La Creme Patisserie Blog

Coloplast Corporate Cakes

Have you ever wrapped 100 fairy cakes?

A corporate customer of ours called Coloplast are attending an exhibition and the Rep Cath Curran has asked us to provide corporate gift boxes packed with a fairy cake. The cakes were iced in the company colours of blue & gold and decorated with the company logo. Cath is very innovative with her thinking and she has often used our cakes as gifts for her customers there by setting herself apart from her competitors. The cakes supplied will be displayed on a tower stand.

Take a look at the following video to see how the display looks on film :

This idea of a small cake, gift packaged in a box will work equally as well as a Wedding Gift/Favour.

More examples of our award winning cakes can be seen on our website.

La Creme Saturday Night Takeaway - April 19th

Each week La Creme advertise a Saturday Night Takeaway Menu, which is a three course meal that is collected from the shop and reheated and eaten at home.

Perfect for entertaining guests and it lets you take all the credit.

Normally Sian creates the menus for the month and they are posted to our website. Sometimes regular customers will ask her to make a particular dish for a special weekend and provided Sian is given enough notice this is never a problem. We always have alternatives available from our specials board if people prefer to choose something different and vegeterian requests are always catered for.

The menu for Saturday 19th April is as follows:

Starter of Celeriac & Watercress Soup

Main course of Beef Bourguignonne with Mustard Mash

Dessert of French Apple Flan.

All for £12.00 per head.

Take a look at this video to see Sian preparing the French Apple Flan for the Takeaways:

The menu for next weekend - April 26th is as follows :

Starter : Tomato Tartlet,

Main : Chicken Casserole with apricots & spinach and served with wild rice.

Dessert : Plum Crumble

If you would like to receive regular updates about our new takeaway menus each month then send me an email and I will include you on our Takeaway list.

Ivory three tier Chocolate Wedding Cake

Following on from Sian's success being voted one of the top three patissiers in the UK last September, Sian has been in-undated with requests from brides for her to produce their Wedding cakes. Sian's skill is in working with chocolate and brides looking for more contemporary designs and ideas have been flocking to La Creme to work with Sian to develop their dream cake. Sian's lastest creation was an ivory three tier chocolate Wedding cake.

Take a look at the following video to see the cake in detail.

Wedding Desserts for Margam Orangery

Sian has developed a range of individual desserts for Weddings, Banquets and Corporate events.

Today marks our first delivery to The Orangery at Margam Park. The Orangery is one of the premier Wedding Venues in South Wales and is based in Margam Country Park. The desserts we supplied today were Raspberry Cheesecakes. The cakes had a biscuit base topped with a vanilla cheesecake and finished with fresh strawberries. Take a look at the video to listen to Sian talking through the cake ingredients and look at the quality and quantity of the desserts supplied.   

Sian's recipe for Welshcakes

When the British Baker magazine decided to print a Spring 08 supplement advertising traditional and regional favourites from the UK, Sian was delighted to be ask to give a welsh perspective.

Under the La Creme brand, Sian produces handmade cakes, combining traditional fare with innovative recipes. When it come to the former, there can be no more traditional food produced in Wales then the Welsh cake.

"Welsh cakes are produced by every bakery, market, outdoor fair and supermarket in Wales" says Sian and they were the top seller at Harrods' Best of British promotion.

Sample Dessert Products from La Creme

Sian recently prepared sample dessert products for a Head Chef at a famous Swansea venue. Samples included dessert cups, mini patisseries and individual dessert gateau for large scale banquets and weddings. Please take a look at the following video which see's Sian talking through the desserts describing them in mouth watering details.

Friday & Saturday Night Takeaways

Each Friday & Saturday, Sian prepares a three course set meal for takeaway. The meal is designed to be reheated at home and served with the minimum of fuss. Sian gives full cooking instructions and the meal is perfect for that romantic meal for two or for entertaining guests. You can even claim the credit yourself for a fantastic homecooked meal - nobody will know the difference.

Swansea Bay Business Woman of the Year Awards 2007

Swansea Bay Business Woman of the Year awards, held at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea on 30th November 2007. The finalist in the category were:

• Sian Hindle of La Creme Patisserie & Catering Co. Ltd based in Neath,South Wales
• Lara Johnson of Lara Johnson Lifestyle, and
• Mari Thomas of Mari Thomas Jewellery

The following video was prepared as an introduction to the catergory by Red 90 Video Productions.

La Creme Patisserie & Catering Company

La Creme Patisserie and Catering Company is the brainchild of Sian and Ian Hindle. After only 2 years trading at their premises in Angel Street, Neath, South Wales, Sian has become one of the top three patissiers in the UK. Sian was a finalist in the Patissier of the Year category at the British Bakery Awards staged at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London on September 17th 2007.

Jungle Birthday Cake on display in Neath

It has been Neath fair this week and to generate a bit of interest we made up a cake dummy of a Jungle Birthday Cake which we have displayed in the window of our Neath Shop. The cake looked great and it certainly had the desired effect because people kept stopping outside the window to take photos using their mobile phones.

Our daughter Isabel was captivated by the cake and she insisted that we took a photo with her in it, so that she could show her Nan and Bamps.

She still asking about her Mr.Tumble cake though...