The new trend is to create patterns and shapes inside your cake so that when you cut into it, you get a nice “surprise”.
For Valentine’s Day, Cakes with Benefits created a heart surprise cake.
Surprise Inside…
Latest Creations
Robin Hood Cake
Last year Matias requested a Super Hero Cake for his birthday.. this year he wanted a Robin Hood themed cake. So, Cakes with Benefits set about putting together something that would be great for his cinema party that all his friends would love!
We made all the sponge inside out of chocolate madeira cake and used various fondant shapes for the stones and leaves. Chocolate fingers and flake bars came in really useful to get our wood effect and we just love the red feather coming out of Robin Hood’s hat!
Mother’s Day Celebrations
My mummy loves an afternoon tea, so for Mother’s Day, what better way to celebrate than to have an afternoon tea!
We had lots of lovely savoury items along with lots of yummy cakes, of course!
Mother’s Day Scones
Mother’s Day Biscuits
Mother’s Day Cupcakes
Mother’s Day Cupcakes
Homemade Teacakes!
Cakes with Benefits is a great lover of anything Retro. We even have a Retro Biscuit Club. An absolute fave of ours are Tunnock’s Teacakes. So, what better way to show our love than to recreate the amazing teacake ourselves..
How did we do it?
We used a silicone mould, poured in the chocolate and let it set. Then we made mallow, which you could just eat with a spoon and be lost for days. We filled each chocolate shell with mallow then topped it off with a biscuit. Lock in the goodness with more chocolate and leave to set. This is how they turned out. I think you’ll all agree they’re pretty awesome!
Making Teacakes
Mallow
Filling the teacakes
On goes the biscuit…
Homemade Teacakes
Retro Biscuit
Alzheimer’s Society Cupcake Day!
To help raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society, Cakes with Benefits held a Cupcake Day at work. Selling cupcakes for £2 each, we raised around £75.
By raising more than £40, we paid for a person living with dementia to attend one of the Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Cafes for two months, where they can share stories and advice with people who people who understand what they’re going through.
Alzheimer’s Society Cupcake Day!
Oreo Cupcakes
Marshmallow Cupcakes
Toffee Crisp Cupcakes
Rose and Pistachio Cupcakes
Chocolate Cupcakes
BEAM (Beautiful Empowered And Me)
For International Women’s Day, Cakes with Benefits collaborated with BelEve, a social enterprise for young girls and women, we supplied a lovely big raspberry ripple cake and 24 cupcakes for the girls attending the BEAM (Be Empowered And Me) Awards…
BEAM Awards Cake
Pirate Ship Cake
Today I made a Pirate Ship Cake for a special little four year old.
It is chocolate and pink madeira sponge inside, covered with chocolate buttercream and lots of other chocolate and sweeties.
I used Maltesers for cannonballs, Rolos for barrels and strawberry laces for rope. There is a mini Jammy Dodger steering wheel (I also used these for portholes) and chocolate pretzels all round it as railings.
The birthday girl had a “vision” of what she wanted on her cake. She wanted a number “4” at the top of the mast and Captain Hook.
Here’s how it turned out..
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