A Very Casual Cake......

The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival came to an end today and last weekend we were there with the main aim of giving a special cake to famed author, J.K Rowling to celebrate her new novel The Casual Vacancy.

Now we were unsure of what cake to actually make, perhaps cupcakes with small handcrafted models of the book? It had to be something special and easy to transport so after finalising the design we got to work on making the best cake we possibly could.

We caught the coach at Victoria Coach station with minutes to spare (phew!) and were finally on our way to the festival hurrah!! The coach ride was going to be a long one so we managed to catch a few Zzz's while desperately trying to keep the cake intact.
 
After a derrière numbing 4 hour coach journey on the grand ol' National Express we finally found ourselves in the aforementioned quintessential English town.

With excitement in our hearts and a slightly heavy cake in hand we made our way to the Cheltenham Racecourse where the event was taking place. The racecourse was a beautiful venue, grand and very green....somewhere that we will definitely like to visit again.

To say the event was full to the brim would be an understatement.  There were many other events going on (we even managed to catch a glimpse of the one and only Roger Moore) but the buzz definitely seemed to be focused on J.K Rowling with over 2,200 fans waiting to see her.

Security were strict and we were told that there was a slim chance that we could give J.K Rowling the cake, our hearts sank and having travelled all the way from London there was no way that we were handing over the cake to anyone but the lady herself.

After lots of waiting around with people passing on countless messages to security we were told that we could give our cake to J.K Rowling and that's exactly what we did.

The cake was made to the exact dimensions of the book, it was a vanilla sponge with a white chocolate vanilla buttercream, Coloured white chocolate fondant and hand-cut details.

We really hope J.K Rowling enjoyed the cake, for more photo's visit our Facebook page!!

Happy Jubilee Weekend All!!

Don't let the typical british weather get you down....whatever you're up to this 4 day weekend we hope everyone is having a grand Jubilee weekend so far.

At Cake-a-doodle Tu we plan on putting our feet up with a cup of tea and stuffing our faces with some of these delicious sweet treats, including classic profiteroles, eclairs and strawberry macaroons all adorned with round edible wafer paper flags.  They were so fun to make and we can't wait to eat them....for more photos visit our facebook page!

Happy Hens!

These adorable and yummy macarons were made as small favours for a Hen Party this weekend, flavours included Hazelnut, chocolate and vanilla and chocolate and pistachio. Adorning the finished macaron were edible pictures of the beautiful bride herself drawn by talented comic book artist and writer Stuart Atholl Gordon. 

We hope all the Hens enjoyed the macarons as much as we enjoyed making them, for more photos check out our face book page!!

A Month of Birthdays

It has been a month of delicious birthday cakes. Here is what we have been working on in the kitchen.  For other delicious treats do check out our Facebook page.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone, from all of us at Cake-a-Doodle Tu.

Petunia Rascal

 One of Cake-a-doodle Tu's favourite comic books is Petunia Rascal. This cheeky girl loves sweet treats as much as we do so in her and her crew's honour we decided to make some cupcakes P Rascal would be proud of...

Petunia Rascal's creator, Stuart Atholl Gordon kindly drew the characters which we then turned into delicious cake toppers.

For those unfamiliar with the comics here's a rundown of who's who:

Petunia Rascal (left): The mischievous leader of the skate pirates who loves causing trouble.
Jolly Rodney (right): Her right-hand lad. Has a tall barnet. The 'sensible' one. 

 Bill Pukes: The crew's supplies expert. Constantly seasick (even on dry land).

Jenny Greenteeth: Sea hag who has her own line of perfumes. Doesn't like Petunia much.

You can see more pics on our Facebook page.

Happy Halloween

Afternoon cake fans, we hope you're having spook-tastic Halloween. At Cake-a-doodle Tu we love All Hallows Eve and to celebrate this creepy occasion we have dug up a delightfully horrid batch of cupcakes. Our velvety chocolate butter cream is topped with Oreo dirt crumbs. Worming their way through the butter cream are our hand crafted white chocolate maggots! Make sure you chew them up throughly or you could end up with a creepy-crawly party in your belly. Buried underneath the cream is our moist dark chocolate sponge.

If only it could be Halloween everyday.

You can see more photos at our Facebook page.