Sunday 7 August 2011

Sneaky Peak at Alexis and Adams’s Wedding at Mitton Hall

We have been looking forward to this wedding as Alexis and Adam had chosen a theme we had been looking forward to, and we got to work with are good friends at Flower Design in the design process and completion of the cake/flower table centre pieces at Mitton Hall.

Anyway on to the pictures – and I am sure you now know what I mean by Cake/Flower Table Centres.

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Big Big Thanks goes' to Jane and her team, for no only recommending us to the Bride in the first place, but also helping us to achieve  a lovely concept, with stunning flowers, and all the lovely stands and plates were also supplied by Jane and crew.

Here’s some of Jane and her crews stunning work on the day -

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Tuesday 12 July 2011

Big July Update

Been a very busy month so have had little time to do updates to the blog so sorry guys anyway here are our  wedding cakes so far this month and the last of last months.

Many thanks to all our brides and grooms and hope they were all happy with their cakes, had a great day and our best wishes for their futures together.

Annie and Andrew - Salmesbury Hall – 9th July - Chocolate Cup Tower Cakes – Flowers by Flower Design

Rachael and Paul- Spread Eagle – 8th July Offset Heart 3 tier cake with Rose’s

Rob and Claire-Burnley FC – 9th July – 3 tier Yellow Lilies Cake

Lee and Collette - Fence gate – 17th June – 3 tier Cigarillos Cake with Handmade Lilies

Martin and Catherine - Burnley FC – 18th June – Pink Bauble Cake

Gary and Gaeta - Holiday Inn Bolton- 23rd June – 3 tier heart cake on Fountain

Troy and Jackie - Burnley League – 23rd June – 4 tier Red Feathers Cake

Victoria and Jonathan - Salmesbury Hall –25th June - Blue petals Cake

Claire and David - Mitton hall – 25th June – Four tier Embossed cake with Fresh flowers- flowers by flower design.

Many thanks for looking and will add some more detail and pictures when time allowed

Joe and Janine

Saturday 11 June 2011

Astley Bank and Scaitcliffe Hall

Two wedding this week and both on Friday, so happy to say they got lovely weather.

3-tier-separated-tiers-with-lillies,roes-and-bride-and-groom-wedding-cakeThe First cake, a three tier with Handmade Lillie’s and Rose’s set on separated tiers with a cushion design on top and bottom cakes, in Gold, Chocolate and Ivory. For Amy and Philip who had their big day at the lovely setting of

Scaitcliffe Hall in Todmonden.

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Our second delivery was at Astley Bank in Darwen for Pauline and Phillip’s big day, a simple 2 tier Cake with Gerbera’s and Poppy’s in bright Yellow and Purple, a lovely and lively mix.

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Always lovely to bump in to our friends when out and about and Sarah Cox from Venue Styling was busy away making a great job of styling the venue. Astley Bank in Darwen itself is a lovely venue, and with the venue styling just Fab!!

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Monday 6 June 2011

First weddings of June

2 wedding cakes this week starting with Martin and Helen – who had their wedding Burnley FC’s European suite, a three tier chocolate cigarillo's Cake with handmade sugar Rose’s and matching Cup Cakes

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The second made for Joanne and Ashley a five tier tall and slim cake with a cascade of white and pink hand made sugar orchids they choose the lovely Coniston Hotel in Gargrave for their big day and the venue looked great. Also a big thank you to the team at Coniston hotel for their help on the day.

Nice to see both brides got stunning weather for their big days and hope they all really enjoyed it.

Thanks for looking Joe and Janine

Monday 30 May 2011

Mitton Hall and Spread Eagle

 

4 tier chocolate ruffle and rose and fans cakeJust two wedding cakes this week, First one for Sarah and Anthony at Mitton Hall in Mitton a lovely 4 tier chocolate Cake covered in chocolate paste, handmade chocolate rose’s, and fans all in a funky falling ruffle design.

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The second Cake for Lisa and John who got married at the  Spread Eagle in Sawley a more Classic style with a modern twist with 2 tiers of individual hearts and a matching 2 tier topper I a understated white Rose design with a hint of diamanté.

As always hope both couples had brilliant days and both venues looked fab! just hope the weather held for the all important photos.

Thanks for Looking Joe and Janine

Sunday 22 May 2011

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Two very different wedding cakes this weeks starting at the Dunkenhalgh for the wedding of Joe and Janine. They had one of our Bauble Cakes in lovely Mocha, Ivory and Gold shades with handmade sugar Lilies and glittered butterflies. I always think these cake make a lasting impression and really look the part.

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Next up for Tanya and Robyn at the lovely Whalley Abbey, again a modern style cake but a much simpler one than the Baubles, a classic 3 tier cake in Purple and Silver with Hearts and wired topper, and a scrolls separator to give the dramatic lift between the top tier. It of course matched the colours of the room perfectly.

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Monday 16 May 2011

Stirk House and Sparth House

Two wedding cake this weekend starting with Sparth House for the wedding of Andrew and Justine, Their cake a tilting 3 tier heart shape cake with hand made sugar flowers, and personalised modelled characters

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Next up for the wedding of Dion and Linzi who had their big day at Stirk House Hotel in Gisburn, and they designed a chocolate lovers cakes, with rich chocolate centre, chocolate cigarillos and a cascade of chocolate rose’s and lilies.

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All our best to both our couple and best wishes for the future :)

Sunday 8 May 2011

Mary and Chris - The Oaks

3-tier-orchids-wedding-cakeJust One wedding cake this week made for Mary and Chris who celebrated their wedding at The Oaks Hotel Burnley, A simple three tier Square Polka dot Cake with the top tier set on a tilting stand to draw attention to Handmade sugar Orchids in Burgundy and Ivory with gold leaves and bear grass.

Mary and Chris have just returned our cake stand and seemed delighted with the cake and had a wonderful day.

All our best to the bride and groom!!!

Even through we only did one wedding cake we did a whole host of interesting celebration cakes this week so please check out the Celebration Cake Blog.

Thanks for Looking

Joe and Jan

Saturday 7 May 2011

Table Centre Flower and Cake Displays with Flower Design

Remember these cute little individual Cakes I recently Posted, They were for Jane at Flower Design to work her magic with!! and she did!!

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And here are some of her pictures taken from their Blog of the lovely Table Centre decorations which include our sweet little Cakes!! Jane has come up with some really original ideas and ways to incorporate your Wedding Favours, Cakes, Petite Fours and Flowers in  ways I have not seen before.

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Using some Vintage Mirror cake stands and sweet little glasses filled with roses and peonies Jane and her Gang have created these stunning table decorations. That smell as good as they look and hopefully taste wonderful too!!

The bonus is you get to eat them at the end of the meal too!!

I am sure this style will catch on and look forward too working with Flower design to recreate these for many Brides!!

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Next up were our “Famous Bauble Cakes” and coming up with another use and design for them. Jane out did herself coming up with two brilliant designs/ Ideas. Using vintage Style Cake Stands and Crockery on silver trays with lovely Sunflowers, Daisy's and Dill to compliment the Bauble cakes, it really hits the current vintage style requested by brides with a completely original twist!! also a big thank you goes' to Rowley's Catering who provided the vintage crockery and as ever dressed the tables beautifully.

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The last little cake in the little cup with daisy's would simply make a beautiful table flavour

Many Thanks for Jane and crew for their ideas and hard work and Rowley’s Catering for the Vintage Crockery and really look forward to doing this for some real wedding!!

Thanks for Looking

Joe and Janine

Tuesday 3 May 2011

Chocolate Panel Rose Wedding Cake

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  Just the one wedding cake this weekend a lovely chocolate cake, wrapped in hand made white chocolate panels with silver stencilling, and vibrant blue roses with silver leaves and bear grass cascading down.

We made this cake from Kirsty and Paul who had there wedding at Mytton Fold which as ever looked brilliant and with such a bold colour theme really lifted the whole venue.

Hope they both had a great day and all our best for the future.

We did make other cakes so if you want check out the cake blog for some of our celebration cake, or you could just pop to the website and see the lot!! I have just added a big batch of or latest cakes.

Thanks For Looking

Joe and Janine

Friday 29 April 2011

Our Biggest Cake of the year so far !!

Not quite the 8 Tiers of Cake like Will & Kate’s but only 1 tier less, Yes a 7 tier Cake!! Made for the wedding of Stephanie and Andrew for their very big day at the lovely Great Hall at Mains.

7-tier-tiffany-wedding-cakeSteph was very clear about the design she wanted with the tiffany colour, lace work, Initials and supplied the Bride and Groom Topper herself.

I was delighted to get Stephanie's feedback on our Facebook page “we absolutely LOVED our cake thank you soo much, you did an absolutely fantastic job, very impressive” always nice to hear when you have done a good job!!

We also bumped into our friends Jane and Jason from Flower Design who were doing a fantastic job on the flowers and making the stunning venue which is the Great Hall even Better!!

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Above is Jane busy away making a great job of the flowers and below some picture pinched from Jane’s blog of the big day and flowers.

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I have of course saved the best till last and that is of course the lovely couple themselves.

Many Thanks to Steph and Andy for choosing us to be a small part of their big and our best wishes for their future together.

 

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