La Creme Patisserie Blog

Simon is Ace of Cakes

Simon Williams has joined our team at La Creme Patisserie and this is a cake that Simon baked and decorated last week for a customers Birthday. When Sian gave him the brief of a weight lifting theme Simon went away and made up some scale drawings of how he wanted the cake to look. Just like Sian he couldn't leave the cake alone once he got started and eventually he was ordered to "step away from the cake" because in his pursuit of perfection he had put hours and hours into his craft.

This is the first of many - for the new Ace of Cakes.

Raspberry Bavois for the Brangwyn Hall

Wednesday 26th November 2008 and the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea played hosted to the 2008 Swansea Bay Woman of the Year Awards. Last year Sian was one of the finalists in the business section but this year we didn't get to go to the ball - instead we provided the desserts. 400 desserts Raspberry Bavois in fact, each individually handmade.

 Take a look at the video.

We supply our handmade individual desserts to numerous restaurants, hotels and banqueting venues across South Wales. If you would like more details then please send us an email Sian@lacremepatisserie.co.uk or telehone the shop on 01639 638574

La Creme Christmas Cakes

The La Creme Christmas Cake catalogue is now available with lots of fabulous desserts to order from. We anticipate closing the order books by 15th December so please do not leave it too late to order. We have limited supply especially for our award winning frangipane mince pies.

La Creme Iced Fruit Christmas Cake

 

The full catalogue can be download in pdf format from the following link.

Download christmas_2008.pdf

As well as cakes we also have available chutneys, chocolate truffles and a selection of Christmas savoury and dessert canapes.

If you are thinking of hosting a party this Christmas why not let La Creme take the stress out of cooking by ordering a La Creme Takeaway. Perfect for that romantic meal for two or for entertaining friends, the La Creme Takeaway is supplied with simple warming instructions and we can tailor the menu exactly to your requirements.

Please send us an email with your requirements or ring Sian on 01639 638574

La Creme Mini Dessert Cups

Great alternative to large desserts - why not order La Creme Mini Dessert Cups for your next party. Available in a variety of flavours and beautifully displayed on our dessert tower, the cups are a fantastic centre piece for any event you are holding, either private or corporate.

We have supplied these desserts for weddings, for birthdays and for prom nights. People have bought small boxes of ten as gifts for family and friends. They are perfect as dessert canapes for large corporate functions or for that Christmas party you may be planning. Just don't leave it too late to order.

 

Birthday Cake delivered to La Parrilla,SA1

As well as making the desserts for the La Parrilla, we were recently asked to make a birthday cake for a family celebration to be held at the La Parrilla restaurant in SA1 Swansea.

The customer choose a vanilla Cheesecake with a Champagne and Raspberry topping together with a Happy Birthday plaque. This particular cake was made to serve 26 portions.

 

The customer was so delighted with the cake that he telephoned the next day to thank us and he also sent us the following email :

Hi Sian

The champagne cheesecake you provided for my wife's birthday was fantastic to look at and even better to eat. The staff at La Parrilla restaurant were excitedly talking about the cake before we saw it so we knew we were in for a treat. Perhaps the greatest compliment to your work was the large number of favourable comments made by manu of our 21 guests; "Fantastic!"."Best dessert ever", "Wow! Where did you get it?" were just some of the comments.

In our experience, the pudding course rarely engenders much excitement, but your cake had completely the opposite effect.

Thanks once agian.

If you are holding a party at La Parrilla and are looking for a celebration cake then please take a look at our galleries and send us an email with your enquiry.

Frangipane Mince Pies

Winner of a gold award at the Great Taste Awards 2008, the La Creme Frangipane Mince Pies are avaialble to order in a Gift box of 12 or as individual canape size for Christmas. We will shortly be launching our new website which will include a feature whereby you can buy our products online. In the meantime if you would like to place an order then please send an email or telephone the shop on 01639 638574.

Gift Boxes are priced at £6.00 plus postage.

Award winning La Creme Frangipane Mince Pies

Chocolate Wedding Cake feedback from Neath Bride

When you are making a Wedding Cake it is always nerve racking waiting for the brides approval of your creation. Nice is not good enough - thanks would be a let down - we loved it, is starting to get there - but what you really want is tears of joy.

I recently had this feedback from a Neath bride which is just the type of feedback that makes my job the best in the world.

"Seeing my cake on my special day was the highlight. I had no clue what to expect. My direction to Sian was mad, unique and crazy and this is what she came up with. My husband and I were gobsmacked, we were over the moon with how beautiful and extraordinary it was. Everything we wanted and more. I asked Sian to do my cake as the previous year my mother bought a cake off Sian for my Birthday. I loved my Birthday cake and knew I wanted something like that for my wedding cake. Amazing,beautiful and unique! Plus it had to be chocolate.

Our guests at our wedding were amazed with our cake, everyone I have since shown pictures of the cake to have said one word "WOW". Everyone is competely amazed at the fine detail. A lot of hard work went into making the cake, as you can see! Apart from how amazing the cake looked, it tasted even better. Chocolate cake at its best! Thank you so much Sian for making my day extra special by making the cake of my dreams. It was truely beautiful. Thank you xx"

Making celebration cakes is such a rewarding job. You are there for the happy times in life such as the Wedding or the christening or the birthday.

If you would like to talk to me about making your celebration cake then please ring to make an appointment on 01639 638574 or send me an email Sian@lacremepatisserie.co.uk

We can arrange to meet up and discuss your dream cake and I can make samples for you to try out. I am already taking orders for 2009 and the diary is filling up fast so please don't leave it too late.

This particular cake is called "Jardin du Chocolat" and is priced at £495 for three tiers 12",10" and 8" serving 100-140.

Jardin du Chocolat Wedding Cake by La Creme

Inspired by Sian's love of working with chocolate and Sian's style of chocolate birthday cakes, this week la creme were given an open brief to develop a contemporary wedding cake for a local bride. Quite often brides arrange appointments with Sian and they have a firm idea of their dream cake. Perhaps they will bring with them a picture of a cake they have seen in a magazine or on the internet and they will ask Sian to adapt the cake to co-ordinate with their chosen colour scheme. Other times they meet with Sian and develop a cake together, arranging tasting days for different flavours and Sian will mock up some design ideas for the brides to choose from.

Perhaps it a sign of the trust that Sian's reputation now commands, that the cake supplied this week was an original. The design brief from the bride was "surprise me".

We have name it "La Creme Jardin du Chocolat".

This particular cake is priced at £480 for three tiers 12",!0" and 8" Serving 100-140

   

 

If you would like to arrange an appointment with Sian to discuss your wedding cake then please send us an email to sian@lacremepatisserie.co.uk or telephone the shop on 01639 638574.

JCP Solicitors in Swansea, breakfast patisserie tray.

We seem to be having a large amount of enquires recently to cater breakfast meetings. Fresh danish pastries, pain au chocolate, muffins, croissants, fruit salad, cereals and hot fresh coffee and tea.

This week we were asked to supply a breakfast patisserie tray with mini sweet items as a gift for a customer of JCP Solicitors in Swansea. For those who haven't dealt with JCP Solicitors and are looking for more inforamtion, check out their website. As a company JCP do alot of work in the community supporting various events in and around the Swansea area, including sponsoring the Swansea Bay Woman of the Year Awards.

It is difficult sometimes to get the message across to customers that we are more than just a cake company. We are also a catering company and we have a range of innovative catering menus for all events such as business breakfasts, directors lunches, canapes for corporate events, press launches or drinks parties.

If you are a business in South Wales and you are looking for something special and different, then give Sian a ring on 01639 638574 or email Sian@lacremepatisserie.co.uk with your enquiry.

Prices for mini patisserie like the ones shown above, start from £20 and are proving to be a lovely gift item.

New Desserts for La Parilla, on SA1

The latest La Creme desserts to be supplied to La Parilla on SA1 include the following :

Individual Tiramisu gateau, la creme style.

 

La Creme Lemon Mousse, with sponge base and chocolate decoration

 

La Creme Baileys Pannacotta, with chocolate base. Served with a chocolate spoon and homemade shortbread biscuits.

 

Other desserts available include Raspberry Cheesecake, Banoffee Cheesecake, Creme Brulee and Chocolate & Amaretto Torte.

If you are holding a party at La Parilla on SA1, why not order a La Creme Celebration cake. Choose a cake from our Galleries opposite and we will deliver direct to La Parilla on your behalf.

Telephone Sian on 01639 638574 or send an email Sian@lacremepatisserie.co.uk