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FOND OF CAKES GLAMOROSE CAKES

This local business is owned and run by Jessie Dennis who opened her first cupcake boutique in Swindon, Wiltshire and last year, a franchise saw a second shop opening in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

Each cake is handmade on-site and the mouth-watering selection of cupcake flavours, which make a great alternative to a larger wedding cake for micro weddings, include lemon meringue and salted caramel. There are pizza brownies, perfect for the evening reception, and the team recently launched a new delivery service where customers can order online and have their cakes delivered directly to their door.

Another new addition is the beautiful celebration cakes for weddings. Couples can choose from a single tier or two or three tiers and designs include drip cakes and those decorated with macarons or roses. Their layered cakes are also proving extremely popular, with layers of equal size placed on top of one another separated with filling. There’s also a cute Mr & Mrs cake topper available priced at just £5.

LET’S EAT CAKE: 07716 836 552, https://glamorosecakes.co.uk www.facebook.com/glamorosecakes

Georgina Patel is an accomplished Wiltshire-based cake designer and baker, and owner of Fond of Cakes. She creates beautiful, modern and delicious bespoke designs for weddings.

Flavours include lime and coconut, chocolate orange and mocha coffee. There’s also mouth-watering peaches and prosecco and Turkish delight. Her Golden Birds design is ideal for a micro wedding as is her New Dawn swan-inspired cake. Her taller designs can be made with dummy tiers meaning couples can enjoy a larger cake for a smaller wedding without adding too many portions.

Book a consultation and tasting session for a fully refundable £25 if an order is made and sample five of Georgina’s flavours. Or, have them delivered directly to your door with freshness guaranteed. All cakes are baked to order at her Salisbury premises and she uses only free-range eggs, ethically sourced from local farmers where possible.

LET’S EAT CAKE: 07514 493 516, www.fondofcakes.co.uk www.facebook.com/FondOfCakes www.instagram.com/fondofcakesgp

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PROJECT CAKERY

Holly Elphick is the owner of Project Cakery (formerly Claire’s Kitchen) based in South Cerney near Cirencester. She took over her late mum’s business and is now a wedding and celebration cake designer, specialising in buttercream commissions. Read more about Holly’s story on page 15 and enjoy 10% off any order over £200 with our exclusive offer.

Holly was excited to reveal her new intimate buttercream wedding cake, mini croquembouche tower, wedding cookies and two-tiered, bohemian-style nature cake with a dummy tier (caught on camera by https://captureeverymoment.co.uk).

LET’S EAT CAKE: 07511 881 495, www.projectcakery.co.uk Instagram.com/projectcakery Facebook.com/projectcakery COTSWOLD RUSTIC CAKES

Maryanne Stefanovic runs this small bespoke cake business based in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire specialising in floral buttercream wedding and occasion designs. Her carrot and walnut cake printed with an edible hummingbird design is topped with pink florals and meringue kisses and was caught on camera by Josie Cope from The Little Studio Photography (www.instagram.com/ thelittlestudiophotography) at Cotswolds-based wedding venue Sezincote (www.sezincote.co.uk) alongside her tiered wedding cake. The top tier of this statement piece features carrot and orange flavours with cream cheese frosting while the bottom tier includes a zesty lemon with passionfruit curd, buttercream stencil and gold leaf.

Maryanne has also developed a raspberry and white chocolate cake perfect for an intimate wedding. The raspberry sponge is topped with layers of raspberry conserve and is decorated with white chocolate buttercream, chocolate pieces, foraged blossom, bright roses, macarons and meringue kisses. One of my favourites of hers has to be the carrot and walnut sponge decorated with layers of cream cheese frosting, walnuts, pink American buttercream, carnations and roses. Finally, she makes a mean chocolate mud cake with coconut and raspberry buttercream!

LET’S EAT CAKE: https://cotswoldrusticcake.wixsite.com/ cotswoldrusticcakes www.instagram.com/cotswoldrusticcakes