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What can I have instead of flowers?

We are asked by brides who want something different from the traditional fresh or sugarcraft flowers for alternatives. The following are some of the options available:

butterflies
cake jewellery – crystals, diamante
feathers
modelled people
modelled items
ribbons
brooches
hearts
freeform patterns e.g. swirls, mehndi type designs
buildings
edible photos
fairytale castles
intricate piping
fabric designs – stencilled or piped

This list is by no means exhaustive but should give [...]

Its been so long since I’ve tw…

Its been so long since I’ve tweeted, I can’t even remember, the wedding season is keeping me very very busy, hopefully will catch up soon..

Cheesecake stand

Due to popular demand we have sourced a wedding cake stand that can be used to display cheesecakes on, please note we are not endorsing them as a wedding cake alternative – there are still hygiene and health and safety issues about leaving out food prior to serving (with cheesecakes). This is a multi-positional 8 [...]

Venue cake cutting practice

At our latest wedding cake delivery, we were informed that venue only ever cuts one cake from the wedding cake, which shocked me as 2 of the cakes are vanilla sponge, specially baked to be enjoyed on the day of delivery.  Is this a way of saving time, or a new trend at venues?

Wedding Cheesecakes

We are currently working on developing a range of cheesecakes suitable for weddings. If you wish to participate in trials we are offering half price deals on them for a limited time.

Just posted my first 11 tier w…

Just posted my first 11 tier wedding cake on http://www.barkerbakes.co.uk/5tierweddingcakes.html (http://www NULL.barkerbakes NULL.co NULL.uk/5tierweddingcakes NULL.html) – it was a challenge, but one I enjoyed!

have just finished a shoes and…

have just finished a shoes and handbags cake, its been a bit of a slog the past few days, but its nice to catch up…

Hobbyist or professional

I have to write about this because I’ve just heard the most dreadful story of someone being let down by their cakemaker. They went to a hobbyist rather than a professional. Whilst I can understand that from a price point of view this is very attractive, you do have less come back than if you [...]

have uploaded 2 new wedding ca…

have uploaded 2 new wedding cake pics on http://www.barkerbakes.co.uk/ (http://www NULL.barkerbakes NULL.co NULL.uk/) I hope to start catching up on this job…

haven’t made any sugar roses f…

haven’t made any sugar roses for a couple of weeks, and am really missing doing that, how sad is that…..