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Susan and Owen had a cherry blossom theme for their wedding at Braxted Park in April, so instead of roses or calla lilies on my 'helterskelter' cake they went for cherry blossoms. I made white chocolate cherry blossoms in a mould and dusted the edges with edible lustre colouring dusts, and then grouped them on the cake. The bride and groom were delighted:

"Melanie,

A huge thank you for helping to make out day so special. You made us an absolutely spectacular cake. Our friends and family haven't stiopped talking about how beautiful it looked and how delicious it was. We can agree with that. ... You are a very talented lady and we will happily recommend you to anyone."

Receiving such a lovely note made my day on Thursday too.]]> Wedding Cakes http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=647 Fri, 4 May 2012 15:36:28 +0100 http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=645
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Nadia and Victoria had a joint 21st birthday party on Saturday. Nadia booked her cake on Tuesday and Victoria decided she wanted one too, on Thursday.

I didn't want them to look the same but I did want them to be a pair, so they were the same size and shape, just with different colour cigarillos and chocolate ruffles: Victoria wanted pastel colours and Nadia wanted strong colours and strawberries.]]> Chocolate Cakes http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=645 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:28:20 +0100 http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=643
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I have bought a new set of butterfly cutters/moulds and was delighted to be able to try them out on two completely different styles of wedding cakes a couple of weeks ago. Cadbury purple topped chocolate cupcakes with white sugar filligree butterflies dipped in edible white glitter, with a top tier with purple butterflies for Prested Hall; and a 3-tier white iced cake with a cascade of sage green butterflies in a variety of shades, again some dipped in edible white glitter for a wedding at Crondon Park. I love my job.]]> Wedding Cakes http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=643 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:46:26 +0100 http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=641

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I made this last minute chocolate birthday cake for Sara last week, or to be precise, for Sara's mother. Sara was very pleased and sent me this note:

Hi Melanie,

Just a note to say 'Thank you' for such a wonderful cake.

My Mum was over the moon with it and had a lovely time at her party.

So many people commented on how amazing the cake looked and how good it tasted and smelt!

I've attached a photo of it on the stand etc. for you

Kind Regards
Sara

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I made this cake a while ago but I came across the picture and liked it over again. It has alternate layers of white and millk chocolate cigarillos, with white and milk chocolate calla lilies. Square with 4-tiers it has a contemporary feel. The picture is taken at The Fennes, in Bocking, Essex.]]> Chocolate Cakes http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=639 Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:37:47 +0100 http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=637

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This bride had two daughters, Lily and Daisy, and wanted them included in her wedding scheme, so she had a 3-tier sponge wedding cake, with handmade sugar daisies all the way round on the ledges and 3 handmade sugar lilies on the top. The cake was displayed on a pedestal stand with cupcakes all the way round the base. The reception was held at Burstead Golf Club, in Essex.]]> Wedding Cakes http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=637 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:01:31 +0000 http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=635

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When I went on the cupcake workshop last week, Ann Pickard, the course tutor, had some beautiful edible lustre spray for sale. I had to buy some, and, together with some white hologram glitter created this white sugar version of my helterskelter cake. The photograph doesn't do it justice, but the sun glinting off it in the shop window shows it off to perfection.]]> Wedding Cakes http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=635 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:40:21 +0000 http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=633
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On Wednesday I had a lovely day at a workshop making little modelled animals to go on cupcakes. The course was led by Ann Pickard, a well known sugar model maker. I had a dozen at the end and I have displayed them on a cupcake stand in my window. I think my favourite is the sheep, but they are all cute in their own way.]]> Novelty Cakes http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=633 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:00:50 +0000 http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=631

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This was a fantastic commission for an 18th birthday cake, that gave me a chance to show off my skills. The cake itself was 2-tier, a 10" sponge and a 6" chocolate cake with a 10" sugar carousel on top, with 8 sugar horses, white with gold detailing, lots of gold stars and the initials of the birthday girl. It took a long time, but was a labour of love.]]> Birthday Cakes http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=631 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:29:29 +0000 http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=629

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Here is a very classic cake with handmade sugar roses, in the currently very popular dark purple, with some gold berries and foliage, with draped fabric made of sugar sweeping from tier to tier, caught up by a spray of flowers.]]> Wedding Cakes http://ferriscakes.co.uk/blog/index.php?itemid=629 Fri, 9 Mar 2012 17:10:11 +0000