Sunday 29 June 2008

It's been a while...........................


















It's been a pretty eventful month for me with incredible highs and some really awful lows. It has also been very busy and we are getting more enquiries. We've also trialed some cupcakes with a couple of restaurants and I'll let you know how we got on very soon. I almost had tea with Martha Stewart (the USA's equivalent of 'Dame' Delia Smith) alongside eighty other women at Wedgwood, but unfortunately, she had problems with getting a visa (it's not like she's some gun toting or dope delaing criminal!) so the event was cancelled. The lows were really awful but I've learnt a great deal from them and the biggest one includes never entrusting the care of a cake to a third party! People not used to transporting cakes think it's just a matter of putting it on the back seat of a car, and driving as they normally would. Cakes are very fragile and should be handled with great care.Is it any wonder if after slamming on the breaks a number of times the cake comes flying?


Ah well, I suppose what is done is done! Now continuing with the A to Z of Wedding Cakes:

U for Unusual

If you want something a bit unusual and off the beaten track, a cake that will be a talking point, then Elizabeth’s Emporium will happily design such a cake for you. For example, the current trend is the cup cake tower, where hundreds of cupcakes are displayed in multiple tiers. We have made such cakes, custom making various stands using fabric, ribbon and even the same material as the wedding invitations! The advantage of a cupcake tower is that it is easier to serve, it can double as dessert (our triple chocolate cake with raspberry coulis always goes down brilliantly) and you can have a variety of cupcake flavours to offer your guests.


V for Value Added

As you would be spending quite a considerable sum of money on your wedding cake, choose a cake maker that will contribute something special towards making your wedding great. It could be lending you an unusual cake knife, a great cake stand, a fabulous table cloth or even being a surrogate therapist.