MY NEVER ENDING FASCINATION WITH CAKE DECORATING

I was talking to my friend on FaceTime earlier when I randomly added to the conversation that I had recently followed someone on TikTok (@djlemay2) whose job it is to create ice cream cakes. I don’t even know if I’ve ever had an ice cream cake - does an arctic roll count? I somehow feel that it doesn’t? 

Oh wait I Googled it and it does. 

Anyway, I rate artic roll’s pretty high on the taste scale (at least a seven) but I have to be in a very specific mood to eat them. In terms of chilled cakes beyond that, I haven't tried any but I can imagine that they’re also pretty good. Off the back of this fascination, I discovered a few accounts across Instagram that I wanted to share with you now. I feel like there’s a trend for retro, vintage, frilly (I don’t know another adjective to use) cakes going around at the minute, or maybe that’s the content I’m being pushed on my phone because I keep looking at it BUT the cakes are amazing! I love them! I think they border somewhere on being a bit tacky? or OTT? but then I just think they look so fantastic so I’m going to talk about them. 

In at number one we have The Benny Cake Shop (my personal fave) who I am subscribed to on YouTube. (Oh my god they just uploaded a new video I have to watch it immediately). Their cakes are so adorable, and a little scary but in a good way? You would maybe find their creations in a haunted bakery but also in a Disney movie? I love them! Do I? Yes. 

@benny.cake

Number two is April’s Baker (these cakes all follow the same theme btw) whose Instagram bio says: ‘making the cakes of your pastel dreams’ - I thought it said personal dreams at first and in my mind I was like YES I AGREE. Their cakes are beautiful and I want them to design something for my hypothetical wedding to my hypothetical husband. 

(The first cake image in this post is also from April's Baker, how amazing??)

@aprilsbakerlondon

In third place, we have Coven Bakery whose cakes look like the kind of thing I would eat if I ever went on a super extravagant picnic with cucumber sandwiches and mini parasols. I just love the detailing, what style of cake decorating is this? Princess icing. Who knows? I’m obsessed. 

@coven_bakery

Then slightly veering off-topic I just wanted to add in a bit about the work of Wayne Thiebaud who paints everything from pie counters to doughnuts. Known for capturing 'commonplace objects' I think his confectionary pieces are lovely and his palette choices produce very delicate and sweet outcomes. The above piece is called Bakery Case and was painted in 1996. 

That's it for today - I just had an iced latte and I feel like my whole body is vibrating.

Lauren xo