HERNE BAY CAKES - YOUR LOCAL CELEBRATION CAKE SERVICE!

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If you are wondering what type of celebration cake to have for your special occasion - whether it's a birthday, anniversary, retirement, engagement, wedding. or simply a lovely, tasty, cake to share with guests at a dinner party - here are a few ideas to help you to decide.

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Please allow sufficient notice if you would like me to bake for you - a minimum 2 weeks notice for a single tiered celebration cake, or batch of cupcakes thank you. The more notice the better to avoid disappointment, as some weeks are very busy.

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A FEW CELEBRATION CAKE COMBINATION IDEAS:

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Traditional carrot cake - double layered, filled & topped with a vanilla, cream cheese frosting (choose pecans, walnuts or a mix of both - or no nuts at all if children will be eating it! You can substitute the nuts with sultanas etc)

Spiced apple & cranberry

Cranberry or Raspberry and white chocolate chunks

Milk/dark Chocolatechips and cranberry

Apple & blueberry

Apple & cherry (either dried cherries or glace)

Walnut & apple/orange/chocolate (choose one)

Pina Colada (coconut, pineapple & white choc chips)

Tropical (mango, coconut, pineapple)

Traditional sherried/brandied fruit cake

Apple & mango

Pear & vanilla

Pear & pecan

Peach & raspberry

Lemon meringue (crunchy meringue in a lemon frosting)

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These are just a few ideas to get your taste buds going! The scope is endless. I'm sure you will have a few options of your own that we can discuss

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When creating celebration cakes and icing a cake with fondant, I prefer to use a chocolate ganache to cover before icing, instead of marzipan. This can either be dark, milk or white chocolate, at your preference. If you would rather have a buttercream filling or marzipan, this can be arranged. All fillings, frostings and icing can be flavoured to compliment the cake using either pulped fruits, zests, conserves or food flavourings.

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The reason I have switched to using ganache is simple - chocolate is by far more popular than marzipan! It's quite common to see guests at a party carefully picking the marzipan and icing off their slice of cake and leaving it on the plate...but rarely do you see a scrap of chocolate leftovers! (Having said that, I do have one good friend who absolutely adores marzipan! So, whatever takes your fancy is what I will use.)