Harper Mae's provides beautiful cakes for all occasions, and edible party treats. We can cater for all your cake and sweet treat needs! Theme to your event?
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Everyone loves parties, not only children, but people of all ages. We recognise that at Harper Mae's and cater for any event, whether it's a children's party, corporate event, team building, hen parties... you name it! Unleash your creative side, with our fully edible set of delicious treats for child and adult alike. Paint your own water colour masterpiece on our crisp white fondant covered, fres
hly made layer cake. You've heard of paint your own plates, but here you can paint your cake and eat it, too. No problem, we can bake to your needs. Creating ready to customise cookies, fitting for any event. Go back to the old school with blackboard and chalk with a difference. Completely edible blackboard cookies making the perfect partner with entirely edible homemade chalk. Doodle to your hearts content, and then wipe off and start again... if you can resist eating them. Minimum numbers of 6 people, many options available. Contact us for any questions you have. Don't forget Harper Mae's also offers cakes for all occasions! Beautiful layer cakes in any flavour you like, covered in your favourite buttercream and topped with beautiful fresh flowers, homemade meringue kisses and other delicious sweet treats. We offer dripcake cakes, naked cakes, ombre cakes...anything you want cakes!! New to our list of things to offer are cupcake decorating classes which include tips and tricks to master piping with different nozzles and palette knives and also making fondant toppers.
*Private one to one lessons available at extra cost .
**Minimum of 4 people for groups. Fondant modelling Classes.
*Private one to one classes available at an extra cost.
**Minimum of four people for groups.
To be honest, I don’t really do novelty cakes these days, I feel like it’s definitely a weak point for me (I’m not ashamed to say) BUT I made an entirely spherical cake with just carving, no special cake tins so I’m pretty pleased with myself on this one!! Happy birthday or Joyeaux Anniversaire Noah et Alexandre!
This weekend I had the pleasure of making my friends 40th birthday cake - I wanted to do something simple and elegant and I love the finished cake. Happy Birthday Michelle!
So after my hip surgery last year, I have taken some time out of making cakes. I lost my mojo a bit and just haven’t got back into the swing of it. But my best girl was turning 40 this weekend with a Mexican themed party and I just HAD to do the cake and desserts. I’m so super thrilled with how it came out. I can see a heap of flaws and I’m definitely a bit rusty after being out of it for so long but loved getting back into it! Happy birthday Mari, love you all the world and more!! 😘💀🎂🎈🎉
It’s that time of year again! The reindeer cake is back! 🎄🦌🎅🏻
Cute little 🐨for a special girls 1st birthday! Happy birthday Lara! I do have pics of the cake but the lighting is shocking and no amount of filters can remedy it! Sad times!
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Oh my god!! I need this!! I think people genuinely hate me on delivery day.
I’d also need one in French, English and German just to be sure it was understood!
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The easiest way to let everyone know why you are taking corners at 4 miles per hour. Shop here: http://evilcakegenius.com/index.php/cake-on-board-car-flag.html
Cake number 2 for dessert tonight!
Cheeky little meringue kisses cake for Harpers fête de l’ecole!
Wow, wow, wow!!! 😮😮😮 These are amazing!! Such amazing talent and creativity!
From inspiration to creation
Captain Rainbow 🌈 Sprinkles! I’ll take that!
What’s yours!?
Another birthday cake yesterday, loving the mermaid theme! Happy 8th birthday Ophelia!!
I had the absolute pleasure of making this cake for one of my lovely friends and her twins first birthday yesterday! Happy 1st birthday Grace and Charlotte!
Getting a head start on this weekends crazy cake orders!!
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Oh, the struggle is real!!
Another beautiful floral cake for a very special girl’s 9th birthday. Happy birthday Carla!!
Wow!! Look at these stunning designs! Beautiful work by Elena Gnut!
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Gorgeous purple and gold unicorn 🦄 cake for a special birthday girl! Happy 6th birthday Ella!!
A special cake for a special boy on his first birthday! Happy 1st birthday Tommaso!!
This is the right way to cut your cakes! 😍😍
A fine example of how to cut cake into responsible servings! 💜💛💚
Another beautiful peony cake for a special boy on his first birthday. Happy birthday Oliver!!
Chocolate and salted caramel and vanilla cupcakes for a special girl on her 15th birthday. Happy birthday! 🎉🎁🎂
Beautiful seasonal Peonies for a beautiful girl on her Baptism! Classic vanilla cake with dulce de leche and vanilla buttercream in a double tall barrel cake 😍
Hello fellow bakers and all my lovely followers!
Today I would like to talk about ordering a bespoke cake.
As a baker/cake designer, you tend to spend the majority of your time (aside from doing orders) learning, testing, practicing and developing your skills so you can sell your beautiful creations and know that your customers are delighted with what you provide.
Sometimes, (especially when you’re just starting out) you can look at a cake and think “that looks easy!” Or “this will take me no time at all!” And very quickly realize that something was way out of your skill level or because you had really no idea where to start, it ends up taking you a hell of a lot longer that you originally thought and the outcome may not have been great. It’s a learning curve, but an important one so that you know your limitations and know when to tell your customer that you do not feel confident in making the cake. Trust me, they will greatly appreciate this.
Often, I get requests for a large bespoke cakes and as soon as I give the quote, replies can vary from
• I was looking for something more in the price range of 60chf
•That much for a cake??
•So and so can do the same cake for ### chf
This is very normal and I truly understand why, as I was not always a cake designer so could not understand even the basic fundamentals of designing and making a cake.
I invest in cake courses that are costly and often mean I have to travel to learn, but it’s important to develop skills in new trends and to keep up with demand. Cakes are by no means basic anymore 🙂 they are done with structures, they are gravity defying, made with expensive materials, they come with sugar flowers, wafer flowers, real flowers that have to be prepared, sealed and included into a cake without poisoning your client and their guests! We do royal icing run outs, cakes are carved, they need to be supported, they need to be structurally sound for delivery. We spend up to two hours at venues, especially in the summer to transport the cake, chill it again so you can handle it, stack and dress/finish decorating the cake. You battle with the elements (heat and humidity, nightmare!!) we cry when things go wrong (which of course they do!) but when you have learned all of these points, and many many more, you’re able to create and design unimaginable cakes.
I constantly watch tutorials, I share my knowledge with many many caking groups and they do too (I LOVE the caking community!) I am constantly trying more - to be better, to broaden my knowledge and be the cake designer I want to be. This takes TIME. Years, in fact and I still have a long way to go.
I spend a great deal of time talking with my customers, designing their cakes, being the go to person for their special event, because their event is special and they are special. It’s important to know exactly what you’re doing.
The problem with people wanting a bespoke cake cheaply is that, as the old saying goes, “you get what you pay for” I don’t mean to sound awful but it’s true. If something is ridiculously cheap, but you have been quoted 5 times more the price from other places, there is usually a reason why.
Of course it is not always because the person will do a rubbish job, it could also be because that person still doesn’t know how to charge their worth which is very very difficult and if that’s the case, bakers, learn to charge your worth. You won’t achieve anything by being known as the “cheap cake lady” and additionally, you won’t make anything from it and what was once your passion will be something that is not worth while for you and you will struggle to then increase your prices. You work hard, you work long hours and often pull all nighters. Cakes can often take days to make, not the element of actually baking a cake but all of those decorations or flowers or figures or animals take soooo long! You work weekdays and weekends, you’re always learning so make sure your prices reflect that!
Back to the case in point, there are often times when you will be undercut. Someone will come for a bespoke cake and you give your quote and they say, that’s too expensive, so and so quoted me 50 for this cake.
Look at the picture below, so this cake looks like a Pinterest “nailed it” cake. But actually it has come from an actual client (so I am led to believe from my baking groups) who upon delivery was so shocked and upset and asked for a refund as it was absolutely not what she asked for. The baker said no refunds. I’m not going to get into that part of it as it’s not the reason for my post, but take a look at what the client wanted for a cake and what she received. There is a reason why cake designers charge their worth for their designs.
We all understand that if you have no experience with cake designing/decorating then you cannot be expected to know why our cakes are priced the way they’re priced. And I absolutely don’t get offended when I hear “it’s just a cake!?” I also thought this once too 🙂
Now with respect to this cake in the pic, I have no idea of anything else surrounding this picture other than what I mentioned in this post. I am highlighting this because it’s so important for a baker/caker to to know their limitations and if you are not confident in your ability to recreate what your client has asked for and you think that it’s definitely going to make you cry at some point, do not accept the cake.
This is also why it’s important for the client to do a little research, check out your bakers portfolio, look at their past work, ask if they have done anything like this in the past. That may also be no, but that certainly doesn’t mean they can’t do it, it just means they haven’t yet 🙂 but they should tell you if the cake is way out of their skill set.
Don’t be afraid of asking questions - it’s what we are here for ☺️☺️
Thanks for taking the time to read! Sorry it’s a long one!!
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Meet Harry the Hedgehog, affectionaly named by and our very own Harper Mae! Wishing you a very happy 18th birthday Cameron! I hope you all enjoyed the cake!!
So today we took part in the Basel Bake Off competition for the WI. All cake sales went to charity and it was so fun! Harper Mae’s also came second!!! 🥂🍾🎂 So so thrilled! Here’s our chocolate and salted caramel double tall barrel cake with roses and ranunculus.
Wedding cake tasting at Harper Mae’s is serious business!
So this last weekend was my birthday, which of course meant I was going to make my own cake! This gives me the chance to try out some ideas and I also made some Easter cookies, meringue kisses, Oreo balls, millionaire salted caramel shortbread and macarons. Unfortunately, it didn’t come out quite the way I wanted it to but I loved it all the same. Chocolate fudge cake with vanilla and dulce de leche and a traditional Victoria sponge with raspberry coulis and vanilla buttercream. Happy birthday to me!! 🎂🍾🥂
So yesterday I had the absolute privilege to make this wedding cake for my gorgeous cousin. I was so nervous about doing this cake as I had to fly all my equipment to the UK and make it in a kitchen that’s not my own. I wanted it to be perfect for her so I was having real anxiety over it! But, I love the way it turned out, congratulations Cat and Grant on what was the most perfect wedding day ❤️🍾🥂
Another outdoorsy cake - kite surfing! Happy 16th birthday Philip!! 🏄🏻♂️
to this gorgeous marbled cake with peony rose...
How cute is this gorgeous cake!! From Thatbakinggirl, definitely need to give this one a go!
Good morning :)
I love Valentine's day, and Valentine's day puns. My favorite one is "I love you Watts". I have seen it done on Cookie but not on cake yet (or I didn't look hard enough), so I wanted to make it real quick and get a short video made for you, just in case it could be of use to you. The whole cake took me less than 3 hours to make, including baking, so if you are looking for a very cute but very easy cake to make, look no further :)
I drew the template myself, I used very thin foam core as the base, leftover cakes and ganache, my daughter was my assistant and she made me hold up some drawings to the camera while I was making the cake, in case you are wondering what that was. I used some stamps, but I cannot recall where I bought them and some tappit cutters. The heart shape is by Whisked Away Cutters, whose cutters I try to use in almost every one of my projects :)
The whole thing was covered in Massa Ticino by CARMA of course, and if there is a time I can say this and really really mean it, it's today...made with loads and loads of
Been a little while since we had a unicorn cake! Look at this stunner in gorgeous blue! Happy 4th birthday Sunna!
Been a while since I had a outdoorsy cake to make and this was such fun! Happy 50th birthday Drew!!
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Wedding cake tasting at Harper Mae’s is serious business!
I can't get enough of this salted caramel, it's fast becoming a favourite choice with my double chocolate fudge cake... YUM! Pour into my face please! 🙊
Salted Caramel Saturday...😍😍😍
Deliciously rich chocolate cake, about to go in the oven for the second tier of our cake! 🍫 #chocolate
How do you like our new video intro? We are LOVING it! :D
Making our Easter chick cupcakes this weekend, our delicious original chocolate, filled with homemade salted caramel and topped with velvety smooth vanilla buttercream.
**COMING SOON!!! ** Harper Mae's has embarked on a new adventure and now we have our very own YouTube channel! This is très exciting!! Unicorn 🦄 topper tutorial coming soon... Comment for any tutorials you want to see from us. Happy Easter! 🐰🐣 Px
Beauty. 🦄❤️
Painting cookies with original vanilla sugar cookies and marshmallow fondant.
Don't forget, not only do we do parties with cake and cookie painting but we also provide cakes for all occasions too!!
Getting caught up with a backlog of Harper Mae's cakes and cookies from over the last few months! 💋🎂
Harper Mae's gets creative!
