Hosting a tea party?

Last week I met up with Anwen of The Vintage Crockery Cupboard for a little photo shoot.
We are collaborating on a afternoon tea package that includes all the vintage crockery you could need for your tea party and co-ordinating vintage style cupcakes and mini cakes to treat your guests to an afternoon tea they won't forget

If you would like any more information, prices or to place an order for the afternoon tea package please contact me angela@bcakestudio.co.uk or Anwen tea@thevintagecrockerycupboard.co.uk

The Vintage crockery cupboard will be at the Create your Day Wedding Fayre at the Swalec Stadium, Cardiff

this Sunday (2nd October) go say hi!

* I have also made some small changes to the comments on the blog to allow anyone to comment *

2012 Wedding orders

Are you getting married in 2012? June, July and August dates are booking up fast. Email me to book a consultation/tasting, I charge £30 for this service but it is redeemable against your order.
In the consultation you will get to sample lots of cake and fillings and discuss the design of your cake, you will also get to take home a box of cake samples to share.

Cake flavours include:

Vanilla 

Coffee

Milk Chocolate mud cake 

White Chocolate mud cake

Carrot Cake 

Rich fruit cake 

Lemon Cake 

Fillings:

Black Cherry Conserve

Strawberry and Champagne Conserve

Raspberry Conserve

Homemade Caramel sauce

Homemade Chocolate Sauce

Lemon Curd

Vanilla Buttercream

Chocolate mousse Buttercream

Oreo Buttercream 

Coffee Buttercream

Strawberry Buttercream

Coconut Buttercream

Please get in touch if you would like more info or to book, angela@bcakestudio.co.uk or call me on 07583 122 349

                             

National cupcake week 12th-18th September

Its national cupcake week!
Heres a old recipe I found in Womans life magazine from 1932, it was my great-great auntie's

Cupcakes

Ingredients: 

Half a pound of plain flour 

Two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder 

Half a teaspoon of salt 

Four ounces of butter

Six ounces of sugar 

Two eggs, well beaten 

Quarter of a pint of milk

One teaspoonful of lemon or vanilla extract 

Method:

Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Beat the butter to a cream, add the sugar, and beat in the eggs. Then add the flour alternately with the milk, beating till smooth after each addition; add the flavouring. Pour into greased tin patty pans or cups, and bake in a moderate oven (No.5 in the Junior New World Cooker, or at 350 degrees F)