Gold and Aqua roses

We love making cakes that are a little different from the norm and the aqua coloured ribbons alongside the gorgeous rich gold ribbons on this cake were truly a head turner. Gareth and Gary had definite ideas of their colour scheme which we love. It makes the final item much clearer in our minds too! Gareth had seen another of our cakes on our Facebook page which had a cascade of roses trailing down the front of the cake and found his perfect wedding cake in it.

 

The roses are all handmade and we spent an almost unthinkable amount of time making the individual rose petals to make up the larger roses to dress this cake.(tip: when you think you've made enough, double it. We do this often with our Daisy cake. The base tier absolutely eats them up and whilst there looks like plenty, they often get used up on this tier alone!!)

I just love the tumbling effect of the roses down the tiers of the cake and the two colours work perfectly together and in the venue which was Knowsley hall and alongside the Stationery from Dragonfly. Check out the full album of images and see their gorgeous wedding for yourself, here: https://www.facebook.com/JenniferONeillCakes?ref=hl

A Vintage Tea cake

This was such a beautiful wedding for so many reasons. Lisa had collected these gorgeous teacups of all different designs. Our job was to make an array of different cupcakes with varying flavours and designs. And to sit on top of these was a three tier Birdcage style cake with roses and ivy to compliment the cakes below.

Some had rosebuds, some had full rose heads. There were some with beads and some with swirls of fluffy lemon cream, rich chocolate Baileys ganache atop chocolate Baileys cakes and tasty orange cream topped carrot cakes.

 

 When we arrived at Hillbark with the cakes, we were greeted with these gorgeous little crackers and strings of pearls to finish the dressing of the stand. We also love the cake wrappers which some of the cupcakes sat in.

 

A very vintage wedding cake for a very vintage wedding with some seriously tasty cupcakes!!

A recipe for a cake stand

Last weekend we exhibited at the UK wedding show at St George's Hall in Liverpool. This was our little home from home for the weekend.

 

 

We wanted to go back to cake making basics this time and show that we bake everything from scratch using flour, butter, sugar, free range eggs, real fruits in our gorgeous boozy fruit cake... the list goes on! We dressed the walls with sumptuous red wallpaper to compliment our logo and had some pretty and personalised bunting made (thanks to www.dragonflycouturestationery.com !) which just finished off our stand perfectly.

Lastly we picked our prettiest and most popular cakes to show that from the basic ingredients, beautiful things can be made. 

After two days of chatting to happy couples and meeting other lovely wedding suppliers we packed everything away until next time; our cakes can still be seen though! They are on display in our showroom at The Turret.

Blue Daisy Cake

 Another perfect example of how one of our most popular cakes can be changed completely with something as simple as a change of ribbon colours and some very sparkly crystal encrusted cake toppers.

When I was delivering this cake this morning, the groom dressed in all his wedding finery spotted our van and came running over to introduce himself but more importantly to see the cake! The colour of his (and the other groomsmen's!) cravat(s) perfectly matched the royal blue ribbons which the cake is trimmed with.

When I arrived at the always gorgeous Thornton Manor, the cake table was dressed with photos and a guest book for people to sign. We finished the decoration off by sprinkling the crystals that Elizabeth had left for us around the cake.

 

 

Vanilla Champagne cake, Chocolate Baileys, Lemon and Boozy Fruit cake were the flavours of the day.

Spicy advert from a friend

I was looking for an advert that stood out and something that was is as unique to us as the cakes that we make. So I immediately thought of my lovely friend Mrs B from Chilliefish.co.uk. She creates all manner of special things from Birthday invitations to branding makeovers with new logos and since she designed our Brochures- see a previous post, I knew she'd do an amazing job. And I think she just about pulled it out of the bag... Only joking, she totally pulled it out of the bag!!

So here is our new ad which can be seen in County Brides magazine, Your Merseyside wedding magazine along with others to be confirmed soon.

 

 

We're so very happy with our new ad Lisa! Thank you again x

Ivory and Blackberry flowers

We have a cake in the showroom which is stark white with black flowers made by making individual petals by cutting out the shapes below and then working them into petals and then placing them into a flower formation.

 

 

The cake as nice as we think it is didn't receive much admiration from many people. Until we put it in pride of place right by the front door. Since then we have taken more orders for cakes like it than we ever did! And this little beauty is one of them. It is iced in a warming ivory colour instead of white and the flowers are also made in ivory. I love the way the flowers stand out even though they are made in the same colour as the background and that little bit of sparkle helps with that too.

 

Sometimes just a few little bits of sparkle is enough.

 

And what an absolutely beautiful day for a wedding! Helping to pick out the sparkle just right through the windows of the grand and beautiful Thornton Manor. 

The on the day wedding stationery from Dragonfly couture stationery which included an absolutely huge and truly beautiful table plan complimented this cake perfectly. 

What a perfect day for a wedding and what a wedding.

 

Delicate '50s monochrome

I love going back to see the cakes that I've made in the past and this is an old favourite of mine and a few years old now! I love the way this cake, even though it has the harsh colours of black and white is so delicate and is so completely softened by the scalloped edges along the top and bottom and the large sugar bow. Square cakes to me are more contemporary and this one certainly is although the dress that it was based on was a '50s style strapless dress (very similar to the dress below) with beautiful underskirt which is mimicked by the flowers underneath the scalloped edge.
 

I am planning to make this cake again in a different colour to see if it has the same affect that I am in love with. Possibly even replacing the bow with a large flower.  I will post pictures after it's completed to give a step by step guide.
In the meantime though, look out for our bow tutorial where we'll show step by step guide on how to make bows and ideas of cakes that can be made with these bows. Ideas are forming in my mind already!!