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02/08/2024

Does anyone have any recommendations for florists that they have used before for weddings and special ceremonies. TIA 💕💕

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15/01/2024

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Almost Athletes Events Page are in need of your help!

This weekends Linda Franks 5 miler on Sunday is in need of further volunteers to help make this event even more spectacular. If you can help, please contact Philip Jeyes to see what you can do.

23/09/2022

Hi! I've lost some recent messages in my inbox, so if you've placed an order for the end of this month, 30th September, please DM me asap! Many thanks in advance ###

23/09/2022

Hi! My message inbox has crashed so I have lost some recent messages! Please DM me if you've placed an order for the end of this month 30th September 2022. MTIA!!

Carrot cake slices, gluten and dairy free lemon drizzle cake, brownies and vanilla and raspberry cupcakes. Come and spea...
20/09/2022

Carrot cake slices, gluten and dairy free lemon drizzle cake, brownies and vanilla and raspberry cupcakes. Come and speak to my amazing support group leaders and members and share our experiences

27/06/2022

Part 4: The wedding marquee was beautifully thought out by Sahâr and executed by her and their family and friends and every detail was carefully thought out.

The brownies were carefully and expertly dished and served by Adele and her Sussex Event team, with pre-scooped ice-cream ready to serve (thanks to years of watching and their contestants cooking for large groups).
This was the first time I had been involved in anything of this scale and felt immense pressure but was also proud that it happened so effortlessly. Can you believe I even did a plating diagram for how to place the brownies, ice-cream and drizzle too?!?

The Sugar Rubbing ceremony is one of many beautiful and meaningful rituals that happen during Persian weddings and involves several well-wishing women rubbing two cones of hard sugar (which can represent the bride and groom) over a Cloth of Unity held by other female members of the family. This signifies spreading sweetness into the couple's life and marriage and that every contact between them will result in sweetness, love, happiness, contentment and children in the future. (https://nilouweddings.com/weddingblog/sugar-rubbing )

The Persian knife dance, Ragsheh Chagoo, begins when the bride and groom wish to cut the cake and involves either the bridesmaids or grooms friend's to dance with the knife and tease the newly weds. The groom can bribe the dancer with money to obtain the knife and complete the cake cutting. (https://www.blushandposephotography.com.au/persian-wedding-knife-dance/)

26/06/2022

Part 3: Sahâr and Alex's special day. We've all been waiting for ages for this day, but none more so than me, as I was tasked with making their three tier wedding cake and GF/vegan brownies for the dessert course for over 160 guests.

I was totally overwhelmed on the day I received a text from Sahâr asking if I would be free that day. It was and still is a complete honour to be able to make any friends wedding cake; and there have been many of my friend's that have asked me for the privilege.

It's always daunting when you're a guest at the wedding too so I had extra pressure, not to mention the venue was in Sussex.

I couldn't have asked for a more hospitable family to be a part of and cater for, not to mention the faith they all had in me for something I had to make.
The weeks preceding this weekend I had made lots of samples of flavours for the tiers and versions of brownies and asked that the couple be honest in what they preferred. True to form, they were and so began the preparation for this weekend.

I couldn't have asked for a better experience and even offered to cut the cake up and have them on platters for the guests; of course I had to make sure it was cut properly! I also left some of each tier in a box for the couple, along with the topper which was made by their close florist friend , who is such a beautiful soul and made my cake whole. Thank you Liz. 💓💓

26/06/2022

Part 2: The penultimate day and day of travelling.
Each tier was decorated with swipes of three shades of burnt orange and then was stacked to check it was all level and could stand up.

and Alex had asked that I make gluten free brownies for all the guests and also some vegan ones.
I used my go-to recipe, , which I alter to make them more gooey. For the GF version I added a mixture of GF SR flour, almond flour and cornflour.

For the vegan brownies (after a trial of three different recipes, using work colleagues/friends and the lucky couple as guinea pigs), I found the best recipe. Karissa's vegan kitchen had an easy to use recipe, but I needed to increase the time a little and decrease the temperature I cooked them at.
I made sure the vegan brownies were made before the day I was due to travel as they can become dry. All 15 trays of brownies were wrapped in cellophane and boxed ready to travel, including the individual tiers.

Many thanks need to go to my mum for all of her help, support and making sure I wake up when the alarms go off whilst I nap. During this week, the kitchen was a no go zone for everyone, so I'm thankful to my family for baring with me.
Special thanks also to for transporting the cakes and me to and for his general support and help. When it comes to my cakes, holding or supporting them, I become a complete cake-zilla and drive everyone crazy. So I apologise for that!

Thanks to Kim Stewart of for being so hospitable and amazing when it came to hosting the wedding party, keeping my bakes safe until the following day and making sure the Sussex Event team ran the service and brownie prep without a hitch.

26/06/2022

Part 1: This entire past week has been spent planning, preparing and executing the plans for the beautiful and Alex's wedding this weekend in Brighton. Luckily I took annual leave to complete this all with some semblance of sleep.

The tiers for the wedding cake were carrot cake with cinnamon cream cheese flavoured frosting, chocolate torte with ganache, chocolate filings and buttercream and Madagascan vanilla beanpaste buttercream, dehydrated raspberries and raspberry jam. All tiers were covered in my signature white chocolate water ganache using my trustworthy kit.

I was also tasked with making gluten free brownies for their 160 guests and extra vegan free-from brownies for their guests that were dairy/nut/other allergen intolerant.

08/06/2022

wedding samples: In less than 20 days time I will be making the wedding cake of the beauty that is and her beau Alex.

Being a GF queen, I decided to make all the cake sample flavours GF and these included:
Madagascan vanilla and raspberry
Almond and raspberry
Carrot cake
Hazelnut chocolate torte
Chocolate torte
Miso salted caramel
Coffee and walnut
Lemon sherbet drizzle
Brownies
Vegan brownies

Everything was packaged up and sent via DPD and both she and Alex enjoyed it on a sunny day in front of Brighton's famous landmark.

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