Unit 6, Mardon Park
Central Avenue,
Baglan Energy Park,
Port Talbot SA12 7AX
Tel 01639 813166
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Sian made a stunning Wedding Cake last Saturday for a Wedding held at the Coed-yr-mystwer Hotel in Bridgend. The cake was a 4 Tier Ivory Chocolate Wedding Cake decorated with black ribbon and fresh fruit.
Check out our Wedding Cake gallery for more examples of our contemporary designs.
Ring 01639 813166 or email [email protected] to book a consultation.
Swansea Life Magazine has been relaunched with a grand party at La Parrilla restaurant in SA1, Swansea. We supplied our La Creme Dessert Canape Cups for the event which "went down a storm".
Pictured below are Sian and Juan from La Parrilla.
Novelty cakes "r" us.
The latest creation is a Bertie Basset Birthday Cake which is large enough to feed "the 5,000".
I hope the gentleman has a lot of friends and family or he will be eating cake for a month!
Just like "quality street" this cake is made for sharing.
The July edition of Swansea Life Magazine has just been published and page 98 features an article on Sian and La Creme. Sian is pictured making one of her chocolate wedding cakes and article talks about Sian being chosen to make the Wedding cake for Roberto and Beth. The Wedding reception was held in a marquee of a country house near Haverfordwest. The place looked absolutely amazing with views of a lake stretching out from the marquee.
The Wedding cake was a five tier chocolate cake with a chocolate swirl from top to bottom.
Sian also made chocolate dessert cups filled with chocolate brownies, chocolate and amaretto mousse and decorated with strawberries.
To read the full article featured in the Swansea Life Magaine click on the following pdf link Download Swansea Life July 09
If you would like to speak to Sian about making your perfect Wedding Cake then ring for an appointment on 01639 638574 or send an email [email protected]
This week we have made an amazing Wedding Cake plus Wedding Desserts for a famous Swansea bride and groom. The cake is a 5 tier chocolate cake and for dessert we have made chocolate mousse served in a chocolate tulip cup decorated with a strawberry.
Fortunately help was in hand. This week we have had a pupil from Bryntawe School at La Creme on work placement. The girls name was Rhian and she came to spend a week with us to experience first hand what it like to work in "Cake Land". Rhian was very conscientious and hard working. Again just like Bradders before her she was a credit to her school and her family.
These are pictures of Rhian at work filling the tulip cup desserts with chocolate sponge prior to piping in the chocolate mousse.
More about who the famous Bride and Groom are next week. The Wedding is being covered by the Swansea press so keep watching ......
Latest cup cakes from La Creme are for a 16th Birthday Celebration with a giant cup cake topper, an 18th Birthday Party and a Red & Black themed Birthday Party.
The 18th Birthday party
Lynne's Red & Black themed cup cakes
Visit our patisserie in Neath to see more examples of our cup cakes and award winning patisserie.
This week, the entries for the Welsh True Taste Awards had to be submitted for judging. We had a real dilemma trying to decide which products to enter.
Finally after much trialling we decided on a baked cheesecake with vodka soaked raisins. The problem was - What do we top it with?
Should we go for Rhubarb or Apple Crumble topping. Both tasted amazing. The staff were split down the middle, the customers in the patisserie were undecided and even Wayne and Nigel from CGL couldn't make up their mind.
Simple answer was to toss a coin.
In true X factor style - the winner is .........
Apple Crumble
Where ever you have gone in Neath this week you will have seen children from Dwr-y-felin School on work placement. Monday morning Neath businesses were awash with young and eager talent on a mission to find out what it means to "go to work".
We have all done it. The reality is that work placements can be really boring. The old saying of "what you put in,determines what you get out " is very relevant and especially with teenagers as it can sometimes be difficult for them to communicate with adults in an unfamiliar environment.
Our trainee was called Bradley. Sian had asked Bradley to think of a cake he would like to make during the week. Days 1 & 2 Bradley mucked in with the cleaning and the washing up to get a feel for how hard it is working in a catering environment. Days 3,4 & 5 Bradleys creative talents were challenged and this is the cake he made.
We think that it is amazing - truly exceptional for a first attempt. It took Bradley 2 days to complete and in the end we had to shout the La Creme warning "Step away from the Cake".
As well as completing his task he also helped Sian make a number of other orders for this weekend including a Mickey Mousse Cake.
It was an absolute pleasure working with Bradley this past week. His manners and work ethic were first class and he fitted in as part of the team doing whatever was asked of him. He is a credit to his family and his school and with his great attitude he will go a long way in life.
To download Bradley's initial cake brief click on the following link Download Bradley's Cake ideas
Last Wednesday we had visitors from a catering college in Cheltenham who came to see Sian to talk about cake. They had found our details on the web and wanted to see first hand a commercial cake business in operation. They spent a couple of hours at our patisserie in Neath and then had the honour of being our first visitors to our new Centre of Excellence on the Baglan Energy Park.
Both Sian and myself are firmly committed to education and developing the links between education and industry. It was a pleasure to meet such a group of enthusiastic foodies and we look forward to continuing the link with the college in the years ahead.
We are constantly being asked to organise patisserie and catering courses and now that we have our new unit this is something we can factor into the business plan. The only problem is that Sian needs to sleep at some point during the 26 hour day but as I keep telling her - "things will get easier".
So watch this space for details of our soon to be announced food courses.
With over 4,000 visitors to our website each month, we have lots of enquires and orders for our cakes from people all across the UK. Today we posted a chocolate cake to Sevenoaks in Kent for a 40th Birthday Party.
Happy Birthday Gavin. We hope you enjoy !!!
If you would like to order a cake for a special occasion then please give us a ring at the patisserie on 01639 638574 or send an email [email protected].
Just remember to give us plenty of notice.
