CAKES Archive
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OMG Update – More Fabulous Contemporary Cake Shapes from Victoria Made
The gorgeous cake couturier Victoria Made is fast becoming one of my favourite creatives. Definitely baking outside the box and providing fresh ideas for the modern bride, she is fast becoming the one to watch in my OMG opinion. If by any chance you missed her incredible “Steel City” shoot on Boho Wedding Blog earlier [...] -
Cakes by Shelly to Match Your Wedding Dress – Vera Wang, Carolina Herrera, Reem Acra + Moniqui Lhuillier
So you probably all know I love a good cake design, and I equally – if not more – love a good wedding dress. I chose my own wedding cake because it resembled my gown in its frills and ruffles and then decided to add a black sash for the reception to match the cake [...] -
Introducing GC Couture Luxury Wedding Cakes
Genuine Cakes, the team behind Cheryl Cole’s birthday cake, has launched a specialist division for luxury wedding cakes – GC Couture. GC Couture officially launched at the Luxury Wedding Show in October, and unveiled the new GC Couture website, new logo, branding, new packaging – the works! All of which I am here to tell [...] -
New Wedding Cake Designs by Restoration Cake – A Super Sweet Update
One of my very first blog features was a write up of an amazing interview and tasting challenge hosted by the lovely Charlotte of Restoration Cake last year. Not only was it the beginning of a beautiful wedding friendship, but it was also the discovery of one seriously talented lady! Today I have an update [...] -
OMG Tuesday Top 10 Contemporary Cake Topper Ideas
As you probably know, I love cake. I love eating it, I love making it (although not very well) and I love all the amazing decorations that go on top of it, around it, inside it – you name it, I love it. Today’s top 10 focusses on a few small ways to personalise your [...] -
Devilishly Delicious Chocolate (Cake) Week Inspiration by Sweetapolita
OMG. It’s Chocolate Week and I am mega excited. While not entirely hitting the nail on the wedding head, cakes are cakes and I love pretty much everything Canada based Sweetapolita posts on her blog. Gone are the days when you need to have a fruit cake for your wedding if you don’t want one [...] -
OMG Update – Romantic, Sculptural LUXE Victoria Made Wedding Cakes
OMG. You might remember I featured a beautiful selection of cakes by UK designer Victoria Made. Well, today I have a bit of a follow up post of new pieces hot off the press! How stunning are these designs? I really love the delicate, romantic touches as well as the beautiful, subtle colours of off [...] -
(Seriously) Tempting Fresh Flower Wedding Cakes!
I never tire of receiving cake photos and I doubt I ever will. I have featured the fabulous work of Emily of Tempting Cake before (if you missed her Tempting Tables feature I would check it out IMMEDIATELY!) And today I have an update of lovely shots by Liesl Cheney! I am pretty much obsessed [...] -
Unique, Stunning Graphic Tempting Tables by Tempting Cake
OMG. Who is ready for some seriously awesome dessert inspiration? I could not be more excited to share with you these totally mouthwatering, insanely beautiful Tempting Tables by the lovely Emily of Tempting Cake. I know dessert tables have been around for some time now, they all sort of start to look a bit similar [...] -
A Contemporary Twist on Vintage – Victoria Made Wedding Cakes
I am still on a bit of a sugar high having just come back from a fabulous wedding this past weekend where the groom’s cake was a Yankee Baseball Stadium (OMG!) and what better way to get through some mid week jetlag than to look (and try) delicious cakes? Today I’m pleased to share with [...] -
Sweetapolita – Confection Obsession!
Fancy something sweet for a sunny Monday morning? HOW ABOUT THESE AMAZING CAKES by Sweetapolita?! I discovered these amazing creations Friday afternoon, dreamt about them all weekend and and could not wait to put this post together. Thanks so much to Rosie for sharing these images. I not only love the graphic and modern nature [...] -
Vibrantly Crafted Wedding Cakes by Janet Mohapi-Banks – OMG!!!
What better way to celebrate the almost weekend by looking at gorgeous cakes?! I’m so pleased to share with you a stunning selection of photos by Juliet McKee of Sugar & Spice Photography featuring the new wedding cake collection of the amazing sculptural cake designer Janet Mohapi-Banks. Juliet says “Janet is a recommended supplier to the The [...] -
Confection Queen Peggy Porschen & Mark Niemierko Do Dessert
Today is my birthday (hurray!) and so what better way to celebrate than to talk about cakes? I have deliberated about my wedding cake for so long as I want it to not only look fab, but it has to taste great and being a dessert lady, I want to eat a big piece on [...] -
OMG Bridal Graphics Issue 2: What makes a Restoration Cake?
I was inspired to do this next issue of Bridal Graphics after reminiscing about a taste test with Restoration Cake I had a few months ago. One of the (many) things I love about Charlotte is that she is very scientific about her baking. She spoke about the chemistry of ingredients and getting the perfect [...] -
Alternative Wedding Cakes – Jellies by Bompas & Parr
I have always maintained that I am a wedding cake person. Without a doubt, I will be having lots of cake at my own event, and at my best friend’s wedding this past weekend, I had three pieces of hers! So it takes a lot to excite me about desserts that don’t include frosting… But [...] -
SugarSugar Wedding Cakes and Cupcakes
What better way to start a Friday than with cake?! Thanks very much to Fiona of SugarSugar for getting in touch with me and sharing these lovely cakes, I am mostly enamored with the hand painted wedding cakes – these are my new obsession. They are SO beautiful. Sugarsugar specialises in hand painted techniques, contemporary [...] -
Restoration Cake Interview – The Vegan / Dairy Challenge!
Boy did I have a great weekend. Thanks to the fabulous founder of Restoration Cake, Charlotte Gamble, myself and my newly appointed food expert Catherine, hopped over to South Kensington’s Millennium Hotel for a luxurious and totally indulgent cupcake tasting. We spent the afternoon at the MU bar upstairs in our own little private cupcake [...]










































