THE beauty of getting married these days is there are no hard and fast rules about how you should do it. With brides and grooms, events planners and the wedding industry coming up with ever more elaborate ideas, just about every dream can be fulfilled. But just like fashion the wedding industry follows trends and …
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Latest Wedding Trends – not just cake!
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Elegant New Vintage Cake Designs
I thought it was about time I put a couple of new pictures on to the site and these two wedding cakes are unashamedly romantic. The first one is filled with sugar roses, blossom and stephanotis with one tier brush embroidered and the second one is our nod to towards the Royal Wedding last year. …
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Edible Glitters – To Sprinkle or Not to Sprinkle?
How to Give Your Cakes Sparkle without Breaking the Law THERE has been much discussion surrounding the use of edible glitters ever since they were reclassified. Forums dedicated to professional and amateur bakers alike are awash with people wondering what they can and can’t put on their cakes. And despite many products now being labelled …
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Would this cake make you get better quicker?
My other half asked me to make a get well soon cake for a friend who has been ill for a several months. He was expecting a basic round sponge with a straight forward get well soon message piped across the top. Well, at Pink Rose Cakes we don’t like to do things by halves …
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Whimsical Alice In Wonderland Cake
This cake has got to rank as one of my favourite cakes to have done. It is a three tier wonky Alice in Wonderland-themed cake for a three-year-old’s birthday party. All the tiers are gluten, wheat and dairy free lemon cake which goes to show with a bit of planning the same kind of fabulous …
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Upcoming Wedding Fairs
I have been a bit rubbish posting anything lately – been far too busy in the kitchen making and selling cakes! Having said that, I will be showing some of my new designs at some upcoming wedding fairs around Sussex. The first one is on January 29, 2012 at the wonderful Wiston House, Steyning. This …
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Hot Tub Cake
This cake was created to celebrate a couple’s 20th anniversary together. The husband was quite specific about wanting a hot tub and figurines of him and his wife similar to how they looked when they first met but otherwise the design was up to me! The cake is carved from an extra deep 8″ lemon …
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Quality Wedding Suppliers Link Up
Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life and you don’t want to leave any detail to chance. What you need are suppliers with a good track record that you know you can trust. It is because of this fundamental philosophy that I have recently had the privilege of meeting …
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Wedding Cake at Stanmer House
Last month I had the honour of delivering and setting up a beautiful cake at Stanmer House in Brighton for Emma and Robin Reed. The cake was three tiers of different flavours, including raspberry and white chocolate, vanilla and light chocolate cake. It was then covered in a white chocolate paste and then decorated with …
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Fender Stratocaster Guitar Cake
Last week I was asked to make a copy of a Fender Stratocaster for a 40th birthday cake and this is the result. The cake itself was a very sophisticated coffee and walnut using real espresso – not a flavour I have done much recently but I had forgotten how nice it tastes. The body …
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