I am a professional cake designer and decorator with a versatile and wide-ranging skill base from novelty to finely detailed sugar flowers, and from children's characters to elegant wedding showstoppers. I am an unapologetic perfectionist with an eye for the smallest of details and I offer my clients a one-to-one service from design to delivery. http://www.pinterest.com/yummycakeycake/
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FAQs
Do I need to pay a deposit? Yes, a non-refundable and non-transferrable deposit is required before orders are placed into the diary - to clarify: YOU HAVE NOT PLACED THE ORDER UNTIL THE DEPOSIT IS PAID (Sorry to shout - just wanted to be absolutely clear). The deposit amount is £100 for wedding cakes and £50 for all other cakes. All remaining payments are due on collection/delivery, except for wedding cakes which must be paid for in full two weeks before the Big Day. Yes, delivery can usually be arranged (subject to availability - I can't go gadding about if we've got cakes to decorate!) within a 60 mile radius of GU11 and this is charged at 90p a mile + £10 for my time. We can also arrange to meet at a mutually convenient half-way point – please ask. All prices quoted are based on collection. Do you except payment by instalment? Yes, I can take payment in anything up to three instalments. What does your wedding cake package include? Full design consultation, including a face to face meeting (on request) and design sketches, liaison with your reception venue, organisation of cake stand hire (if required, and at additional cost), delivery and set up. Basically, I will do everything we can to make sure you have one less thing to worry about. Can you make 'free-from' cakes? Yes I can, but I don't have separate equipment or kitchens for doing so, so there may be traces present. I have excellent recipes for egg and diary free cakes, and gluten free cakes, but if you have an allergy rather than an intolerance, my advice would be to seek a cake maker who has equipment use specifically for 'free-from' baking. Is there anything you don't do? Glad you asked. We're not very good at cakepops so we leave them to those who are. I don't make 'rude' cakes either - no wi***es or bo***es (or worse!) - mainly because there's a child in the house. And I'm not keen on making pregnant tummies or edible babies. I sound prudish, but I'm not really. Anything else goes! Oh, apart from 'smash' cakes... I don't really understand them. Why would you spend all that money on a beautiful cake just to smash it up? Will any part of my cake be inedible? Wherever possible my cakes are 100% edible and I take great pride in that, however it isn't always possible. Tiered cakes require dowel supports and sculpted cakes often need internal structures, as do some of my sugarpaste models. When I need to include inedible elements I will ensure that we bring these to your attention on collection/delivery. A few disclaimer-type things
• Please ensure that all details are correct e.g. name and age. I cannot take responsibility for spelling errors and can only go by the information received by you
• My cakes are created in an environment that contains eggs and nuts. I do not have separate equipment for these cakes so it is possible that traces may be found
• Once the cake has been collected/delivered it is the responsibility of the client, not CakeyCake. I will, of course, offer advice on how to transport and store your cake. General advice on your cake
• Sugar dissolves in water. DO NOT let your cake get wet! This includes condensation that may form with any extreme changes in temperature, so please don’t put your cake in the fridge. It will be fine on a table or work top.
• Sugar is fragile. Please hold your cake away from your body – don’t clutch it to your chest or pop it under your arm to open a door. And please don’t put anything on top of the box. It might be alright, but it probably won’t.
• Sugar doesn’t go off. It just gets harder. So, yes, you can keep the decorations if you want to. The colours will gradually fade in sunlight though, so you may want to keep them in a tin/box. I wouldn’t advise eating them after more than about a week...
