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Posted on Sunday, May 20, 2012 5:00 PM
Yesterday I delivered a summer garden wonky wedding cake for the wedding of Sarah and Martin Hughes. The room looked fantastic before we set up the main cake and the table centrepieces. It had a fuchsia colour scheme with the summer flowers twist.  Showing the room from behind the cake... fuchsia sashes on the chair covers and the three tier cake stands with our delicious cupcakes!  Each cake stand had a selection of cupcakes chosen by each guest prior to the day for their wedding breakfast dessert. |
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Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:43 PM
 Fancy creating this stunning wedding cake?
At Cakes by Occasion you can experience and learn the skills needed to make a centrepeice that will make you the envy of your friends.
Each design is based on a colour palate that you choose with the knowledge gained through our instruction. Learn the process of sugar roses, giving life-like petals and romantic curls ready to arrange on your finished cake.
Using one of our delicious sponge cakes you will torte, fill, mask and cover it using the finest quality sugar paste, learning the techniques to create the smoothest finish as in all of our cakes. |
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Posted on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:37 PM
 Christenings are always a great time to enjoy a cake...
This teddy bear cake was for twin boys, 'Harry' and 'Archie'. A two tier cake with vanilla cake with jam and cream, and a chocolate fudge cake to serve approximately 40 guests.
Each bear is made from sugar paste and completely edible... but who would eat such gorgeousness?!!
Hope you enjoy J x
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Posted on Monday, March 26, 2012 7:12 PM
Now there are lots of different cake classes that are round and about, but what is there in the Yorkshire region?
So far I've travelled to Manchester and London for classes that teach advanced skills; chocolate and cake structures; also smaller cake shops teach intermediate skills, but you seriously have to search, or be recommended, to find out where they are!
I've toyed with the idea of opening a school for classes teaching all levels of skills for cake and cupcake decorating; getting in guest tutors and teaching the more obscure techniques. |
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Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:32 PM
It's been a hectic week with more wedding consultations booked for dates in 2012 and 2013!
 Alongside that I have been fortunate enough to take a class with the fabulous Kaysie Lackey of The People's Cake, Seattle. She has travelled over to the UK to do a number of different courses from designs she has created, and is now becoming renown for.
Held at Exotic Fantastic Cakes in Chigwell, Kaysie taught a class of twelve students in the gravity defying cake that is her 'boyfriend' Higgins the butler. |
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Posted on Sunday, March 04, 2012 9:22 PM
Check out the new website layout... let me know what you think! Thanks guys x
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Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 6:40 PM
Well it's Valentine's Day... all have gone out and bought red roses, cards,
teddy bears and many other very romantic things! For me it's my 8th wedding
anniversary, and I will point out that although we love each other dearly, we
don't do the usual romantic things... this year my hubby took me to Brighton! A
lovely few days, but the biggest reason we chose there, besides the beautiful
weather, not brrrr; was to visit the fabulous Choccywoccydoodah!
 During our mad shopping day, and
boy was it mad, we stopped off for cake and the famous hot chocolate! |
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Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7:43 PM
Our new dates are now online for the beginning of 2012 for a range of exquisite courses!
Couture Celebration Cake is a class where you can learn how to cover a cake smoothly with sugarpaste, add stripes, a large bow and a small range of flowers.
Two Tier Wedding Cake class is a chance to learn how to fill and level a cake ready for covering and stacking to create a mini wedding cake. Also you will make large sugar roses and little blooms to arrange on your finished cake.
We are also holding classes to learn how to make wired sugar flower arrangements suitable for a range of cake designs, as well as fully edible sugar roses perfect for cupcakes, mini cakes or larger cakes. |
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Posted on Monday, January 30, 2012 8:49 PM
This week I'm making arrangements for courses for 2012...
Watch this space for...
Couture Celebration Cake
Vintage Two Tier Wedding Cake
Vintage Cupcakes
Novelty Cupcakes |
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Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2012 2:49 PM
This weekend I have mostly been doing wedding cake consultations.
It's always great to design something that will be so very special to couples on their big day. Each consultation lasts approximately 45 minutes, and gives you a chance to try some our cakes, talk about your wedding and design something that is completely bespoke for you.
When coming along for a consultation it's extremely important to have information relating to your venue, flowers, colour scheme and even your wedding dress. All of these things can then be incorporated into your design making all the details 'marry' together. |
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