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Lady & The Cake

This sort of goes on from the post I made ‘So You Want a Cheap Designer Cake‘ This story has been around for a while but its worth repeating as it illustrates exactly the problem that all bespoke cake makers have. Its about finding the right price that makes the work profitable but without scaring […]

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Cakes in Manchester?

For those new here let me introduce myself, I’m Samantha Arora originally from Manchester and now back having left my really lovely Southern friends behind. I used to make cakes in Watford but from now on its cakes in Manchester! With three great kids and one adopted cat I began making cakes as a hobby but […]

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Queens Diamond Jubilee cake

This was quite a project that began with an enquiry from a well known international hotel chain. Could I make a cake large enough to feed 500 people for a special Diamond Jubilee Celebration? Only caveat was that the cake had to be in the form of Buckingham Palace! So began a very hectic week […]

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So You Want A Cheap Designer Cake?

It’s an all too common scenario. A prospective client describes their perfect cake, I give them an indication of cost then bam!… a sharp intake of breath with the exclamation “How much?” I do everything I can to keep my costs and ultimately my prices low. Many cake makers in this business charge two or three […]

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