Tales from the Bakery
Kirsty and Stuart’s Undersea Wedding Cake
I was delighted to be asked by Kirsty and Stuart McDonald to make their wedding cake. Both the Bride and Groom are keen scuba divers and their whole wedding reflected their passion for the sea and love of the outdoors. Kirsty asked for a pale blue cake with shells which would be finished with a [...]
A Family Cake
This is a cake that I made in May for a large family celebration. Five members of the family were celebrating their birthdays and I was asked to make a cake for them all to share which showed them enjoying some of their hobbies and interests. It was quite a project and the modelling alone [...]
Jubilee ‘Elizabeth Sponge’ Cake Competition in Knaresborough
All are welcome to enter this fun, community competition. Cakes should be generally based on a traditional Victoria Sponge Cake but variations to the recipe (such as different fillings etc) are welcome to create an ‘Elizabeth Sponge’ to celebrate the Jubilee. The finished cake must however be a sponge cake and should not be iced. [...]
Summer Bookings 2012
This year seems to be a year for Golden Wedding Anniversaries. In the last couple of weeks I’ve made a couple of Golden Wedding cakes and I have bookings for the summer too. I’ve also bookings for Christenings, Birthdays and Weddings so I’m going to be busy! I’m now fully booked until the last week [...]
New Year! New Cakes!
Happy New Year to everybody! I hope you all had a wonderful festive season. Wow, what a busy Christmas period that was, with the fairs, Christmas cakes and birthday cakes. It has been stressful but great fun. As a result I have a lot of new cakes to show you, so why not take a [...]
Chocolate Truffles
I’ve had a few people asking me about storage of my chocolate truffles. The lady who gave me the recipe said that they keep for up to a month. They are definitely best kept in a cool place – they’ll be nicer that way! If you don’t have a cool room to keep them then [...]
Sweet treats to buy at Knaresborough Christmas Fair
Knaresborough Christmas Market is this Saturday and Sunday, the 3rd and 4th of December, and I will have my Christmas cake decoration and sweet treats stall at Gracious Street Methodist Church on Saturday between 10am and 4pm and on Sunday between 12 noon and 4pm. Here are a just a few of the treats that [...]
Aspin Park CP School Fair, Knaresborough
Please come and support my stall at Aspin Park Community Primary School in Knaresborough on Friday 9th December 6pm – 9pm. I’ll be selling edible Christmas decorations, edible stocking fillers, truffles etc as well as a selection of cupcakes. You can also win one of my cakes in the raffle!
Christmas Fair in Knaresborough
I’m absolutely delighted to announce that I’m going to have a stall at the Christmas Fair at The Methodist Church Centre on Gracious Street in Knaresborough on Saturday 3rd Dec (10am-4pm) and Sunday 4th Dec (12pm – 4pm). This runs alongside the Knaresborough Edwardian Christmas Market which is fabulous and well worth a visit! The [...]
Welcome!
Welcome to Cakes by Rachel Capstick. I’m delighted with my new website and really hope you enjoy having a look at my cakes. This is the area where I’d like to share with you more details of some of my cakes or just other things I’ve seen and think you’ll enjoy as much as me. [...]
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