Twice as nice!

Hello there cake fans!
Sometimes things just happen in twos - at that has just happened to us! Two cake orders - for two different Lucys!

This one's a rich Coffee Sponge filled with a Sweetened Coffee Cream Cheese filling and covered in a real Coffee buttercream...this is a cake we could almost have as our early morning pick-me-up... It was made for a new mum's birthday, so perhaps the caffeine content is rather telling!

One of our classic Chocolate and Raspberry Sponges filled with Fresh Cream and Raspberries. Definately worthy of a 21st celebration. This one was made for a cake maker's birthday, so Cakes-a-go-go! was especially delighted to receive glowing thanks after the event..

As ever, we are always available to create any number of delicious cakes or biscuits for your own celebrations - our prices are very reasonable and we strive to use the best Organic ingredients in our baking which always results in the highest quality and flavour.

Speaking of which - the Organic, unrefined icing sugar that we use really does make all the difference. When tasted simultaneously with traditional, white non-Organic icing sugar, the difference in quality really is amazing. As we've said before - Only the best for you!

St Patrick Comes to Town

Over at the Cakes-a-go-go HQ, you may not be aware but we are harbouring some of the Emerald Isle..One husband and two children (and my great grandparents) all being whole or part Irish. So we couldn't let the day go by uncelebrated! My son chose to make some Shamrock shaped biscuits to share at school... here he proudly models biscuits and his Irish rugby shirt!

Not the most complex of recipes, but truly delicious never the less. We went for a simple butter biscuit that was strong enough for little hands, and, more importantly, that we knew no child would turn their nose up at!
And the best part? There were enough for the adults to enjoy at home!
We hope you enjoyed your celebrations too..

Tradition Wins Out!

Easter is fast approaching and my mind is buzzing with wonderful delights to bake for the big event. Last year I bypassed the traditional Simnel cake and went for some amazing Easter Biscuits-
Wonderful buttery biscuits with added spice, lemon zest and currants. The recipe called for Cassia Oil which I never quite tracked down, so this year I will make it top of my wish list.. So I have heard, Easter biscuits are very symbolic, the crinkles around the edge representing the crown of thorns, the cassia oil is supposed to symbolise the oils used to annoint Christs head, and the currants represent the nails used to nail Him to the cross. If that isn't traditional enough, I don't know what is!

This year, I'm definately going to do both though - Biscuits and Simnel cake..
Simnel cake (as illustrated below - not my own unfortunately, thats to come in my next post!) will be just perfect for the relatives we have visiting. All of whom love fruit cake, and who could not be won over by the added marzipan inside and on top?



So off I go in a baking frenzy! I'll keep you posted how the celebrations go...

It goes without saying that Cakes-a-go-go is always here to help out with any celebrations you may be having. Please feel free to ask for any type of cake/biscuits you have in mind, we are very accomodating! You don't have to be quite so traditional for your own Easter - Chocolate cake would be just as good!

Forget Love- I'd rather fall in Chocolate!..

Another busy month, and as the headline suggests, one filled with Chocolate Cake! Maybe there is something about the winter weather drawing in that brings us all back to this most heart warming substance?.. Alongside our ever popular Chocolate and Raspberry Sponge, we have now introduced a ridiculously delicious, moist Devils Food Cake (another version of chocolate cake to the uninitiated) to our repertoire.
We will always do our best to be able to fulfill last minute orders - so don't panic if you are late, or just plain unorganised, give us a call and we will help out if we can!

So here are some of our latest offerings..

A mighty 30 cms of Chocolate loveliness - decorated with a '50' in the Boston Redsox font (the celebrants favourite team)

The above mentioned Devils Food Cake in all its glory!

For Pete's 40th - a man who likes sailing - did you get it?!

We also need to announce our departure from Stoke Newington Farmers Market. It was fun while it lasted, but we must go onward and upward to greater things..We are now concentrating on our made-to-order cakes for your pleasure!

Commisions Ahoy!

It's been a busy few weeks of baking... We have had lots of personal orders coming in and thought we should keep you up to date on some of our latest creations...

For an october 50th birthday - A Chocolate Raspberry Sponge filled with Raspberry Buttercream, topped with Chocolate Buttercream and a homegrown organic (fully edible) Nasturtium..

A wonderfully classic summery Victoria Sponge filled with Fresh Strawberries, Vanilla Buttercream, and Strawberry Jam for Dora's 3rd birthday

This was for a 20th birthday party - A Rich Lemon Sponge, with a Lemon Glace Icing.

This selection of mini cupcakes were for the birthday of Space (EC1) - Vanilla cakes with Coconut, Lemon, Chocolate, Vanilla, and Raspberry Buttercreams.

Let's get personal!

Here are just some of the personal orders we have been working on recently..
The Star Cake was a scrumptious Chocolate Orange Sponge with a Choc Orange Buttercream filling, glazed with Dark Chocolate Ganache..a chocoholics dream!
The Football Cake was going off on a slight tangent for Cakes-a-go-go! as we were requested to use the ready made sugar footballs. Who were we to argue with a soon-to-be 5 year old?! They topped a giant 30cm (12") Vanilla Sponge filled with Fresh Seasonal Strawberries and Double Cream.
The 'G' Cake was comissioned for a birthday do at a wine tasting evening (wine and cake - What a combination, we thought!). It was a Vanilla Sponge filled with Fresh Crushed Raspberry Buttercream. And amazingly the pink Buttercream on top was coloured entirely naturally by Raspberry Juice!

The only downside for us was that we had to part ways with all of them!

Wash out summer! Let's get autumnal instead!

Since the summer holidays have started, the summer weather seems to have packed itself away! Which on the one hand has not been great with an excitable 4 year old and busy 8 month old, but on the other appears to have been great for the plants..especially the blackberries. With our newly found spare time we went for a country walk and were delighted to find a bumper crop of sweet, juicy blackberries. Of course we could not hold back in picking until our fingers were stained a wonderful deep purple and we had a number of overflowing tubs..

Back at home I got thinking as to how I could use these tasty berries. Jam, Crumble, Pie? Nope - Blackberry Cake! What better than a moist slice of Blackberry and Apple Cake with your afternoon tea I thought... So our end of August stall at the Stoke Newington Farmers Market will feature this delicious treat.

We seem to have berries on the mind at the moment, as at our stall last week we were selling Meringues-with the intention that our customers buy these and then some fresh berries from Alison's or Marina's stall and whip up an easy but super tasty dessert.. It worked for our sunday dinner anyway! They really did fly off the shelves, as they say, so we will selling them again at the end of august market.

Right, back to the kitchen...