Cakeabella - the journey for the perfect cake

So if you have been a regular follower of my blog, you will know had a slight disater with my cake with my cake maker falling ill. So off I went on my travels this weekend to meet the lovely Anne from Cakeabella.

I had an amazing time discussing my ideas for my art deco cake and how we could incorporate ideas from my invites which my lovely friend Miss Adair had created for me in to the cake. the cake is going to look amazing tied in with the place settings and table numbers.

Anne made me feel completely at ease when discussing my ideas and when I kept changing my mind about certain details and now I feel that we have the beginning of an epic art deco creation. 


We also had a great time discussing our china discoveries which some beautiful teaspoons and tea plates coming out of Anne's cupboard.

Anne sent me and my mother in law to be off with some amazing cupcakes which as you can see are absolutely amazing and my husband to be quickly consumed the teddy bear one once he came back from his best friends stag do.

I also took the opportunity to display them on one of my beautiful cake plates (if I do say so myself)as always believe cake should be eaten from a proper cake plate ;)

Cakeabella can be contacted at www.cakeabella.com where you can find further beautiful examples of her work for all occasions. I personally love the cake recipe section of the site where you can find all types of recipes from carrot cake to salted carmel chocolate cake Yummy!

Ruby

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Cake glorious Cake

As some of you may know, I had a slight disaster with my wedding cake this week which has prompted me to look around for wedding cake suppliers. Cakeabella's in Maldon www.cakeabella.com/ came to my rescue and I am meeting up with them in April to discuss my design.

However this little problem made me think about the wedding cakes and how to pick the theme of your ultimate cake for your big day so I sought some advice from Lucie Waller from Wonderland Bakery about the themes and trends she is seeing emerging for this summer.

1 of the key trends coming through is using the cake to incorporate key design features that tie your wedding together may it be using your flowers on the cake or taking the design of your invitations and using that as the pattern on your cake. I am having an art deco themed wedding and I having been thinking of using some of the design from my invitations on my cake to tie it in all nicely (but also loads and loads of feathers!)

Alongside the bright trends we are currently seeing on the British high street this trends is also coming through in cake design, bright bold colours to match in with the flowers. I personally love this design below as it is beautifully bright

http://www.facebook.com/wonderlandbakeryuk#!/

For those of you who like the idea of cutting a cake but don't want the hassle of having 3 or 4 tiers to cut up to give out at the reception, why not have cupcakes with a traditional cake at the top! Purchase some fab favour boxes and you have saved yourself money on buying favours by giving out the cupcakes

I have also fallen in love with the idea of cake pops that seem to be popping up (excuse the pun!) that weddings over the last couple of years, also an easy favour for your guests



Speaking of all this cake has made me hungry but before I sign off I have one for idea to share with you all that I absolutely love as it ties the 2 things together that I love; vintage china and cake!

Below is a smaller take on my previous post about a fab company called French made who use rustic and vintage ideas to make up dessert table but below is a fab idea for all you DIY brides out there.

Ruby x http://www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk/

P.S Thanks to Lucie for all the beautiful images and letting us use them

Keeping the masses occupied on your big day!

As promised I have delved further in 2012 wedding reception ideas, however this time I have enlisted some help from my friends at the Essex Wedding Chat Page http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/160131350756598/. This group has a selection of helpful Essex suppliers to help brides to be (like me!) who just don't know where to start!

With any wedding reception the decision of what to feed the guests is every brides dilemma. For those of you looking for a vintage/rustic touch your wedding or for those of your who just love dessert, I have stumbled across a fabulous company who can supply your wedding with a beautiful dessert table.

These gorgeous delights are from London/ Essex based dessert table company French Made. As you can see from the beautiful images that they have supplied they can style your dessert table to match your day and incorporate all the finishing touches such as favours in to the style of your dessert table. I love these ideas as it is a different take on the candy buffet theme and is an amazing talking point for your guests, getting them to interact.


 

Photo credit: Carla Thomas. http://carlathomasphoto.com/



 

Photo credit: Carla Thomas. http://carlathomasphoto.com/

There has always been the age old question about whether to make your wedding sans children. However if you decide you want the little ones involved with all the fun of your big day, there are ways to ensure they have as much fun as the adults do. 

Obviously if you have the budget you can opt to bring in a creche but for those without the means, I have noticed people making up personalised activity kits for kids, all quite reasonably priced
through my mass hunts through Ebay for all things wedding (and I am always amazed the number of things you can buy for a wedding!).However this can be quite difficult to find if your colour theme is unusual and if you are looking for something specific.

Up steps a great supplier in Essex called Party Bag World who make these little wonders! The ones belong are under £2.00 a bag which is a small price to pay for happy children during the wedding breakfast!

http://www.partybagworld.co.uk/

Ruby x

Contacts for Blog:French made info@frenchmade.co.uk, Partybag World http://www.partybagworld.co.uk/