Buns of Fun Bakery

There have been so many weddings over the 13 years that I've had the pleasure of baking for. The one that comes to mind is the first wedding where a bride asked for my input in the design process. We created a 'rain forest chic' look with lots of tropical flavours and ferns, and a free-standing isomalt and gold sail atop the 4-tier cake. The whole wedding vibe was magical!

Laid-back, natural, inventive, excitable, unexpected

I'm proud that I've managed to celebrate 13 years of running my own business! It had very humble beginnings in that I was on maternity leave, I bought a mixer and some cake materials and said 'I'm going to make cakes'..that was it, it's all been pretty much organic growth to date - I must be doing something right

Enjoy the ride! Don't lose sight of what it's all really about.

Our canvas and easel makes for a pretty sweet spot and creates a destination for guests to the cake table. We sketch the cake and flowers, add the delicious flavours to the tiers and add the couple's names, their wedding date and the name of the wedding venue. Our little wax seal is gold dusted and a perfect keepsake long after the last cake crumbs

It starts with seeing something I've made online or in person (lots of my couples come to from a wedding where they saw one of my cakes). An enquiry into availability with the date and venue being key, a few images that you like are really helpful, too. I find a meeting with a face-to-face consultation or online really helps button down some of the key features and flavours then I would quote. A deposit 'saves the date' and the balance is due 6 weeks before the wedding - in the time between booking/saving the date and the final bill you can change you can add tiers, and cupcakes, change size or design, and the final bill is what your final cake looks like.

Great flavours, buttercream finish, texture, colour and natural God-given flowers and foliage, (nothing beats a soft velvety rose)

The most original finish I have made was a hexagonal, tiered wedding cake with gold seams. A tricky play between soft cake and buttercream with tight angles and sharp edges. It's inspired other couples and birthday clients to invest in the marble look as it's so real looking, more so than a sugar paste version that I used to do.

I was on maternity leave and really got into baking and feeding people! I bought a proper mixer as I only had a blender and it made really tightly crumbed cakes, I made lots that were batter-style cakes to compensate and really got into different ways to make lovely bakes. It's evolved to looking at the business as a whole and seeing how damaging some of the ways we procure ingredients aren't sustainable. We've developed a vegan cake style that is undetectable from a 'regular' sponge and is always very well received (even by those who are triggered by the V word). We had to do something for my youngest child who has heart health issues and making the business fall in line with our home ethics was the right thing to do.

A gingerbread piece- those who know me, know my love of gingerbread, cake, biscuit or in a hot chocolate or coffee!