Lavender Cakes

I'd like some fresh flowers on my cake is this feasible?

I don’t use fresh flowers because of the uncertainty of what chemicals are on them. A lot of flower growers use chemicals and pesticides to prolong the life of the flowers. And even though I agree that they look very pretty, would you really want to eat a piece of cake that has come into contact with pesticides?

I wouldn’t and that is why I offer sugar flowers which can look every bit as beautiful as the real thing. They can also be kept as a keepsake which makes them the preferable alternative for many of my customers.

Can I have a cake sample?

At the moment, cake samples are only offered to future bride and grooms who book and attend a consultation. Should you book a free private consultation and fail to show, your next consultation will incur a charge to cover the cost of the cake sample.

In the future I am hoping to be able to offer a couple of new services for Brides and their Grooms.

Firstly, ‘tasting days’; these will be for a small number of clients who pay a small fee to attend. Should the bride and groom then choose to book their wedding cake with me; the fee will be taken off the full cost of their cake.

Secondly, I am looking into the possibility of offering cake samples for a small fee, by Royal Mail. Please check back for updates on that.

I need a cake for tomorrow, it’s just a simple sponge, can you help me?

Unfortunately, no I cannot. Every single cake I bake is baked fresh to order and unlike well known supermarkets, I can’t just take one off the shelf for you.

A lot of planning goes into each and every cake I make; I need to make sure I have the right size board and box for the cake you require. That I have enough ribbon, or wires for flowers etc and I need to go and buy the ingredients so that they are as fresh as possible. I do not keep cakes frozen on standby as to me, this does not constitute a ‘fresh baked’ cake. If you are wanting a model on the cake this can take several weeks to make and if you require sugar flowers these can take months to make. So you see, to the professional cake maker, no sponge cake is ever ‘simple’.

I have baked my own cake, can you decorate it for me?

I'm sorry but I do not decorate anyone else's cakes but my own, this is for a couple of reasons. The cost of covering and decorating someone elses cake is the same as if I baked it myself. However, the main reason is from a Health and Safety perspective. Whilst I am sure the cake is delicious, I cannot guarantee to you or your guests what it contains or prove where the ingredients were sourced. Should there be any problems with the cake it could pose a risk to my reputation and that of my business.

Can you make a cake with my childs favourite cartoon character on?

Unfortunately due to copyright law I cannot recreate and sell any cartoon cakes. Unlike supermarkets I don't mass produce cakes and cannot afford to apply for the right to make a cake with ie: Iggle Piggle, Peppa Pig, Thomas the Tank Engine etc. I can however create other cakes for your childs birthday from bears to trains to castles and princesses, the list is not exhaustive!

For this same reason I cannot make a handbag cake in the style of Radley, Louis Vuitton etc... However, there are so many other styles to be created!!

What depth are your cakes?

When decorated, all of my cakes, sponge and fruit are a minimum depth of 3", this often beats most shop brands by a whole inch... they say size isn't everything but when it comes to cake......!!

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