Journal

Well, Its certainly been a crazy few months for us at Hall of Cakes.  Our cakes are getting bigger and bigger and every day we are being commissioned for grander, more elaborate, amazing wedding cakes. Here are some images of a  wedding cakes that we designed and...

This was the beautiful cake we designed and created for Natalie and Brad at Freirn Manor in Essex, back in May this year.  We do many many weddings in Essex but it was our first time at Friern Manor  - what a lovely little venue.  Gorgeous! This year has most...

Back in April we delivered one of our beautiful cakes to The Ritz hotel in London.  We have worked for the The Ritz for many years now and delivered many many cakes, but this one was a real treat.  Why?  When we entered the Marie Antoinette Suite the smell that hit us...

We are delighted to showcase the wedding of Victoria & Nick, who married at the beautiful Chilston Park in Kent on 10th March this year. This was a really special one for us as Victoria's parents are neighbours to us and we know Richard, father of the bride, very...

As this week is a little quieter than usual it gives us some time to showcase some of the wedding cakes we worked on last year. The first one we would love to blog is that of Grant and Nats who married at Gosfield Hall in Essex on 3rd November. Grant and Nats were...

This year we have worked with some lovely couples and families. Alex and Dean were just scrummy to work for and it was an absolute honour to design and create their wedding cake for them, for their celebrations at Orsett Hall at the end of August. From the minute this...

We loved making this cutesy little Peter Rabbit Cake for Robyn's baby shower last month! Robyn only wanted little Peter, surrounded by lots and lots of carrots and of course themed in the beautiful Beatrix Potter colours and style. This cake would be suitable for a...

As London is hosting the forthcoming International NFL series in a week or so I thought an apt moment to blog this 'Denver Broco's' wedding cake we designed and created earlier this year. Lewis is a massive NFL fan, and having been introduced by his dad to the game...

We loved designing and creating this 80's themed cake earlier this year!  The remit was tall, big, wacky, bright and all things girlie and '80's.  We are a team that were strutting our stuff to the Wham Rap back in the day so it really was so much fun putting this...

Thank you so much to Julie Michealson Photography for sharing some of her images with us! This is the beautiful cake we created for Laura & Joe of their wedding at the ever beautiful Hever Castle in Kent back in June. We have been a recommended supplier to Hever...

We are so delighted to have been featured once again in Your Kent Wedding magazine.  Thank you so much to the editorial team for including us once again.  The March/April edition is currently on sale in all major retailers. The particular cake featured from Hall of...

We love this 'Tatty Bear' cake last week for Ralphie's first birthday. We make lots and lots of baby cakes but we had never done Tatty bears before so it was great to do something different. This is the third cake order from the Taylor family. Its so nice when...

We absolutely loved making this gorgeous Alice in Wonderland cake for Grace's 1st birthday last weekend. Alice in Wonderland is taking the creative world by storm this year. We have had 3 Alice in Wonderland wedding cake enquiries in the last couple of weeks. We would...

We are delighted, once again, to have been invited to Hever Castle to exhibit for their Wedding Showcase on Sunday 15 January 2017. We have been a recommended supplier to Hever Castle for many years now and have delivered countless wedding cakes to this incredible...

This is the beautiful cake we designed and created for Victoria and Chris for their wedding at the beginning of November, at The Ritz hotel in London. Victoria and Chris were hosting their wedding breakfast in the spectacular dining room that is the Marie Antoinette...

These are the images of Loretta and Matthew's wedding cake at Hever Castle a few weeks ago.  We hope to post some official images soon from the couples; photographer but we wanted to get these on the blog before the beautiful colours of autumn start to fade.. It goes...

This is the beautiful cake we designed and created for Jade and John for their wedding celebrations at Beaverwood Place in Chislehurst in July.  The images are courtesy of the very talented Kate Hennessy Photography.  Thanks Kate - they are gorgeous! Jade was very...

This is the beautiful wedding cake we designed and created for Emily and Daniel for their recent   wedding at Pennyhill Park in Surrey. Emily and Daniel were having lots of stunning fresh florals to decorate their reception and they wanted to carry this theme through...

This is the wedding cake we designed and created for Lucy & Lee for their wedding at Hever Castle in Kent on Saturday. When Lucy came to see us we discussed a cake she had seen on our website that we produced last year for a wedding at the Park Lane Hotel in...

This is the wedding cake we designed and created for Jade & John for their post nuptual party in Chislehurst on Saturday.  Jade and John actually got married in Tanzania at the beginning of the month - just the two of them but arranged a party for friends and...

We absolutely love this little cute we delivery yesterday to Little Hermitage in Gravesend. We just adore this little venue.  It is the perfect setting for a small intimate gathering and it is run so well by the staff that you feel instantly welcomed the minute you...

We love this cake for Susan's 50th birthday party this week. We were given a copy of the invite design - featured below - and asked to design a cake that essential looked just like the invitation.  Hubby only wanted one big tier (as opposed to getting some height with...

You've gotta love a princess cake!  We have worked for Rita and family for quite a few years now and the requests are always very extravagant. We Just loved this princess cake for Gurni's 5th Birthday last Saturday.  A lovely big tier of chocolate cake at the bottom...

Being a recommended supplier to The Ritz we do receive some unusual requests from time to time... Lutra was coming to London for her parents to buy her first pair of Louboutin shoes and what better way to celebrate than with a cake and a little party at The Ritz. We...

We do so many different cakes.. Many of our cakes are specifically themed around an idea, or TV programme or film... but very often people just want a lovely cake - perhaps for a 50th, a girlie get together.. it is these cakes that just need to be kept very simple,...

Here is the wedding cake we designed and created for Grace & Joe for their wedding at The Andaz Hotel in Liverpool Street, London. Grace had seen one of our designs online- Latte Frills at Leeds Castle and loved the effect of the beautiful white piping against the...

We have had an education in Twirlywoos this week... This lovely little cake was ordered by mummy and daddy for Coco's 2nd Birthday this weekend. My children are now nearly 4 and 7 so the Twirlywoos weren't familiar to me. Nadine (who makes most of our models) also has...

We have just taken a lovely booking following on from a recommendation from Helen England Photography.  Helen England is a very experienced and highly acclaimed photographer based in Kent. Along her journey Helen has met lots of suppliers (good and bad I am sure!),...

So pleased with this lovely 18th birthday cake we have made this week for Beth.  The remit was 'funky, not too girlie and beautiful'.  She absolutely loves it so I think we got it right! Whilst its so easy to theme cakes for the girlies (lots of pink, bows, hearts etc...

Huge thanks to You and Your Wedding for the fabulous feature! Hall of Cakes - Dickensian Wedding Cake Exclusive! Hall of Cakes designed and created the 8 tier extravaganza that is Miss Havisham's wedding cake - being aired on BBC1 tonight.  This feature tells you how...

We often get asked 'why are you different from other cake companies?'.  My answer has a lot to do with design and how we are able to 'create' a look or design as opposed to copying one. When I set up the business 8 years ago it was with a view to doing something a...