Jenny's Blog

It’s our tenth anniversary this year, a big thank you to all our customers, who choose us to create their special cakes.
We have some laughs, some frowns, some gasps! but for sure it has never been boring!

Also may I take this opportunity to say a big thank you to Amy, Jen, Clare and Margaret, my long suffering team. Well done girls – keep it up.

Despite all the new children’s characters, Disney is still a firm favorite.

A lady’s 40th Birthday. She wants her husband to build her a large house with a swimming pool. We created a cake version for her.

This Gentleman’s nickname is Champagne — hence the cake in the shape of a champagne bottle. He is also a keen walker.

Bold childrens T.V. characters always make good cakes, here is Handy Manny and his tools.

As you have already seen, wedding cakes do not have to be traditional. This couple spend most of their spare time hiking.

This pretty Christening cake allows the parents, if they wish, to remove the pastilage toy box, as a keep sake.

The theme for this birthday party was “Mad Hatter’s Tea Party”.

From adults to teeny-weeney’s. What do they like? What is thier hobbies, quirks etc.
Here are a few examples of birthday cakes,
Massey Ferguson tractors   

Anniversary Promotion
The year is 2010 and Jenny’s Cakes is in business 10 years. To celebrate we are offering 10% off the full price of Wedding Cakes  booked
and deposits paid between now and 30/04/2010
To avoid disappointment Book Now.

Apologies folks “blogging” is still very new to me. i.e. MUST remember to update more often.
I always believe “variety” stretches and develops skills and keeps the staff from getting complacent, or worse bored!
We at Jenny’s Cakes offer all our customers cakes individualised for them. This results in a great variety of designs. Take a look [...]

I cannot believe it’s October. We have been so busy, but we have survived the peak wedding season again.
Since the last time I wrote we attended the Odyssey Wedding Fair in the first weekend in September, this was followed by the Clandeboye Wedding Fair.
Both were very successful for us. We presented a new range of [...]

Whoever said ”life is boring” has never worked in the cake sector. Life has been far from boring here at Jenny’s Cakes.
This year some of  the cakes styles are certainly different!
Last week we had a lighthouse ! When we asked the bride and groom what the significance the lighthouse had,
we were told: None, other than that [...]

Life is still very busy in the workshop. Both producing cakes a fitting in appointments for 20010/11 weddings. Certainly the economic climate is causing couples to plan well in advance. They cost and then budget for their cake accordingly.
However one nice side of cake making is variety of cakes we get to create.
 This week we [...]

It’s Sunday; I have survived!!
This time of the year the wedding business is always “crazy”, we expect that. But some weeks seem to evolve beyond “crazy”.

Tuesday: We knew it was very busy with wedding cakes etc however, one of my nephews was also getting married  in Ballybofey in Donegal and as well as being [...]

Last week we had the privilege of providing the wedding cake for Sunderland footballer George McCartney and his bride Elaine Mooney. Unfortunatley being more up to date with rugby I didn’t realise who George was!! and wedding co-ordinator David McConkey had to educate me.
The Hilton Templepatrick was transformed by Sarah B and her team into [...]