Wedding Fairs 2010

Our Wedding Fair season got off to a wonderful start at Smiths on the 31st. January, where our range of new Chocolate Wedding Cake designs generated a great deal of interest and orders. Chocolate is definately in for 2010 and with dozens of designs to choose from in our range of beautifully patterned chocolate box cakes, there really is something for everyone.

Our next Show will be on the 21st. February at The George Hotel in Edinburgh when we will be taking an even bigger range of cakes, including a French Croquembouche, as well as some unique Wedding Favour ideas. The Show starts at 1pm with delicious canapes, drinks, a Hotel tour and the King's Hall laid out for a magnificent Wedding Breakfast.

We hope to see you there and talk over your ideas for your own very special Wedding Cake designs.

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New Arrival for Cake Decorators!

This georgeous Chocolate Ganache Mix is a cake decorating dream! It is time-saving, silky-smooth mix of cream and chocolate that can be piped or used as a filling - ideal for cup cake decorating. We now also have some super Designer Cup Cake Cases which are perfect for Modern Wedding Cakes.

Whip up something quick but impressive for unexpected guests. With Chocolate Ganache Mix it's easy to make a gorgeous last-minute Wedding Cake filling. Always keep a couple of packs in your cupboard, just in case!

Create tasty and original gifts. Chocolate Ganache Mix is ideal for making quick and easy chocolates that make great after dinner treats or unique wedding favours.

Click here to purchase ganache on-line :-http://www.rainbowsugarcraft.co.uk/shop/Chocolate_Ganache_Mix.htm

Best Wedding Cake Sword for 2010!

This has to be the Champagne Sabrage! This georgeously presented saber has a romantic history and makes a wonderful knife for ceremoniously cutting Wedding Cakes.

According to history the French Cavalry would ride into battle with a bottle of Champagne and with a skillful flick of the wrist cut the neck of the bottle clean open. Cork, cake and bottle neck all come away in one piece - an amazing sight to see. Even today the Champagne houses practice the art, the cork flying a huge distance followed by an impressive spray of champagne.

Now whilst we would not recommend trying this at the venue this beautiful sword also looks stunning on the cake cutting photographs and can be engraved with your names, Wedding date and Wedding Venue. This unusual Wedding cake knife comes in a fully lined wooden presentation box and makes a lovely souvenir of your very special day.

Engraved Champagne Sabrage Wedding Cake swords are available from the followink link:-

http://www.rainbowsugarcraft.co.uk/shop/Champagne_Sabrage_Sword.htm

Favourite Wedding Cake of 2010

We like to try to predict which will be the most popular cake design for the New Year and for 2010 we're guessing a main contender would be the Diamante Drape Wedding Cake. This is a fairly simple design from our Classic Wedding Cakes range and can be created with a sparkling Snowflake White Icing or with a warmer Ivory Pearl finish.

The cake has a taffeta effect icing drape and is encircled with a band of diamantes. The sugar rose decorations are hand crafted and finished with a satin effect dust. Sparkling diamantes embellish each rose nestling in the Wedding Cake icing.

This design would also look stunning with roses in pastel shades as well as a Rich Burgundy Red or Ebony Black. The diamantes can also be supplied in a range of other sparkling colours to match your theme and, of course, you can have whatever flavour of Wedding cake you prefer, or even three different layers!

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Happy New Year!

We ended 2009 and began 2010 with Croquembouche deliveries in treacherous conditions! Croquembouche are, of course, those tall traditional French Wedding Cakes, carefully constructed and for which you'd probably never get planning permission in Scotland.

There was heavy snow on both ocassions and finding a mansion house in Edinburgh after dark only added to the drama. The trusty Rainbow mobile battled through traffic, blinded by snow, on icy roads and we set up the croquembouche in a wind buffeted marquee.

The first croqeumbouche of 2010 was begun at 5am; freshly baked choux buns permeating the studio with a pleasing aroma of vanilla. Filled with homemade creme pattiserie the choux buns were assembled with hot caramel into a tower, which would be presented on a purpose made stand, covered in fresh fruits and greenery. With heavy snow falling David set-off early to deliver the croquembouche, with back up four wheel drive transport arranged, just in case of problems.

When he arrived at the Roxburghe Hotel the sun broke through just in time for the photographs, which must have been stunning, with such an awesome wintry backdrop.

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Merry Christmas from Rainbow Sugarcraft

Here's an email we'd like to share from one of our cake decorating customers:-

'Hello, I have just received my sugar Edible Diamonds and wanted to say thank you for getting them to me in time for Christmas. They are absolutely beautiful and I am seriously considering wearing them instead of eating them! All The Best and Merry Christmas ~ Janice Page


There is only one more day for sending out Christmas orders of cake decorating supplies and then David and I will be able to relax and maybe go hiking for a couple of days before it all starts again. This has been our busiest December for Wedding Cakes in Scotland and we still have Wedding cake deliveries to be made to Gretna, Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well as a mightly French croquembouche to end the year.


We'd like to thank all our smashing customers in 2009 who have written such lovely reviews about their Wedding Cakes and wish each and every one of you a wonderful 2010.

Here Be Dragons!

Sandra wanted to surprise her Welsh Groom so ordered a mighty Red Dragon Wedding Cake. It was quite a challenge delivering the Cake to the Dryburgh Abbey Hotel without anyone seeing him. The task was made especially diffcult as all the guests were in residence and the cake measure over three and a half feet long and weighed in around 70 lbs. We decided to disguise the dragon in a purpose made cardboard crate and once the coast was clear managed to sneak in and manouver him into the function room. Here he was given huge sugarcraft wings and his handcrafted personalised bride and groom passengers.

Sandra and her bridesmaids all piled into the Dragon's Lair to see the splendid beast. Amidst muffled gasps of astonishment and giggles, they locked the door behind them to prevent any prying guests spoiling the big surprise. It was wonderful to get such an astonished and delighted reaction to the Wedding Cake from the bride and her family. We also supplied a Scottish cake cutting sword, which the happy couple would use to slay their dragon, though we do hope they did it gently as we had grown rather fond of him during the week he took to create.