God Save The Cream

This coming Monday is, lucky for us, a long weekend! A day off in honour of Her Majesty, The Queen. The Cake Eating Company will this weekend be at three Christchurch markets. The usual Deans Bush on Saturday but also Encraftment Market on Saturday and Market and the MET on Monday! A busy weekend.
To celebrate this auspicious day The Cake Eating Co. has created a special everything English dessert menu and also has made this TO DIE FOR cake.
The bottom tier is layers of Earl Grey tea soaked chocolate sponge, milk chocolate and Earl Grey tea mousse and milk chocolate ganache. The top tier is layers of orange and sherry soaked vanilla sponge, vanilla custard, raspberries and white chocolate ganache. All encased in the Union Jack and the Queens head. Rather delightful don't you say? If you want to win head over to The Cake Eating Co. on Facebook and share the link. You can't have a birthday without cake!
On the stall there will also be miniature versions of these two cakes as well as some other truly delicious delights! Make sure you stop by and say hi! xx

Where the brides do roam...

Wedding cakes aren't always the easiest thing to make. You either know what you want or you don't. If you don't then there is often so many different options and themes that you don't know where to start! A gorgeous young couple had a similar problem and after months of debating and mind changing I was left with the final decision. Their criterial was: over indulgent chocolate, red, something for people who don't like cake, musical and involving some cute wee hearts the bride had made for decoration. I think this extreme chocolate cake fits the bill. It is covered on over 300 Belgian truffles and the heart up top has music notes all down the side!

This little piggy went to market...

Off to the market we go peddling our wares! The Cake Eating Co joins with Pure Flavours to bring treats of all sorts to the masses! Come check us out, dates and times at www.thecakeeatingco.co.nz

Totally in Love

Three tiers of delicious chocolate cake covered with pretty purple gerberas. How romantic and filled with LOVE.

Beach wedding

A simple yellow and white 3 tier wedding cake with frangipani flowers. Bottom and top tier are fruit cake and the middle is dark chocolate mud cake!

Stacking Krabby Pattys...

It's everyone's favourite employee from the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob! In a delicious banana milk chocolate reincarnation with dark chocolate buttercream.

Chocolate Rose Wedding Extravaganza

This weekend just past I had the pleasure of making a cake FULL of chocolate goodness!
The cake itself was alternating tiers if chocolate mud cake. The bottom a milk chocolate, the middle white chocolate and the top dark chocolate. Each tier was iced in a coordinating ganache.
The cake is decorated with handmade chocolate roses and fans. Yum!

Call of Duty: Black Ops

A wee birthday cake for my very dear nephew who turns 8 on Saturday. He is gluten and dairy free as well as having an egg free friend. This cake had to be very allergy friendly!

The year of the snake!

Today is Chinese New Year and what better way to celebrate such a special occasion than with cake! This year is also year of the Snake so I am informed it will be a good year for all those like me out there! What an auspicious day! These lovely little treats are Red Velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing and fondant decorations.

Circus meringue stack

Meringues anyone? How about some delicious caramel meringues filled with candy floss flavoured marshmallow and topped with dark chocolate and sprinkles!

Sweets for my sweet

Valentines day is just around the corner guys and gals! Make sure you get in early to spoil your loved one rotten. Try saying 'I love you' with these super cute heart shaped strawberry and vanilla macarons. A box of 6 for $10, orders by 7 February.

The sweetness of Operation Sugar

So you may be aware of an organisation called Operation Sugar. Its is a collective of bakers who voluntarily make cakes for sick children. This week I had the absolute pleasure of being paired with a beautiful young lad named Jens. He celebrated his fifth birthday and a successful recovery from a Neuroblastoma Tumour. Last year I was diagnosed with and treated for a bad melanoma, while I sat in a waiting room one day feeling terribly scared I saw a young boy come out of the room I was going into. He looked so fragile but had such an air of resilience about him that from that moment on I made him my inspiration. It was wonderful to give back to someone who was inspirational like that child.
Jens' birthday was pirate themed, with plank walking and all. His birthday cake of course had to match. It is a pirate ship. Chocolate flavoured at the request of the man of the hour!