Hello,

First of all, thank you very much for your interest in my blog. I hope you enjoy it, and please don't hesitate to contact me should you have any query concerning my cakes...

Something about me...

I never thought I would become a cake baker and decorator although I have a passion for design and cooking. My first university degree was in law, but before long I completed a second degree in fashion design, where I could create and work with colours, hand crafts and lots of pretty things!!

After meeting and becoming friends with a special person and a wonderful cake designer from Brazil, Beth Gomes, I became inspired. Beth encouraged me and gave me first tips on how to work with sugar paste.

I completed further cake design courses in Brazil and in the UK with Debbie Brown. I continued practising sugar craft, attended conferences and studied the work of various professionals from Europe and America.

Today, I hope you enjoy the cakes I create as much as I enjoy making them!


Samples (click for more)

Portions Guide

Numbers of portions should be used as a guide only, as what some consider a good-sized portion of cake others consider either too large or too small.

Round Cakes:

Size / Portions
8"(20cm) 18-23
9"(23cm) 25-30
10"(25cm) 35-40
12"(30cm) 45-55

Square Cakes:

Size / Portions
8"(20cm) 25-30
9"(23cm) 32-38
10"(25cm) 40-45
12"(30cm) 50-60

Member of the British Sugarcraft Guild

Member of the British Sugarcraft Guild

Food Hygiene and Safety Certificate (no:12055)

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Clients space

I decided to publish some feedback that my sweet clients sent to me...thank so much for those kind and special words!!
Hi Layla, I really wanted to write, though, to say how absolutely thrilled I was by your cake. It's a real work of art, and the way you managed to get such an amazing likeness of our boat was just incredible.
It really did feel like a crime slicing into such a pretty thing. If I had had my way I would have sprayed it with varnish and preserved it for all eternity!
With many thanks once again ,
JB.
Hi Layla,
We had a lovely party, Hannah was thrilled with the cake.
All the guests thought the cake was delicious. Roger and I without doubt thought it was the best we had ever tasted.
Thank you for creating such a special cake.
Kind Regards
J T


Hello Layla,

We are safely back in Seattle now and had a perfect wedding. THe cake was perfect also, just what we wanted and delicious. It is amazing to me how we managed to communicate across the miles of ocean. You are a star, thank you so very very much. I hope to meet you, maybe next time we are home. Auntie Jen says you live just around the corner.

Thank you again.

Sarah & Dan

Dear Layla
I still can't get over my cake. Thank you a million times over. I am completely overwhelmed by the cake, your talent and the enormous effort you made. The whole world should know about your cakes and I am going to start telling them !

N
xxx
Hi Layla, I have attached a picture of us cutting the wedding cake. It looked absolutely beautiful and everyone commented on it. Thank you so much for all your hard work and effort. It tasted lovely too.
J&L


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Hi Layla
Hope you are ok?
Here is my feedback...it was lovely, really nice ...
Steve son was so happy, he did like the idea of the candles, that did not melt in the cake.. so much that he ate some of it!
Steve also like it! He told me that the icing was perfect and the flavour of the cake also was so good.
He brought some of the cake after the party, unlucky me was not half!
Really nice, you are so good!
Will be in touch with you!
Believe me......
U.

Delicious recipe from Lenotre School

Meringues "Chocolat et Noisettes"

Ingredients:
-100g of white egg
-100g granulated sugar
-100g icing sugar
-50g chopped toasted hazelnuts
-20g cocoa

How to prepare:
Beat the white eggs with the granulated sugar (add one spoon at a time) until stiff peaks
Mix the icing sugar with the cocoa, add to the white egg mixture and the hazelnuts.
Using a tablespoon, spoon meringue onto 2 baking sheets lined with parchment paper.

Bake at 100 C for 1h-1h15 minutes or until meringues are firm.


18 September 2014

Let's Celebrate Autumn (Delicious Apple Surprise)


LET'S CELEBRATE AUTUMN 


Hello lovely people we have a new season coming! I love autumn, the leaves changing colours and falling like a natural colourful confetti. So many ingredients remind me of this cozy season... spices, nuts, apple, cheese... It is a great time to get together with friends and share a delicious treat with them! 


To inspire you I have tried to combine all these ingredients and create an unusual yet delicious dessert to explore our curiosity and boost our palate. For this I have gone in journey searching for the best ingredients to make it even more especial as I trust best ingredients makes a huge difference on the final taste.


I have called this recipe “Delicious Apple Surprise” and comprise spiced apple served with homemade cheddar cheese ice cream and caramelised buttery sauce.


I would love to hear your experience making this recipe and if you loved it as much as I did!











 Delicious Apple Surprise
(10 portions)


Vintage Reserve Barbers 1833 Cheddar Cheese Ice Cream 

Vintage Reserve Barbers 1833 matured for at least 24 months,  winner of the best mature cheddar in World Cheese awards and the only UK Cheddar to make it into the top 50 world cheeses


620g of full fat milk
100g of clotted cream
40g powder milk
160 g granulated sugar
3g ice cream stabilizer (CMC)
70g egg yolks
30g of vanilla bean paste
100g of grated Vintage Reserve Barbers 1833 Cheddar cheese


How do make:

Combine 16g of granulated sugar with the stabilizer and reserve.
Whisk the yolk with the rest of the sugar until it becomes firm and light colour. Add the sugar and stabilizer mixture above by hand and reserve.
In a pan heat the milk, the powder milk and the double cream. Remove it just before it starts to boil. Combine it with the creamed yolk mixture.
Take it back to the hob and cook in bain marie until it becomes thicker.
Remove it from the heat, add the grated cheese and the vanilla stirring until the cheese is all melted. Sieve it and chill as quick as possible using an ice water bath.
Let the mixture rest for 4 hours before putting into the ice cream maker Once the ice cream is ready keep it in the freezer until it is served.

That is the fun ice cream maker a friend have lent me! It is called Blue Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker. Homemade ice cream ready in just 20 min!






3 Spices Apple

10 Ganny Smith apples 

320g of unsalted butter
1kg of Demerara sugar 
25g of cinnamon powder 
25g cloves powder
25g nutmeg powder
1/2 cup of water (note: more water may be required)
1 lime juice to pour over the apples after they have been sliced.


How do make:

Remove the centre of the apples using an apple corer, remove the skin and slice it horizontally 3mm thick. After done pour the lime juice equally all over the apples.
In a pan melt the butter with the sugar, add the spices and one cup of water. After the sugar has been melted add the sliced apples. Cook it for about 5-10 minutes or until the slices are golden, almost clear but still firm (note: add more water if the syrup becomes thick but the apple still need cooking). Remove it from the heat and put over a rack.

Caramelised Buttery Sauce


With the sauce left after cooking the apple add 30g of liquid glucose and stir until all combined. Put aside in bain marie.


Pecan Crunch Topping


100g of coarsely chopped pecan 

50g of Demerara sugar
10g of Fleur de Sel
In a pan heat the sugar, after melted remove it from the heat and add the chopped pecan and the salt, stir it fast until they are all combined. 

Follow the first picture above as a serving sugestion! 



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