been re-creations of ones I have done previously. However, I have done a few new ones including two special anniversaries, one of which was royal iced which makes a nice change (It's been quite a few years since I have been asked to coat a cake in ropyal icing!). You can't beat the crisp bright white finish that you get with royal icing!!!The flowers were individually hand made - peach roses, cream carnations and lilac filler flowers. The picture was an edible image in a pastillage frame.

I received a nice email from Sheila thanking me for the cake, saying how lovely it was and how it tasted devine. I am so pleased Jack and Sheila were pleased with their cake and wish them both many congratulations.

Here are a couple of birthday cakes that I created recently . . .

Wedding Fayres!

2011-03-19T01:52:00.001-07:00

Well the first wedding fayre went well last week at the Monton House Hotel. It was nice and steady so I had plenty of opportunity to chat to the happy couples. I had a few new designs on display and took samples of lemon, banana and fruit cake with me. They went down well with visitors and the other exhibitors. It was nice to meet the team from Proposals bridal wear and mens hire in Swinton and everyone else who had fabulous stands.

Just preparing for tomorrows fayre at Buile Hill Park. Really looking forward to it!

St Anns Hospice Fund Raising Cake

2011-02-21T15:09:00.000-08:00

I am really pleased to report that the charity event last week organised by PHD Rocket, raised over £1000 for St Anns Hospice. Here is the cake we created for the event . . .

2011-02-17T00:31:00.000-08:00

Still busy busy busy here! We have now got 3 wedding fayres booked for March so are working hard to come up with new designs.

This chocolate cake is a favourite from last weekend. All chocolate! Our kitchen did smell lovely! Drizzles of white chocolate in panels of milk chocolate with white chocolate hearts.

Of course it is half term here aswell so this week I have been trying to keep the boys entertained. We have done the compulsory baking - empire biscuits this week. I used to make these with my Nan when I was little aswell

Happy New Year!!!

2011-01-04T06:46:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year to all!

The order book is filling up for this year already and I 'm really looking forward to creating new designs and old favourites alike.

We have a busy few weeks ahead of us getting new designs ready for the wedding fayres, orders to complete and plenty of consultations to fit in for wedding cakes for this year and next.

I always know the new working year is here when it's time to do Dad's birthday cake as his Birthday is January 4th and usually my first cake of the year. This year was a special age and so a special cake was created for him revolvong around two of his great passions - guitars and chocolate! Hope you like it.

Christmas

2010-12-30T03:39:00.000-08:00

Here are a few of my favourite creations for Christmas this year. Rich fruit cakes, gingerbread and spiced cranberry cookies to name but a few. Mmmmmmm. . .

I even had time to decorate my own Christmas cake - well actually, my two little helpers did it. Great fun!

Cake a Difference!

2010-02-10T09:59:00.000-08:00

We are very happy to let you know that we raised over £90 today in aid of BLISS!

BLISS (www.bliss.org.uk) is the special care baby charity that provides vital support and care to premature and sick babies across the UK. This week (8th - 14th Feb) is Kiss for Bliss week and this year kisses were turned into cupcakes!

I spent most of the afternoon and evening yesterday baking dozens of vanilla, chocolate and banana cupcakes, topped with whipped buttercream and sprinkles.

The cupcakes were taken to AXA Insurance, Bolton, where donations were made for each cupcake. We would like to thank all those employees who donated today to help us raise money for the charity Bliss that is close to my heart.

Thank You!

New Year's Resolutions . . .

2010-02-05T13:56:00.000-08:00

Well, I've made quite a few, one of which is to keep everything up to date - hence this posting. The time has flown by these last 6 months. With our busiest wedding season yet in 2009, the summer months flew by and before I knew it Christmas was upon us.

I did manage a good few weeks off over the festive period and then of course the snow put a stop to rather a lot of things for a week or so. Still, back into the full swing of things now and being kept extremely busy with cakes and consultations for weddings this year, and even some for 2011!

One special cake I created in January was for my precious Nan who was 80 on January 17th 10. We got all Nan's relatives and friends together for a wonderful surprise birthday party and I was really proud to make this cake for her.

So that was my first blog (of many) for 2010! There's plenty more to chat about but I need to leave something for my next few post(s)!!!

See you soon

Sarah

How time flies!

2009-06-19T08:07:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I've updated this site as things are so busy here and time does definitely fly when you're having fun!! The wedding season is fully underway and we are pretty much full now for the next couple of months.

As I have mentioned in earlier posts, it is so nice to recieve pictures of our bride and grooms cutting the cake and we were so pleased to receive this picture of the happy couple. Most Sugar Lily cakes are decorated with sugar flowers and models however, on this occasion the bride chose to include silk gebera in the cake design to match the table decorations being used at the venue. The delicate piped hearts on each tier added a definite air of romance to this cake design.

As cookies favours become more and more popular, so do requests for bespoke designs. These land rover cookies were designed for a groom to depict his hobbies. The groom sent through a landrover design and from this 45 cookies were created. The bride opted for shoe cookies with delicate scroll piping to depict her passion.

We are now pleased to be able to offer chocolate flavour cookies to the vanilla, lemon and ginger range.

Mmmmmm... Chocolate...

2009-05-11T00:52:00.000-07:00

With chocolate wedding and celebration cakes becoming an increasingly popular choice, this weekend was one for chocolate cakes. The smell was divine - rich dark moist chocolate cakes, creamy chocolate fillings, pure chocolate coatings and chocolate decorations. A real chocoholics heaven.

It was a pleasure to create this chocolate wedding cake for Vicky and Karl. It took over 5kgs of chocolate to create the five tiers of this scrummy cake. A chocoholics dream!!!

On a smaller scale, this chocolate celebration cake was filled with chocolate orange cake and brushed with lashings of Cointreau liquer for an exrtra special mum!

Great to be in Print!

2009-05-07T00:21:00.001-07:00

Well, as the wedding season is upon us and things and starting to gather pace, it is great to see some of our designs in print again. We are priviledged to be featured amomgst some of the UKs top designers in Wedding Cakes - A Design Source magazine again. Our 'Golden Glow' design got a page to itself!!!

The magazine is available from WH Smiths and contains 100's of new cake designs in every style, offering plenty of ideas and inspiration.

Edible Image fun!

2009-03-29T00:39:00.000-07:00

Well, having wanted our own for ages, we have finally got the equipment so we can create our own edible images from photographs and pictures to go on cakes!

This first cake was one created for Royal Mail who were celebrating 10 years of their centre being open. They had an original picture of the opening 10 years ago so it was a nice touch to be able to add an edible version to the cake design. At 20 inches x 10 inches x 3 inches, it was one hell of a cake!!!

This second cake was a wedding cake design that incorporated a black and white edible image - giving the cake a popular contemporary look.

We are so looking forward to creating more designs with edible images!!!

Fabulous, Fabulous, Fabulous Cake!!! . . .

2009-03-23T15:58:00.000-07:00

. . . the kind words of one of our happy couples, Laura and Damien, whose wedding cake we created a few weeks ago. It is lovely to see pictures of our brides and grooms doing the traditional cutting of the cake and I am sure they won't mind me sharing this. Don't they just look stunning!

This cake is such a fun one to make despite taking ages to perfect all the detail, not least Elvis on the top! I am so glad Laura and Damien were pleased with it and wish them all the best for the future.

Some recent favourites . . .

2009-03-08T05:57:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd share some of my favourite designs created recently. The candy stripe cake is just so fresh and summery I and absolutely love the bold colours.

The next cake was made for a dear friend of the family. Frank was 80 a few weeks ago and as he spent a large part of his life working for a local brewery, the beer barrel cake seemed really appropriate.Finally, this jungle themed cake was made for a little boy having his first birthday. The bold colours and cute animals made this cake a real pleasure to create.

What a busy February!

2009-03-04T00:38:00.000-08:00

Well, since my first post things have been so busy here that I haven't been back for over a month! Not only have we been creating winter cakes but this time of year is also popular for consultations for wedding cakes. Key summer dates for this year are now booking up quickly and we have even started to take bookings for 2010!

We have also been busy creating new designs for 2009, showcased at the recent wedding fayres we have attended including the Worsley Marriot last Sunday. It was lovely to meet so many happy couples and their families and we were pleased to display the new Sugar Lily designs, including the new Choc Pots.

These individual pots are filled with chocolate cake (which can be drizzled with your favourite liquer), chocolate ganache or buttercream, and topped with your choice of design to perfectly co-ordinate with your wedding theme.

These contemporary choc pots are ideal to be served as a dessert or individual favours, and can be presented with or without a top tier cake - ideal for the more traditional cutting of the cake photos!

So Exciting and About Time . . .

2009-01-29T12:20:00.000-08:00

HHhhhmmmmm . . . Not quite sure what I'm doing or whether this is working but hi there!!!

I've wanted to start a blog for such a long time but unfortunately I am not very good when it comes to IT and stuff - I do cakes, what I don't do is computers!!!

Well, providing I can get this to work, what a great way to give a more personal insight into the world of Sugar Lily Cakes. I'm really looking forward to sharing my experiences of all things cake (and more).

And, what could be more of a great way to start my blog than a cake made for a client who was about to accept her boyfriend's proposal!

Travelling all the way to Manchester from South Wales, my client brought her avid Man U supporter boyfriend to be wined and dined and presented with a Sugar Lily creation before saying "yes"!

It was a real pleaseure to make this cake for the happy couple. Good luck to them both for the future.

Hopefully this first post will be a success and I can look forward to many more happy hours on here!!!