Cake Occasions is offering $50 off our upcoming cake design classes - book now for the 2 tier round class on Sunday July 25th and the 2 tier square class on Sunday 8th August and receive a discount.
Email Alisa at enquiries@cakeoccasions.com.au to book into the classes
Chris and I have been really fortunate to work with some very creative people and we always have such a fun time coming up with designs for features in magazines.
Check out the superb winter edition of Wedding Style Guide for fantastic ideas and inspiration and a great big THANK YOU for all your support. We were so thrilled to have three of our original cakes featured in this edition.
The Wedding Style Guide blog is also a fantastic design resource
Thank you to the girls who attended the madhatter class last weekend.
Yet again Chris was delighted with the cakes the girls produced. A special mention has to go to Ineke who prepped sugar roses, balls, bees, flowers and letters at home before the class to add to the finished product.
Come along to our next madhatter class on August 14th & 15th and be challenged with this unusual cake.
Check out our new winter schedule which includes and intensive weekend beginners class and special advanced cakes. Please email Alisa at enquiries@cakeoccasions.com.au to book in
THE BASICS
2 DAY BASICS INTENSIVE - ROUND GIFT BOX & SQUARE - BEGINNERS - $600
Saturday 11th September 10am - 4pm
Sunday 12th September 10 am-4pm
INTERMEDIATE 2T ROUND $400
Sunday 25th July 2010
ADVANCED 2T SQUARE $450
Sunday 8th August 2010
SPECIALTY CLASSES - EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
2T ROUND MADHATTER - $500
Saturday & Sunday August 14th (10am - 4pm) & 15th (10am - 2pm)
SPOTS, STRIPES, BUTTERFLIES, ROUND AND SQUARE 2T - $500
Saturday & Sunday July 17th- 18th 2010
Last week I featured cakes inspired by vintage glamour and the elegance of using old school colours such as white and ivory. One of those cakes was featured on the Sydney Morning Herald website in a story about the lovely couple Kim & Guy and their amazing wedding.
Photos of the wedding and our cake are here
photos from Sydney Morning Herald Life & Style , photos by Nadine Saacks
With three little boys and one big one our house is constantly filled with all sorts of boy bits.
Planes, cars and of course the spiralling train track which is always carefully constructed by Chris and gleefully demolished by the boys.
The train obsession seems to be one that all little boys (and big boys) have - This week Chris made the MOST amazing 3d Thomas the Tank for a little boys 2nd birthday.
For something special I thought I would show you how the cake was made in different stages and a video of the finished product.
Vintage glamour is the current catch cry of many couples we are seeing and with that we have been designing some really beautiful and elegant wedding cakes.
There is a real tread towards the classic, waspy style with lots of white on white, ivory and old fashioned elegance.
Think intricate piping, sugar flowers, monograms and lots of tiers.
Here are some of our classically elegant cakes
Here at Cake Occasions we like to stay ahead of trends rather than “on trend”. With each cake we try to push the boundaries of design, construction and colour, we want each client’s cake to be unique, to be personally designed and constructed for them.
So it was with great pleasure that we identified some emerging trends in cake design in this months Cosmo Bride
When designing a cake think about using colour, different textures, oversized sugar flowers or sugar paste love birds as toppers.
Play around with flavours, try peppermint ganache with dark chocolate mud cake or orange mocha.
You are only limited by your imagination.
In this industry a gym membership is a must ! I am sure I have eaten my body weight in cake, for research purposes of course.
We were approached by Les Mills to create a cake to celebrate the launch of their 80th Body Step program, even the instructors eat cake…
So next time I am at the gym lying back on the steps trying to punish my triceps, I will think of cake.
With Mother’s day fast approaching why not buy buy mum a gift voucher to one of our classes or even book both of you into one of our classes and have a great bonding session over chocolate and cake.
Chris can even custom design a class for a group of keen cake design enthusiasts
See our classes page for more details of dates and times
Chris and I were really excited to have two of our cakes featured on Polka Dot Bride last Thursday.
Ms Polka wrote a post about black and white cakes and our cakes were featured next to some of Australia’s finest cake designers
