All weddings are special, but there’s something about those that are indulgently intimate that really says ‘you can have it all!’. Small luxury weddings with guest numbers between 10-50 people have remained popular in recent years, with more and more couples choosing to craft an exclusive guest list of only their closest loved ones – […]
Sugar Flower Wedding Cakes – 5 Top Tips to Choosing Your Sweet Showstopping Stems
Sugar flower wedding cakes are something of a specialist subject for us at Bluebell Kitchen. Almost every wedding cake we create features at least one of these delicate, hand crafted, hyper realistic beauties. They are our signature alternative to using real flowers on cakes. The creative possibilities are almost limitless when it comes to these […]
Let it Go. Behind the Scenes of 2020 and Hello to 2021
“Have you let 2020 go?” That’s what we were asked yesterday during our latest zoom call. What better way of doing this than by sharing our behind the scenes of 2020 with you. Definitely not all banana bread baking here! Lots of positives filled with a few shockers to see exactly what we got up […]
It’s not a celebration without an Unbirthday cake!
What’s an Unbirthday Cake? Scrumptious cake, cupcakes and macarons that can be enjoyed at any time…they are a Bluebell family tradition! Ready to collect or delivered from our kitchen in Maidstone, Kent to your doorstep. Growing up, if it was one of Charlie’s sisters’ birthday then the rest of us had an Unbirthday celebration…perfect excuse for […]
Join our cake classes in Maidstone, Kent
Five Reasons you’ll want to attend our in person cake school You can learn to bake by attending a cake class in person, online or both. Our expertise at our in person cake school in Maidstone, Kent is creating macarons and handmade sugar flowers. Writing this in Spring 2020, whilst in lockdown, we don’t know […]
Complimentary Wedding Cake Planning Consultations During Lockdown
Wedding cake consultations for your wedding cake…no they aren’t on hold during lockdown! It’s early April 2020 and we’re in week two of lockdown in the UK. How are you holding up? It’s such a strange and difficult time, but that doesn’t mean you can’t look forward to your wedding and continue to plan. This […]
Why every couple needs a wedding cake tasting consultation
In our opinion your wedding cake tasting is one of the most fun and enjoyable parts of your wedding planning process. We believe it’s right up there with choosing your dress! Yes, we really do. There seems to be a general assumption that the wedding cake’s there to look amazing, but no one eats it. […]
Wedding Cake Trends 2020…make sure every trend adapts to you and not you adapting to the trend!
January means wedding cakes trends are thrown at us from every direction whether you’re the bridal couple or even your wedding cake designer. Pinterest and Instagram inundate every bridal couple with image after image of beautiful cake designs. It’s your wedding so every trend should adapt to your ideas, not you adapting to the trend! […]
Looking Forward to an Exciting 2020 at Bluebell Kitchen
Happy New Year! Having had a short break, although still working behind the scenes but at a slightly more leisurely pace, we are ready to go. Here at Bluebell Kitchen we’re looking forward to an exciting 2020. Classes Did we mention our upcoming classes? We offer macaron and cake classes at our Cake Studio in […]
A Country House Spring Wedding in Kent
The grounds of a beautiful country house in Kent was the setting for Emily and Max’s Spring wedding earlier this year. Hole Park is set in 200 acres of parkland near the village of Rolvenden and town of Cranbrook. The gardens and parkland are renown for their far reaching views over the Kentish Weald as […]