Exciting news

Exciting news! I've been asked to create three wedding cakes for a show by Wedding TV called The Great Cake Bake.

I am very happy to be considered alongside a few other top cake decorators in the UK for the show, so stay tuned as I start this brand new adventure!

Website designs

I received the design concepts for the new look Elizabeth's Cake Emporium website today as promised, which I am hopeful is a sign of things to come.

I am now confident that we are on the right track.

Any thoughts, ideas or suggestions on what works (or not!) will be most welcome.

CakeQueen

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions and I now understand what that means. I started the year intending to write regularly and ten months later, I can only say how ashamed I am for breaking my own good intentions.

Excuses apart, it's been a bit of a nightmare sorting my website out. Finally, I think I might have found someone reliable, so watch this space. His name is Zac Best of the Zac Best Studio and I am really looking forward to receiving his design concepts shortly. I will keep you informed of our progress.

Bye for now!

Cakequeen.

I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted

I can't believe that it's now November 2009. I know time flies when you are having fun but that's no excuse for me not posting anything since January!!!

Well it's all about to change, so watch this space.................................

Happy 2000 and mine!

Hi Everyone!

It's been a while since I last posted on this blog. I got caught up with being so busy that I did what most people do with their blogs. I lost the discipline of writing as regularly as I should.

Well this is a New Year, and while I don't tend to make New Year resolutions (as I will only end up breaking them anyway), I will make a point of updating this blog on a weekly basis.

This is going to be a very exciting year for Elizabeth's Emporium. Last year saw the cakes generating quite a bit of media interest and we ended up presenting a couple of shows on TV. We also have new and exciting cake flavours and we will be featuring more specialist cake designs and techniques on our cakes.

I wish you all a very exciting and prosperous 2009 (or 2000 and mine as a friend would say) and I can't wait to experience the exciting opportunities (and challenges) ahead.

Lights, camera and action

It was a very eventful month, July with a number of tricky cakes to do! The most exciting bit for me was being shown on Wedding TV (Sky Channel 277/278, http://www.weddingtv.com/) on the 13th of July and I didn't even get to see it. What I did get to do though was an hour and a half long shoot with Wedding TV where I got to talk about cakes (my favourite subject) and do a cake decorating demonstration. The producer, Rachael, was absolutely lovely and we had a great time during the shoot. The venue was at the fabulous Courthouse Hotel Kempinski (http://www.courthouse-hotel.com/) located just across from Liberty's. The hotel was originally a courthouse and a number of famous people like Christine Keeler, John Lennon and Oscar Wilde were tried there. It has a fabulous roof garden and some of the original cells have been kept as part of the decor.

The month ended with me making a Tinkerbell fairy garden cake for Disney which went down a storm.

Please find below more on the A to Z of Wedding cakes:

W for Website

A number of reliable cake designers will post pictures of their creations on their websites, enabling you easy access to their portfolios at a click of a button. This is a great source of ideas for your wedding cake and you will instantly know if you like or dislike a particular cake designer’s style.

X for Xtras

To quote a strap line from a famous advert, every little helps. All the added extras such as the delivery and set up costs, cake stand and cake knife hire costs do add up and when deciding your budget be clear whether it’s inclusive of extras or not.

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.