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
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 [email protected]
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.
The official invitation said that the Sian and family were invited to the Neath Port Talbot Mayors Parlour in recognition of winning National Awards.
We were accompanied by Terry Harvey the Neath town Centre Manager and two local councilors. The mayor said a lovely speech where he congratulated Sian on her success and he said that she was a credit to Neath. He then got Sian to sign the visitors book and the official photographer took some snaps.
Sian was quick to point out that the success of La Creme Patisserie was a team effort and wouldn't have been possible without the help of her close friend and number two Tonya Hill .
Sian and Tonya brought along samples of La Creme's award winning frangipane mince pies and petit four welsh cakes for the mayor and mayoress to try. Needless to say both were very impressed.
Tonya also give the mayor a small gift of a box of Penderyn Chocolate truffles which she had made earlier in the day. Our Penderyn Chocolate Truffles Gift Boxes include chocolates made with Brecon Vodka, Merlin Cream Liquer and Penderyn Welsh Whisky.
Perfect gifts for Christmas. The only problem is that you will need to order them because supply will be limited. Ring the shop and ask for Sian or Tonya on 01639 638574 to reserve a box.
We have just been informed that one of our products has been successful in wining an Award at the Welsh True Taste Awards 2008. The winning product is a Praline Bread and Butter pudding with whisky soaked raisins. Sian trialled many different types of whisky but by far the best for this particular recipe was using Penderyn Welsh Whisky.
Penderyn is the only whisky producer in Wales and they are based not far from us in Hirwaun. Take a look at their website to read about the fabulous success story the company and how it has been marketing itself as the new Welsh gold.
We arranged a meeting a fortnight ago with the MD of Penderyn and he has given us permission to rebrand our winning product as La Creme Bread and Butter Pudding with Penderyn Welsh Whisky soaked raisins or Penderyn Bread and Butter Pudding for short. Sian has also taken away samples of some of the other products in their portfolio and she will be doing recipe testing to incorporate them into other dessert creations.
Bread and Butter Pudding is a perfect winter dessert and we will be marketing our creation to hotels, restaurants and banqueting venues over the coming months. You can also purchase the product through our patisserie or over the telephone 01639 638574.
As well as cakes, Sian has also put into production a range of La Creme chocolate truffles for christmas which will include Penderyn whisky.
Penderyn Bread and Butter Pudding
Watch out for more news of Penderyn range and if you are a resturant or hotel and you would like further details on products then please send us an email [email protected]
It is chocolate week this week so what better way to celebrate than to bake up a fantastic chocolate cake recipe. This particular recipe for Black Forest gateau has the added bonus of being gluten free - so it is a definate hit with coeliac chocoholics looking for that indulgent hit.
To download the recipe with cooking instructions follow the attached link
Download gluten_free_black_forest_gateau.doc
Gluten Free Black Forest Gateau - La Creme style
Speak to Sian on 01639 638574 if you would like a cake baked especially for your dietary requirements. Sian has an extensive library of recipes and she is able to make individual cakes to order.
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 [email protected] or telephone the shop on 01639 638574.
Sian's latest recipe for the South Wales Evening Post is for welsh beef chilli La Creme style.
Nowadays mexican flavours are all the rage with burritos, tacos, nachos, fajitas all becoming part of our everyday langauage, but there is no getting away from the old favourite of chilli con carne. We make ours slightly differently, using welsh beef pieces instead of mince and cooking it slowly the day before eating.
Serve the chilli with brown or wholegrain rice and have seperate bowls of grated cheese, jalapeno chilli peppers, tortilla chips and sour cream. For an extra special supper accompany with a frozen Margharita.
Look out for the recipe in saturdays evening post or click on the link below to download the recipe and cooking instructions.
Download welsh_beef_chilli.doc
Post a comment if you try the recipe and like it.
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 [email protected] with your enquiry.
Prices for mini patisserie like the ones shown above, start from £20 and are proving to be a lovely gift item.
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 [email protected]
