The Icing on Top

There are so many positives to opening The Cakehouse, we’ll have an endless supply of cake for one! We’ll also have the satisfaction of running our own business and hopefully there’ll be financial rewards too. But the best thing will be seeing the delight on people’s faces as they devour our culinary creations.

It will be a few more weeks yet until that can happen in our shop (we’re still finalizing the details before we sign on the dotted line) so we decided to launch a competition on the social network site Twitter to give away half a dozen cupcakes. We thought it would be the perfect way to give people a chance to start enjoying our sweet treats now, and you certainly got excited about it.

Our winner was chosen, and yesterday was the moment of truth as we delivered six raspberry cupcakes to Ceri Knight from Cardiff. We waited with baited to breath to watch her reaction, and we weren’t disappointed, because she absolutely loved them.

And we hope you’ll love them too when The Cakehouse opens in Cardiff, because customer satisfaction really will be the icing on the top of the business we’re cooking up!

Flavour of the Month

People often ask "what is your favourite flavour cake?" and here at The Cakehouse the answer is that it depends on our mood!

If you’re feeling bright and happy then only a zesty lemon drizzle cake will do. For those occasions when you’re feeling down treat yourself to a comforting chocolate cupcake, while a slice of syrup loaf cake is a sweet treat at any time!

So this month, as we’ve been concentrating on budgets and finding the right premise, we’ve been enjoying double chocolate brownies with wholesome peanut butter frosting and muffins made with handpicked blackberries.

But next month we may be choosing fixtures and fittings for the shop, so what will we want then? Coffee and walnut cupcakes? A classic Victoria Sponge? Or maybe even savoury spinach and cheese muffins.

One thing is sure though, no matter how we’re feeling, at The Cakehouse we’ll have a flavour for every month of the year – and more!

A Recipe for Success

Take two friends who have a passion for baking - one with an artistic flair and a real talent for creating amazing edible treats, the other with a head for business and a mind for marketing.

Add the idea to create Cardiff’s first ever sit down cupcakery and bakery specialising in afternoon tea. Leave to simmer.

In a separate bowl mix the skills of the two friends, creating The Cakehouse.

Then add social media, contacts and a gap in the market to create a real buzz around it.

Finally you need the perfect venue to display your delicious creation. This can be tricky to find on the high street, so don’t feel the need to turn it up to full heat, allow the process to cook gently.

You’ll know it’s ready when your senses (like ours are now at The Cakehouse!) start to tingle with the sweet smell of success.

Decisions, Decisions...

Chocolate, vanilla, lemon and poppy seed, coffee and walnut or raspberry ripple, when it comes to cupcakes there are so many flavours to choose from. Then there’s the frosting (do you go for classic vanilla, double chocolate, fudge, or maybe even cream cheese?) and don’t forget the sprinkles, chocolate twirls and delicious fresh fruit to decorate them with.

But today at The Cakehouse the biggest decisions have been about our new blog site! As you can see we had to choose the layout, font, background colours, twitter links etc etc. The list went on and on. We hope you like what we’ve done so far, it would be great to get your feedback, you can tweet us @the_cakehouse or email us thecakehousecardiff@live.co.uk

Our website www.thecakehousecardiff.co.uk is also being constantly updated with our latest news, and more importantly our culinary creations. Today we’ve been baking Lemon Coconut and Fudge Mocha cupcakes – deeeelicious!!!

With all that cooking and online organising it’s been a pretty tiring day. So all that’s left to do is sit down with a cup of a tea and a cake, but which one to go for? Decisions, decisions!