As if all that wasn't enough, we were treated to the most incredible and extravagant champagne afternoon tea. My eyes immediately honed in on the most beautiful desserts.
Just over a week ago Red Letter Days kindly invited me to spend the afternoon with them at Cake Boy. For those that don’t know Red Letter Days, they sell unique experiences which you can either gift to your loved ones or keep for yourself. Their experiences range from riding in a hot air balloon to supercar driving to lavish dining experiences. If you’re looking for a one of a kind gift, I wholeheartedly recommend checking them out (click HERE to learn more).
I was lucky enough to get to sample their cupcake decorating and afternoon tea experience with baking connoisseur, Eric Lanland at his award-winning cake emporium, Cake Boy.
Cake Boy is a hidden gem nestled in the heart of Battersea, right on the banks of the Thames. It’s heaven for the sweet toothed, so as you can imagine I was in my element!
We began the day with Eric explaining how our cake decorating experience would unfold and demonstrating some of trickier parts before we were let loose to make our own fondant toppers.
We created our cake toppers using silicon moulds. There were unicorns, shoes, guitars, handbags, bunny rabbits and even teapots; you name it and there was a mould to create it.
The second step was the most challenging but creative part and my artsy skills were definitely put to the test. If you have kids (or even a group of adult friends) and you want them silent for a few hours, this is on sure way to do that. The level of concentration going on as we painted tiny details using food dye and glitter onto our cake toppers was so intense you could have heard a pin drop.
The final step was to ice the cupcakes. Thankfully, the cakes were already baked and we were presented with a delicious selection of red velvet, lemon drizzle, chocolate and vanilla. The icing came in every pastel colour you could want, plus an all important chocolate one (which was my personal favourite). Eric demonstrated 3 easy designs we could follow or you were free to wing it and create whatever your heart desired.
As if all that wasn’t enough, we were treated to the most incredible and extravagant champagne afternoon tea. My eyes immediately honed in on the most beautiful desserts. I particularly recommend the Mini Berry Waffle Cones and Wild Berry Magnums which tasted out of this world! The macaroons and amazing savoury selection wasn’t too shabby either!
After raving about it for days afterwards, my sister has made me promise we’ll go together and to be honest I can’t wait to do it all again. If you fancy trying some cupcake decorating or treating yourself to what can only be described as the afternoon tea of dreams, then click HERE and HERE to find out more about how to buy and book. I highly recommend it as a wonderful way to spend time with your friends and/or family to make memories you won’t forget.
As a side note, they can cater to lactose and gluten free diets, as well as provide a vegetarian afternoon tea if required.
Finally, all that is left to say is a HUGE thank you to everyone at Red Letter Days for inviting me and to Eric and Cake Boy London for hosting such a wonderful afternoon.
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Ahh that’s one of kind, good on you to experience it. I will surely dig the afternoon tea, the sweets look incredible and cute to eat 🙂
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What an amazing event to attend! I can’t even imagine an entire day of cake decorating. It sounds entirely too delicious!
This looks like so much fun and those cakes you made look amazing!! Hope you had the best time and thanks for sharing! Big Xx Susanne – http://bagatyou.com
That looks like so much fun! Love the cute cupcakes.
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wow! looks like so much fun!
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This seems so fun and cool to do!! The unicorn one looks so so yummy haha
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How fun is this?! Love it; glad you had a good time, lady!
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It looks like you had a fabulous time, I love the cakes you made too – especially the unicorn design you created.
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It was really lovely to meet you. Great post!
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Fantastic post, I like it 🙂
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Thanks a lot 😀
OMG look so delicious and interesting 😀 Love this kind of events
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Ooh this looks so fun! And your cakes all turned out amazing!!
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OMG look so delicious and interesting 😀 Love this kind of events
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omg, everything looks so much fun and the food of course looks delicious 😀
yummm
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You are very good at it xxx
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It was a pretty special day out. I’m just drooling thinking about the afternoon tea xx
It was very delicious! It makes me crave cake just thinking about it! xx
It was a lot of fun, thank you for the lovely comment hun xx
It really was, highly recommend! xx
Thank you xx
It was a lot of fun!! xx
Thank you sweetie xx
The unicorn was a pretty popular one! I think we all made one in the end, haha! xx
It was lovely to meet you too! Hopefully I’ll run into you somewhere else! xx
Thank you so much hun xx
You’re so sweet, thank you! xx
It was great fun, I highly recommend it! xx
The cakes were divine! Wish I was eating them right now! Haha xx
You are very good at it xxx
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Thank you hunny xx
Yes, the unicorn one was the best!!! xx