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Sequins, Gems, Steampunk!

Welcome to our fabulous November edition of Cake Masters Magazine

Published by: Cake Masters Limited Telephone: 0208 432 6051

Contributors: Cakes by Suzanne Antonio’s Kitchen Totally Sugar Artisan Cake Company Couture Cakes by Rose Kara’s Couture Cakes Shugarush Sweet and Swanky Cakes Cakes By Kim Simons Eat Cake Party Richard’s Cakes Zorica’s Cake Art by Hajnalka Mayor Mitchies Munchies Double Take Cakes Artisan Cake Company mimicafe Union The Violet Cake Shop The Sweet Life by Julie Sweet Delights Cakery Kelly’s CakeAway Candy Cakes and More Zorica’s Cake Art by Hajnalka Mayor CAKES BY TIMBO Haute Sweets Gonzuela’s Cakes Child’s Pastry Shop Way Beyond Cakes by Mayen Cakes with Character Raewyn Read Cake Design Kakes by Klassic ButterWinks!

Avalon Cakes Debbie Does Cake Wicked Little Cake Company Faye Cahill Cake Mimi’s Mocha Treats

Who doesn’t love a bit of bling? We certainly do! So to help add a little sparkle in your life, we have a beautiful gems tutorial by the elegant Rose Couture Cakes and a fantastic sequin tutorial - yes, make your own beautiful sequins by Kara’s Couture Cakes. Kara has put together a fantastic cake project that also covers how to make a ranunculus flower and shows how to make a stunning frilled effect with rice paper. In addition to our sparkles and jewels theme, we have fantastic coverage on steampunk inspired cakes, with our own creative steampunk cake hat collection. Steampunk is a popular theme on cakes and we are pleased to bring a steampunk treasure box tutorial, by the award-winning Jacqui Kelly from Totally Sugar, which covers lots of different techniques from stencilling to creating different textures, to tops tips on adding metallic detailing to really make a difference!

I’m also really pleased to bring you two fabulous interviews in this issue. First, we have the amazing Elizabeth Marek from the Artisan Cake Company, who Cake Masters have featured numerous times, and it is great to finally meet her. Liz takes us through what inspires her amazingly unique cakes and stunning toppers. Then we have the super cool Myton Ouano, from Antonio’s Kitchen, who lets us have a peek into his world of innovative and sophisticated cake creations.

We also have not one, not two...but THREE cool collabs to share with you too. Our feature on The Grotto by Shugarush at Cake International will give you a taste of what is promising to be a confectioner’s dream!

Finally, we have great recipes from Fiona Cairns’ Seasonal Baking book and of course, two very different but very delicious afternoon teas with Jen. We are really pleased that we will be offering Cake Masters’ readers the chance to win afternoon tea for two at the gorgeous Boyds Brasserie, so remember to enter our competition and look out for details on Facebook!

Sit back, put the heating on and let Cake Masters help you escape the winter blues!

Enjoy this issue!

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Editorial Team Laura Loukaides Rhona Lavis Ceri Roberts

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Baking Wish List Beautifully Delicious Afternoon Tea Reviews The Grotto by Shugarush at Cake International Cake Spotlight - Sweet and Swanky Cakes Steampunk SUGAR GEEKS Collaboration “HIStory – told in cake” - Happy Birthday Michael Jackson Collaboration Simpsononymous - An artistic edible mashup Collaboration

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Sequin & Ranunculus Cake Project by Kara Andretta - Kara’s Couture Cake Steampunk Treasure Box Tutorial by Jacqui Kelly from Totally Sugar Ruby Gems Tutorial by Rose de Guzman-Warnick - Couture Cakes by Rose

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Interview with Elizabeth Marek - Artisan Cake Company Interview with Myton Ouano - Antonio’s Kitchen

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Treacly Ginger Nuts from Seasonal Baking by Fiona Cairns Cranberry and Amaretto Stollen from Seasonal Baking by Fiona Cairns Coffee Walnut Fudge Cake By Stork

Tutorials

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Recipes

Sequin & Ranunculus Cake Project

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Travel - Taste - Try In this issue of Cake Masters Magazine, Jen indulges in two fantastically delicious afternoon teas in London. One extremely luxurious but surprisingly affordable and the next a super cool nerdy science themed tea.

First up is a four course afternoon tea for less than £20 near London’s Trafalgar Square.

I know, right? I can’t take credit for finding this little gem – our illustrious editor, Rosie, spotted this one, and how grateful am I that she did! This is a new afternoon tea offering (just introduced this summer) hosted by Boyds Brasserie. Check out their AT menu, featuring “Savoury Sensations”.

First Course: Potted Shrimps, Lemon, Crisp Bread

Sandwiches: Salted Beef, Pickled Cucumber and Dijon on Brown Bread / Egg Mayonnaise and Watercress on White Bread / Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese and Dill on Brown Bread Scones and Sweets: Freshly Baked Scones with Strawberry Jam and Devonshire Clotted 10

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Cream, plus Fruit Cake, Viennese Swirls, Lemon Meringue Tart and Raspberry Sponge Followed by (last but not least): Vanilla Ice Cream Cones

I would personally recommend either booking this as a late lunch or an early dinner because, trust me, you get A LOT of food! In addition to Rosie, another Rose graced our table: Rose DeGuzman-Warnick from Couture Cakes by Rose. So, in between the tea-drinking and food-grubbing, we had such a great time just chatting! But, back to the AT: we all loved the potted shrimps – what a great way to start the meal. Then the sandwiches arrived, crustless of course, generously filled and with supersoft/fresh bread. My favourite was the salted beef with the pickled cucumber, but the other sandwiches were equally tasty!

We then moved on to the scones and sweets.

Rose loved their scones, which were served with plenty of clotted cream and strawberry jam – totally a must if you’re eating with me. Rosie raved about the Viennese Swirls (amazing biscuits!), which I also loved, but my

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Afternoon Tea absolute favourite was the Raspberry Sponge.

The sponge was super-light (almost like a really fluffy pancake) and filled with fresh cream and raspberries. They were divine, and I am hoping the chef will let me steal his recipe! The mini vanilla ice cream cones were the perfect way to end this wonderful afternoon tea.

Did I mention this all came in for £19.50 per person!? This is almost unheard of in Central London, in a venue of this calibre.

The surroundings are also a feast for the eyes! We had outstanding service from the lovely Bruno, who was kind enough to take these pictures of the three of us enjoying our afternoon tea at Boyds Brasserie.

I F^@K!NG LOVE SCIENCE!

Next up, you know I’m always on the look-out for interesting and innovative afternoon teas (AT), so when the Ampersand Hotel’s “Science” offering landed on my desk, I literally squealed with excitement! I’ll jump right to the main point here: if you are near/ around the London area, THIS IS A MUST-DO! Rosie and I sat around “for a while” afterwards reminiscing about all of the afternoon teas we have enjoyed around London over the years, and this tops both of our lists. Actually, as I write this, it’s my numero uno choice for most amazing London afternoon tea! Unfortunately, it’s not available all the time, but check back regularly with the Ampersand to find out when it’s being offered on their website.

Ok, so why a science-themed afternoon tea?

Well, the hotel is just around the corner from both the Natural History and the Science Museum in the South Kensington part of London. How cool is that? – that they’ve incorporated dinosaurs and planetary bodies, beakers AND it’s all made even more “science-y” with the cool dry ice effect. I just

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know a few big kids who would love the novelty and fun factor of this fabulousness.

Besides being so quirky and gorgeous to look at, this science AT was also DELICIOUS! No dainty finger sandwiches here; the freshly prepared mini-croissants were filled with:

- Gloucester old spot ham, with sauce gribiche (mustardy-mayonnaise) - H. Forman & Son London smoked salmon, dill and cream cheese - Coronation chicken

- Cheese with fruit chutney

You know how at other afternoon tea venues, you end up asking for second rounds of the sandwiches because they were either so teeny (or even so lacklustre) that you had to have more just to be full? Well, not the case here!

Four of the scrumptious croissants were perfect as the savoury course.

Before I forget, the special afternoon tea blend here is worth a special mention. With a perfectly balanced blend of black tea, with nutty and caramel flavours that you can actually taste, this blend was the perfect accompaniment to the food, glorious food…

And then, the very attentive staff (thanks to Manuel from Sardinia and team for making our stay so enjoyable) warmed up our next course of scones. Again, a generous serving of scones (and not just any ol’ scones – white chocolate ones!), clotted cream and jam, and you can even take home any scones you don’t eat there.

Last, but not least, is the fantastic pastry course. Sometimes, things that are overly ornate just don’t deliver on flavour, but guess what? These dinosaurs and planets and macarons were meant to be eaten and enjoyed, especially the hazelnut, walnut and chocolate cake with mango mousse volcano!

The pistachio macaron with cherry sauce pipette was also a lot of messy fun.

I could go on and on about what a great afternoon tea this was, but I’ll just end with GO! And guess what? It’s less expensive, yes, cheaper than most of the other afternoon teas of this level of excellence. Our ATs cost £34.50 per person, which also included a complimentary glass of champagne. Keep your eyes peeled for similar offers in the future, as well as other fun-themed Ampersand afternoon teas (there’s one for Halloween!!)

This ultra cool hotel, with its chic drawing room and kitsch-y decor, in itself is worth a visit!

Further Information Boyds London, 8 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BY, +44 (0) 207 808 3344 The Ampersand Hotel, 10 Harrington Road, London SW7 3ER, +44 (0) 207 591 4414

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