This year weddings are getting groovy again, with retro theming transporting us right back to the 1970s. Whether you go all-out with bell-bottoms and disco balls or just include a few stylishly subtle call backs to the eclectic era, there’s no denying it – in 2024, nuptials are hip again. We’re going to help you […]
Small Luxury Weddings: Have Your Cake And Eat It Too
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 […]
Kent Wedding Cakes – A Colourful Wedding at Kent Life for Nicola & Alex
As Kent wedding cake makers, we’re very lucky that our couples’ weddings are so diverse and we get the opportunity to make so many different kinds of luxury wedding cakes. Nicola and Alex’s colourful wedding at Kent Life in Maidstone was the perfect example of this. Like all our couples, Nicola and Alex truly […]
Kent Wedding Cakes & Macarons 2023 Roundup
2023 has been a real cake mix of a year for us at Bluebell Kitchen, and we wanted to finish it off in style by taking you on a little trip down memory lane of the highs and the lows of the last 12 months of our wedding cakes & macarons creations. We’re so grateful […]
London Wedding Cake – Susan & Andrew’s Landmark Hotel Wedding Cake
We can hardly believe how the 2023 wedding season is marching on, and today we’re reflecting on our very first Spring wedding cake design of the year back in March. It was a real pleasure to work on Susan and Andrew’s Landmark Hotel wedding cake for their intimate 25-guest celebration, and we want to share […]
Buttercream Wedding Cake Myths: Don’t Get Your Tiers in a Twist
There are a lot of common misconceptions about buttercream wedding cakes. You may think they only really suit rustic or traditional style weddings, that they won’t withstand hot weather, and even that they’re cheaper than their fondant counterparts. We’re here to whip up a quick batch of the truth and bust these buttercream wedding cake […]
Modern Fondant Wedding Cakes: Limitless Creativity
For many people the phrase ‘fondant cake’ brings to mind something quite traditional (and, dare we say, a little stuffy?); the classic wedding cake from back in the day, your granny’s Christmas cake, or a stocky Madeira slice from the supermarket. We invite you to forget everything you think you know about fondant. It’s actually […]
Kent Wedding Cake – A Bradbourne House Wedding in Kent
As a preferred wedding cake supplier to Bradbourne House, we’ve been looking forward to featuring Freya and Harry’s wedding on the blog. It combines so many things we love about our job: working with wonderful couples who are a joy to meet, spending time at beautiful venues and collaborating with other talented vendors to perfect […]
Small Wedding Cakes: Three Ways To Add Big Wow Factor
They say good things come in small packages, and when it comes to petite treats with panache we tend to agree! Intimate weddings with guest numbers from around 10-50 are ever-popular, with more and more couples choosing to celebrate with only their closest loved ones. As your guest numbers reduce, so too does the amount […]