Venue: Hautbois Hall Nestled in the Norfolk broads Hautbois Hall is a stunning Tudor Manor house dating from 1555. This was my first visit here and I return in 2019 and beyond (yes, already booking into SS2019/20) While Emily & Tom were getting spliced and I was dressing the cake for the after party. Our … Continue reading Wedding Season S1: Ep2 Wedding Cake for E&T
Well phew! The Super Summer Wedding Season for 2018 is nearing it's brow-wiping, feet-upping finish (before sashaying into Autumn and Winter). We have had the massive priviledge of working with some absolutely stonking suppliers throughout 'The Season'. The Season is generally thought to be May - September but let me tell you now... there is … Continue reading Super Wedding Season: S1 Ep1 Holkham Hall
Styled Wedding Shoot: Pentney Abbey Hot, hot, hot for cakes! So, Summer 2018 has been astonishing in the number of weddings we have prettied up with a wedding cake or two. This Summer alone we have been out most weeks with multiple cake deliveries to assorted venues. North Norfolk and beyond has some of the … Continue reading Styled Wedding Shoot: Pentney Abbey
Whats your Wedding cake inspiration for 2018? 2018 is already shaping up to be a playful year for wedding cakes. We've got inspiration for you if your wedding is this year or next. Dates are filling up for 2019 too so get 'cracking' (couldn't resist a baking related pun there). Who doesn't love nude? We … Continue reading 2018 Wedding Cake Inspiration
Styled Wedding Shoot One of the things I love about my job is being able to mix with other creative folk. Together we created our dreamscape of a styled wedding shoot scenario. May 2017 saw us on a wind swept beach with sea tumbled stones and a seafoam theme. We took our inspiration from the … Continue reading Wedding Shoot – Runton Beach -May ’17
Dark Cake Trends 2016, fashions come and go but when it comes to baking 2016 is all about the dark and mysterious, the rich and decadent. Here are some of our favourites for our little corner of North Norfolk for the up and coming year, it’s darkly fascinating. When you think of cake for weddings, … Continue reading Dark Cake Trends 2016
Beautifully moist spicy apple crumble cake recipe with a filling with af stewed apples and crunchy Crumble topping. A tasty treat for a coffee morning, winters dessert or just because with a brew. When I cook this cake I’m reminded of the many time I baked with mum when I was little, sitting on the … Continue reading Apple Crumble Cake Recipe – perfect pud or coffee morning cake
Wedding Fairs There are many reasons to attend Wedding Shows and why you should go to at least one. As we dust the confetti out of our hair and settle into Wedding Show season this year’s brides we have baked for are remembered fondly for their beautiful, creative, sometime wacky creations and allowing us to … Continue reading Wedding Shows – Why You Should Go To One Copy
Saturday afternoon saw us all out with an ever-growing pile of jumpers and tops on the freshly turned earth as the weather got warmer and we collected bags and boxes of sloes, damsons and blackberries – we even got some elderberries and hawthorns. Naturally we followed the law of the land pick no more than … Continue reading Damson Gin – Norfolk Slow Food
Cake are quite emotional things, there’s always an occasion for cake, big or small. Birthdays, weddings, christenings are the usual fayre here at Buns HQ, followed by the odd divorce cake, one funeral cake and a vasectomy celebration cake for a surprise party for the recipient (straight out of surgery!) Sometimes you might want to … Continue reading GIANT PMT Cookie Recipe
