La Creme Patisserie Blog

Jager Bomb Cake

We always like a challenge.

The latest was a cake for 400 people for a party in Tiger Tiger in Cardiff in the shape of a Jager Bomb.

 
It took the 3 people to lift it!

 

 

Chocolate Wedding Cake Cone

It has been a busy time over the last six weeks baking wedding cakes. One of the most spectacular cakes we baked was for a wedding at Oldwalls on the Gower in Swansea.

The cake was a chocolate cake cone with yellow flowers standing over one metre tall.

 
Sam (the resident Chef at Oldwalls) said that "it was the most amazing wedding cake he had ever seen".

This weekend is the official launch of our wedding diary for 2012. We are now open for orders and Sian will be at Margam Orangery on Sunday taking bookings for consultations for 2012 weddings.

Margam Wedding fayre is Sunday 4th September from 10am until 4pm.

Thank you Royal Welsh public

We have just returned from selling our Cowin Lush Welsh Cheesecakes at the Royal Welsh Show and we would like to say a big Thank You to all our customers, who were so very generous in their praise for our cakes.

The challenge is on to find a distributor for our cakes in Mid Wales so that we can supply people all year round. Any suggestions kindly received.

Sian is working on a range of products that we can send through the post and if anyone is interested in signing up for our newsletter I will keep you up dated about our progress in the coming weeks.

We can also use the newsletter as a means to inform you of any special offers we have and we can advertise our Christmas brochure (nearer to the time).

One product which is most certainly postable and is definately going to be a hit this Winter is our Frangipane Mince Pies. They have just been nominated for a Welsh True Taste award and we will find out in October how we got on.

These are a perfect gift for the foodie in you life.

 

 

Cardiff International Food Festival

It is Cardiff International Food Festival this weekend. The event runs from Friday through until Sunday and is held in the Cardiff Bay area.

Why not come along - there will be lots of food and drink exhibitors - a champagne bar and live music.

We will be selling our Cowin Lush Welsh Cheesecakes.

 

Ice House hosts IBM Party

The Ice House in Swansea was host to a rather special party last month.

IBM are celebrating 100 years and we were asked to bake a birthday cake for the occasion, using their company logo.

 

80th Birthday Cricket Cake & 18th Lebron Shoe

One of the great things about our business is that every cake we make is bespoke for each and every individual customer. Sport is definitely one of the most popular choices when individualising a cake and last week we had a cricket cake for an 80 year old gentleman and a Nike Le-bron shoe for an 18th Birthday.

The cricketer (minus his hair and his hat) sat watching proceeding for a couple of days, propped on a foam block :

 
 
The Le bron Nike shoe and shoe box was more of a challenge but we were delighted with the end result. More importantly, so was the customer.

 
Make sure you check out our new website www.lacremepatisserie.co.uk to see examples of all the different types of cakes we bake.

 

Birthday Cakes in Swansea

Busy week as always, with lots of different cakes on order.

Everybody has their own personal favourites when it comes to cake designs. Sports and hobbies are very popular, as are children's tv characters. Whatever your interests are, just send us through the enquiry and we can give you a quote. Most people choose to collect from our unit in Baglan, Port Talbot but we can deliver in the Neath,Swansea, Bridgend area for a small charge.

Make sure you check out our new website www.lacremepatisserie.co.uk for more information on our cakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oxwich Bay Hotel Wedding Cake

The Oxwich Bay Hotel on the Gower in Swansea was the venue for our latest wedding cake creation.

The wedding reception was held in the Marquee overlooking Oxwich Bay in the grounds of the hotel.

The bride choose a 3 tier pink and white wedding cake decorated with iced flowers and diamante diamonds.

 
 
 
If you are looking for a spectacular wedding venue in the Gower then this setting would be hard to beat.

Check out our new website to see our Wedding Cake Gallery  with all our latest creations.

Restaurant desserts

We supply lots of restaurants, hotels and coffee shop shops across South Wales with our delicious desserts. The trend is definitely towards individual desserts, as opposed to large 12 or 16 portion cakes which then need to be cut, although we can supply either.

Our advantage over our competitors is that we supply a fresh product as opposed to a frozen product. This means that we can incorporate fresh fruit into our desserts and we don't need to put in any additives.

Three desserts we have trialled recently are a Raspberry Torte with a White Chocolate collar, a chocolate mousse and as a wedding dessert sample (requested by the bride) a honeycomb cheesecake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are looking for a dessert supplier for your restaurant then send us an email to arrange an appointment. We bring along plenty of samples and we can "talk cake". Alternatively you can visit our premises in Port Talbot and we can show you around the manufacturing process.

Fruit tarts

The world has gone Fruit tart crazy. We can't make them fast enough.

Fresh strawberries, raspberries and blueberries make a perfect combination and they are selling "like hot cakes".

 
We supply these tarts to a number of outlets across South Wales including Cwmcerrig farm shop in Gorlas and Home & Colonial Deli in Porthcawl. They are also very popular for garden parties and last weeks royal wedding was a celebration of Red, White & Blue.