Well with 2016 coming to a close I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all our gorgeous brides and grooms this year who were so lovely as to order their wedding cake from us here at Sticky Fingers Cake Co. I do hope you each enjoy your first Christmas as Mr & Mrs!
Here’s a quick roundup of some of the wonderful people we’ve met, places we’ve been, and cakes we’ve made in 2016…
Our wedding cake year started with a trip to the ever-so-beautiful Blake Hall in Ongar, Essex for Jeni and Neil’s wedding day, where they chose to have a 4 tier naked wedding cake, lusciously decorated with fresh figs and berries…
In May we were at The Lawn in Rochford, Essex for Bryony and Chris’s beautiful late spring wedding. I was asked to make a Dundee cake in the top tier to reflect the groom’s Scottish roots, brilliant! Their colour scheme was Royal blue and white with a touch of bling in their diamante trim…
On to the fab Houchins Farm in Coggeshall, Essex for Sarah and Paul’s wedding – our first wedding cake delivery there! Sarah and Paul chose to have a 3 tier naked wedding cake with a decoration of fruit and flowers. I also provided some gluten, dairy, and peanut free chocolate brownies and they served their cake as a dessert…
We were at Orsett Hall in Grays, Essex during August for the wedding of Abbey and Ross. They had ordered their wedding cake from us two years earlier, so it’s never too early to order your wedding cake! Abbey and Ross had a naked wedding cake decorated with fresh berries which was displayed on Orsett Hall’s silver cake stand, which is quite unusual (we normally display them on tree slice cake stands) but it looked fab!
Back we went for our second visit to Houchins Farm for the wedding of Harriet and Simon. Poor Harriet had sent me an email about three weeks before, after her original wedding cake maker was taken ill and luckily we were able to help. What a relief for them! They chose a 4 tier naked wedding cake, which was decorated with seasonal berries and flowers…
Sian and David also ordered their cake two years in advance… I love organised couples! They had their wedding cake delivered to Top Meadow Golf Club near Upminster, Essex. The happy couple chose a 4 tier cake in white and baby blue, with sparkly diamantes and beautiful white sugar roses and baby blue sugar butterflies…
Over the border to Suffolk we went for Michaela and Ricky’s wedding at the very lovely Smeetham Hall Barn in Sudbury, Suffolk. Michaela and Ricky live in my old town of Chingford, quite a way from Sticky Fingers Cake Co HQ in Westcliff on Sea, so I sent their cake samples to them by recorded delivery for them to enjoy in their own time. They decided on a 3 tier naked wedding cake, which fitted in beautifully with the rustic surroundings and I made the cake sparkle with a dusting of edible gold glitter which complemented their theme perfectly…
Our last wedding cake of the year was for Wai-San and Phil who actually got married in Central Park, New York (very cool!) but had their reception party back in the UK at the cute Old Parish Rooms in Rayleigh, Essex. They chose to have a 4 tier naked wedding cake, having a gluten free Black Forest cake as their bottom tier.
All adorned with lots (and lots!) of Autumnal fruits and looking stunning in the hall’s vintage surroundings…
Finally, our year here a Sticky Fingers Cake Co was finished off with The Essex Wedding Awards 2016 finals, which we had reached back in October. Such an amazing honour to be recognised as one of the best wedding cake designers in Essex! What a great end to the year!
And so onto 2017 which is looking busy already and so far showing a resurgence of interest in iced wedding cakes!
Thanks again to everyone involved in our year here at Sticky Fingers Cake Co and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2017.
Remember it’s not too late to book your wedding cake for 2017 so please get in touch so we can talk about cake!
Happy baking!
Lou x