Is it a muffin or a cake?

This was commissioned for the birthday party of an 8 year old who is in love with Blueberry Muffins! It's not quite a muffin but just as moist and full of blueberry loveliness!

Cakes-A-G0-Go! will be taking part at two Hackney festivals this summer..
The first is May 22nd in London Fields and is a celebration of Park Life in Hackney (whatever that entails!).
Secondly we will be at the BeRecreative Festival in London Fields on June 5th celebrating all things to do with recycling, reusing etc. Hope we see you there!
Until then, stay sweet!

Where did it go?!

Easter seemed to be approaching for an age, then suddenly it was upon us, and just as quickly vanished into thin air. Leaving us all a few pounds heavier from all the delicious goodies had..
As promised in an earlier post - I did bake both Easter Biscuits, and a Simnel Cake. And both, of course, went in a flash. The biscuits came in very handy as beautiful little Easter gifts to give to friends and neighbours, once packaged up in cellophane bags with a few mini eggs thrown in too.



As I had previously predicted, the Simnel Cake did indeed service all the In-Laws and my own family who all descended over the weekend.

And finally - I couldn't resist adding this picture of true family home baking! The kids don't often get to be involved with my baking (health and hygiene reasons..), but this time, they had a ball and it was probably exactly this same thing that inspired myself to become the baker I am today!

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...

Branching out..

We were recently asked to make an egg-free cake for a birthday for an egg-allergic child. Egg-free, we thought, would not a perfect cake make. . . But as you can see from the above picture, a perfect and delicious cake it certainly did make!
Made with real butter and sandwiched with fresh raspberries and cream , I don't think the egg was missed one bit.
So this brings us to the point - as we have previously said, we really are happy to undertake ANY order. Dietary issues not an issue! Infact our latest experiments are for a truly beautiful Lemon Drizzle Cake that is Gluten Free..

The Return of Cakes-a-go-go!

Two Tone Choc Cake

This Saturday is Market Day! We are looking forward to the promised good weather and also looking forward to seeing all our regular customers again!
Delights being baked for your pleasure this week are:

Chocolate, Hazelnut and Coffee Marble Cake
Zingy Lemon Syrup Cake
Coconut, Cardamom and Rosewater Syrup Cake
Bakewell Slices
Gingerbread/Chocolate and Cinnamon Men
Cupcakes galore...Vanilla, Coconut, Chocolate, and Raspberry ...
Packs of Lemon Butter Bites (VERY addictive!)

We would like to remind you all of our Cakes to Order service too..
See you in a couple of days time!


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All Change!

Mini Fruit Tarts with a Fresh Lemon Custard

Cakes-a-go-go! will be changing our market stall attendance to once a month from now on..We will be at Stoke Newington Farmers Market, N16 on the last saturday of the month. As usual we will be providing a delicious selection of cupcakes, packets of biscuits and weird and wonderful large cakes whole, or by the slice...
We are going to be setting up a mailing list so that we can remind our loyal customers of our appearance that week and also as a way to inform you all of any news/new delights etc
Speaking of new delights; the above Mini Fruit Tarts are a new addition to our repertoire and can be ordered as part of an Afternoon Tea package (Lemon Syrup Sponge Squares, Fresh Cream Scones, Cupcakes and Tarts). Full size, or mini bitesize cakes..whichever takes your fancy...We can promise you they are ALL delicious!
See you on May 30th!

Custom Cakes are a Go-Go!

We can make ANY cake to order - Have you seen a dream cake and really want the same? Get in touch and we will do our best to replicate!
The above cake is our latest commission for a 21st birthday...Chocolate Raspberry Sponge filled with sweetened fresh raspberry double cream, topped with chocolate buttercream and fresh raspberries - Yum!
Why not go for something more unusual like our infamous Cardamom and Rosewater Coconut Syrup Cake? Or impress your friends with a beautiful Upside down Cake such as Pear and Ginger, or Apple and Raspberry for dessert?
We love to bake and we love a challenge!

Long May It Last!

Almond Sponge with Delicate Lemon Icing

Well, our third week has just flown by in another whirlwind...once again, a very successful market! We're now getting fantastic feedback from our regular customers and new ones too. Being enthusiastic about new flavours and combinations, we introduce new and exciting cakes every week.

This week we had a Rich Chocolate Fudge Cake, An Almond Sponge with a Delicate Lemon Icing, and a Really Zingy Lemon Syrup Cake. Our new introduction of Gingerbread Men and Chocolate Gingerbread Men (without the ginger and cloves, but with cocoa and cinnamon instead) were a real hit and we were delighted to see adults indulging their inner child, as well as the real youngsters!

So Easter is just around the corner.. We'll be baking some Easter Biscuits this week to celebrate.

The Pitfield's Brewery stall was at the market this week and some bottles of delicious Shoreditch Stout and 1792 Imperial Stout were purchased with the idea of a Chocolate and Stout Cake in mind for next week's big bake...Keep an eye out for it on Saturday!

Sell - Out Success!

Chocolate Hazelnut Marble Cake

Thanks to all who made it to the market on Saturday, what a beautiful day it was! We sold out of every item going! (hence the rather sparse looking table in the picture...) The chocolate topped cupcakes seemed to be the overall winner, with packets of chocolate dipped shortbreads coming in a close second. I guess chocolate is always a winner!

I'm looking forward to this coming saturday and hoping we have a repeat of last saturday's success...

This weeks goodies will be :

Coffee and Walnut Cake

Two Tone Chocolate Cake

Carrot Cake with Citrus Cream Cheese Topping

Butter Biscuits with Belgian Chocolate

Lemon Butter Bites

and, of course, lots of lovely Cupcakes!

I'm always happy to take special orders aswell - either to collect at the following weeks market or during the week from my house in Stoke Newington.

Weekly Cakes for You!

From April 21st I will be selling my cakes every saturday at Stoke Newington Farmers Market (At William Patten School on Church Street, N16 from 10-2.30).

Come along, say hi and fill your bags with delicious goodies! I will be producing some amazing mini cupcakes with a variety of toppings and a weekly 'special' topping. There will also be grown up sized cupcakes...

I will also have a selection of big cakes sold in slices, or if you are quick enough, whole!

I can take orders whilst at the market and will be happy to discuss what you'd like making for your special occasion

Variety is the spice of life...

• Spiced Lemon Sponge with Lemon Cream Cheese Filling



• Rich Chocolate Sponge with Hazelnut Chocolate Filling



• Celebration Stack of Brownies with 22ct Gold Dusting



• Coffee and Walnut (See above)



• Orange Yoghurt Cake



• Rich Butterscotch Layer Cake with Butterscotch Filling and Caramel Drizzle



• Carrot Cake with Citrus Cream Cheese Filling



• Cupcake Mountains

The list goes on and on...! These are just a few of the flavours I can make for you. Any special requests happily taken. Sizes are variable too, depending on how many hungry mouths you have to feed..

Weddings, Birthdays, Naming Celebrations, Dinner Parties, or any other occasion needing a cake... Cakes-a-go-go! would love to help.

We use Organic ingredients where possible and our eggs are only ever free range organic. Our cakes do not contain any artificial additives, preservatives, or flavourings. We believe in freshly made, simply decorated, delicious cakes!