This week in the bakery…Cherry Blossom Cake and a wedding bonanza

The beauty of having an artisan bakery rather than a cake factory  is that I have the freedom to change it up when the mood takes me. (I hear we're supposed to ditch the term 'artisan' now since it's been appropriated by huge grocery companies and popping up on labels for everything from extended shelf-life granola to oily chocolate chips). 

To keep things fresh around here, I've been introducing customers to a "Cake of the Month" featuring a seasonal ingredient. For June we've gone for a cherry cake scented with orange blossom water. Here it is, for one month only: Cherry Blossom Cake

Ingredients: FRENCH CHERRIES, POLENTA, PURE IRISH BUTTER, SUGAR, GROUND ALMOND, IRISH FREE RANGE EGGS, IRISH ORGANIC YOGOURT, FRESH SQUEEZED ORANGE JUICE, ORANGE BLOSSOM WATER, Gluten-free BAKING POWDER

There were wedding cakes and pirate cakes and model schnauzers too. Here is a graduated gold wedding cake that was collected last week.

And then on to a different style of wedding cake, featuring hand molded models of Garvan and Kevin from the fabulous Two Rooms in Dublin and their adorable schnauzer, Fred 

Schnauzer in progress

Grooms in progress

Here is the finished couple...

And finished Fred, holding a pillow with the rings (those green wires are for support while the glue dried)

The figurines were collected, along with this cake, for a journey to Wexford where they were assembled. Bottom tier was chocolate biscuit cake, middle tier was chocolate biscuit cake with Cointreau and the top tier was chocolate biscuit cake with toasted walnuts.
I am dying to see the photos. I still feel panicked when releasing a cake to get driven away to a venue. I can't rest soundly until I see a picture of it at it's designation safe and sound!

Website: www.carynascakes.com

Twitter: @carynascakes

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Phone: 086 0703425

Address: Terenure Enterprise Centre, 

17 Rathfarnham Road, Terenure, 

Dublin 6w, Ireland