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Mill Hill Couture Cakes, 11 Mill Hill End, Hilton, Hilton (2024)

14/11/2021

I can't believe that it is this time of the year again, already!

Time for me to get the warming Christmas spices out and begin blending and baking your Christmas cakes. 🔔🎄🎁

Pre-order now for December collection:

Choose from Richly Fruited Christmas Cake, Sumptuous Chocolate Sponge or Classic Vanilla Sponge 😋

Last date for orders: - Friday December 10th

16/10/2021

Here is last weekend's autumnal wedding cake, which was delivered to The Old Bridge Hotel, Huntingdon on an unseasonably warm and sunny day 🍂🍁☀️

The bride chose an autumnal colour pallet to showcase the sugar flowers, with just a hint of metallic rose and royal golds. The 18 inch tall cake comprised of a mix of Sumptuous Chocolate and Traditional Fruit tiers and I'm told that it was very much enjoyed by the bride & groom and their guests ❤️

15/10/2021

Congratulations to the happy couple! The Burrells tied the knot last weekend on a warm and sunny autumn day. They held their reception at The Old Bridge Hotel 🥂🍾

The beautiful bride chose an autumnal colour pallet to showcase the sugar flowers for her wedding cake... sneak preview bottom left. I will be revealing the cake I made for the newlyweds tomorrow 🍁🍂❤️

11/09/2021

Never a truer word was spoken!

I hope the sun is shining for you today, but if not it doesn't matter... go forth and make the best of every moment ❤😊

15/08/2021

A little sneak peek at one of this week's cakes in the making. Yet more sugar roses to make, so I've been very busy in the kitchen this week crafting and wiring these pretty petals, and hand painting lots of golden flourishes ❤️

11/08/2021

Thank you to the poet, Wendell Berry for this beautiful moment of midweek mindfulness.

All too often every day concerns and the larger worries of life can weigh us down. Our hearts and minds are filled with burden and we lose sight of the simple beauty which surrounds us. I urge you to read and take stock of Berry's words, and rest easy for a while.

08/08/2021

Here's a few roses that I'm working on this weekend, in preparation for one of next week's cakes 🌺

01/08/2021

Here is this week's cake... a stunning combination of sophisticated navy blue tiers and floral hoop in dusky pink tones.

This stunning wedding cake measured 23 inches tall and consisted of four tiers of Classic Vanilla sponge and Sumptuous Chocolate Sponge.

Congratulations to Karen & Mark who tied the knot yesterday at Sheene Mill, Hertfordshire! May you have many happy years together ❤️

31/07/2021

A big shout out to Karen & Mark who tied the knot yesterday at Sheene Mill, Hertfordshire.

I had the pleasure of creating their wedding cake and all four tall and elegant tiers, complete with hand crafted sugar floral hoop, were safely delivered to Sheene Mill yesterday morning. Pictures to follow, so continue to watch this space and you won't be disappointed!

Here's hoping that Karen and Mark enjoy many long years together! ❤️🥂

18/07/2021

So, I celebrated my own birthday in style this week, with one of my cakes. 🎉🎈 I don't usually get around to making myself a cake, as I'm usually too busy making cakes for my customers.

I had intended to go with a Stranger Things theme, but owing to time constraints I went with one of my other loves... all things Japanese. And here she is, my very own little sugar Kokeshi doll! 😍🎎🎌

04/04/2021

Happy Easter from Hilton, Cambs!

Today has been a splendid, sunny day... so good in fact that it seemed only right I should share this beautiful picture of St Mary Magdalene Church, here in Hilton. ☀️🌺

Watch out for more updates and fantastic cakes, coming shortly... but in the meantime, I hope that you are enjoying a fantastic Easter! 🐣🐰

03/04/2021

May your Easter be filled with sweet treats and fun! 🐣🥚

I hope you have a fantastic weekend, whatever you do and let's pray for good weather 🤞😎

01/04/2021

Mill Hill Couture Cakes is still open and as busy as ever... in fact I've been so busy that I've not had time to post on social media for quite a while!

Here's a little sneak peak at the bottom tier of a wedding cake, which I'm currently working on... hope you like it ❤️

25/02/2021

Thought I'd share a cake with you which I made recently, from Mill Hill Couture Cake's sister brand, Fondant Flourish.

Here's hoping that Rufus had a roarsome 5th Birthday! 🦖🦕

I had so much fun creating this cake, based on dinosaur enthusiast Rufus' favourite TV character. I was really please with the outcome and I think he was too! 😍❤️

Prices for 2D carved cakes start from £150 to serve 12.

08/02/2021

It's been quite a while since I posted anything here. In fact this is my first post of 2021! I've been super busy baking in the kitchen as usual, but unfortunately our broadband went down just before Christmas 😢 However, several BT engineers later and lots of jiggling things around, and we're back on line! Yeey! 😍

So I'd like to wish you all a Belated New Year! 🍾🥂

Here's one of my latest creations... a mouth watering 'naked' carrot cake with lashings of Cream Cheese buttercream, complete with salted caramel popcorn, chocolate soil and mint leaves, topped with beautifully detailed Schleich safari models. And what's more, it's just the right size for a lockdown birthday celebration! ❤️

14/12/2020

I love the aroma of Christmas spices ❤️ Cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger 😋

My kitchen smells like heaven after a morning of baking! ❤️😍

I don't get much time to bake, aside form cake making... but I'm looking forward to my children breaking up for the Christmas holiday, when we will be baking gingerbread together 🤩

What scrumptious bakes have you got lined up this Christmas?

08/12/2020

Here's my top tip for the week... take good care of your hands! 🙌

Winter is here and we should all take that bit o extra care with our hands to prevent them from becoming dry or chapped 👍

As a sugar craft artist, I have to take extra special care to keep my hands in tip-top condition. My hands have always been very dry and sensitive and nothing I tried seemed to work. Then one day, nearly 15 years ago, I happened upon The Body Shop's H**p Hand Protector moisturising cream... It really does work wonders and I cannot recommend it enough, alongside the occasional use of The Body Shop's H**p Hand Scrub... a match made in heaven! 😇❤️

03/12/2020

So we're into December and Christmas is well and truly on it's way! 🎅❄️🤩

I've very nearly finished putting up the decorations, and for this I'm feeling very thankful as it means I can remove the empty boxes, which I'm constantly tripping over in every room 😆

In fact, the boxes are not empty... they now contain our photographs and ornaments, which I have painstakingly bubble wrapped and neatly boxed, in order to make way for the Christmas decorations 🎄❄️

Does any one else pack away their ornaments at Christmas time, or am I alone in my madness? 🤔😂

Either way, the boxes are now twice as heavy as they were when they contained the Christmas decs and I now have the unenviable and backbreaking task of getting them back into the loft 🤦😆

02/12/2020

During my morning walks I've been spotting some really spectacular berries in people's gardens and also in the hedgerows. These are such a vibrant colour that I feel particularly drawn to them.
I take a great deal of my inspiration for my designs, form the natural world... loving nature! ❤️🍂🌿

01/12/2020

Do you cakes and bakes sometime come out slightly undercooked or a little over-done? 🤔

Time to stop trusting what your oven tells you and invest in an oven thermometer ❤️

Pop it into you oven and check the thermometer's reading against your oven's temperature setting. You may find that there is a difference and one side of your oven may even be warmer than the other! With this in mind you will be able to improve the outcome of your baking, no end! 😊

30/11/2020

With Christmas rapidly approaching, I've turned my mind to decorating the trees and the family home. I've managed to restrain myself and I've held back form decorating early this year. However, come December 1st, I will begin transforming our home into a winter wonderland.

We have two trees, one in the sitting room which hosts a collection of extremely eclectic ornaments... the other in the dining room is entirely more traditional🎄 It's not reflective of a split personality, but rather that the sitting room tree is dedicated to my four children 💕

What's you Christmas decorating style... bright and bold? or Understated and elegant? 🤔❤️

29/11/2020

Here's a peak at what has been happening this week at Mill Hill Couture Cakes 👀 ... and as you can see, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas🎅❄️🎄

Here is my Opulent Winter Antler cake. This design would be guaranteed to wow your guests, as the centre piece of your Christmas Day feast. And it would work equally well as a Winter Wedding cake 👰🤵❤️

Tier one is finished with edible rustic tree bark and topped with shimmering snow. Tier two is replete with edible gold plaque and edible pine cones with seasonal leaves and berries. The cake is topped with handcrafted sugar antlers and winter wreath featuring holly, ivy, fir sprigs, pine cones and hellebores (Christmas roses).

Make this Christmas a Mill Hill Christmas! ❄️❤️

28/11/2020

A lockdown Birthday Cake or Mia's 13!

Mia turned 13 just a couple of days after lockdown 02 began. Her mum had organised a fantastic Pamper Party for Mia and her friends to enjoy. Sadly the party could not go ahead due to the latest round of restrictions 😥 but Mia was able to enjoy a Virtual Sleepover with her friends, chatting and giggling late into the night via Zoom 😀🎉 She was also able to tuck into her beautiful, bespoke birthday cake 😋

I'm still open for business and taking orders (especially for birthday cakes!) so why not ask me if I can make your lockdown celebrations extra special with a bespoke cake. Contact Free collection from Hilton, Cambridgeshire.

Prices start from £65 for a Classic Vanilla or Sumptuous Chocolate Sponge, covered with fondant, decorated with simple handcrafted sugar flowers (serves 8).

Please message me for booking enquires or email [email protected]

27/11/2020

A little sneak peek behind the scenes today!

Here are my little Kimmidolls who keep me company in my office, when I'm busy record keeping and doing design work. I have always wanted to visit Japan, but in between my four children and cake making, I have not managed to fit this in yet... oh well, it's number one on my bucket list! 🎎🎌

What's top of your bucket list? 🤔
Do you have any interesting objects you share your office space with?🤔

26/11/2020

I'm totally loving the beautiful, clear, blue, sunny sky we're getting here in Cambridgeshire today ❤️☀️

This is the view from Mill Hill Couture Cakes and I'm feeling blessed that it looks so amazing out there today... I even managed to squeeze a brisk stroll in, before starting work this morning! 😊

25/11/2020

Here's one of my latest works: my Opulent Winter Antler cake.

This stunning design works beautifully as a winter wedding cake. However, if you are planning an extravagant Christmas Day feast, imagine this cake at the centre of your banquet. This luxurious cake is a guaranteed focal point for any winter celebration.

Rich, luxurious fruit cake and marzipan, covered with the finest fondant, finished with handcrafted sugar wreath, antlers and edible golden crest.

Alternatively, the fruit cake can be substituted for Classic Vanilla or Sumptuous Chocolate Sponge ❤️

24/11/2020

Do you struggle to get limbs and ears etc. the same size when making sugar paste figures? 🤔

Are you striving to achieve perfection?

Here's my top tip: Micro or Pocket Scales! 😀🎉

They are relatively inexpensive and some brands are capable of measuring weights as small as 0.01g! 😮

They really do take the guess work out of the equation 😍👍

23/11/2020

It's been a peculiar year for so many of us and I think it's fair to say, we've been left feeling a little topsy-turvy. I found myself erecting one of our trees, way back during the spring, and adorning it with Easter decorations 🐣🐰

So the big question is... Is it too early to get those Christmas decorations up? Should the festivities begin in November this year?🤔🎄

Or are you going to hold back and wait until December? 🎅❄️🤔

Let me know if it's to early for you, or if you're raring to go... or have you given in to temptation and decked your halls with boughs of holly already? 😍

18/11/2020

Just look at these stunning berries I have in my garden at the moment. I'm not at all sure what they are, as they were here when we first moved in... but what I do know is they make my garden pop with colour! They are like glistening, beaded jewels.💎

I often look to the natural world for inspiration for my cake designs. I think I'll have to incorporate these beautiful berries into one of my next works 😍

Do know the name of the bush from which the berries grow? 🤔

17/11/2020

Have you ever wondered how to get a flat top when baking your cake? 🤔

Maybe domed tops don't concern you, and certainly there is nothing wrong with them. However, If you plan to cover your cake with fondant, especially if you want to get sharp edges, you will need a flat top.

There are a couple of ways to achieve this... you could turn you oven down to 140C and cook for longer. Additionally, the use of a baking belt will result in a flatter, if not completely flat top.

The baking belt is a strip of heat resistant fabric, soaked in water and secured around the cake tin. If you don't have a baking belt to hand, it is very simple to make one using wet paper towel and tin foil. Click on the link below to see how this is done, but please remember when using this method, keep an eye on your oven! If the baking belt isn't soaked correctly or is left in the oven too long, it could ignite... that said, it's never happened to me 🤞.

If all else fails, immediately on removing your baked cake from the oven, use a bread knife to carefully level your cake, using the top of the tin as a guide.

Happy baking! 😍

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16/11/2020

Introducing Mill Hill's Miniature Christmas Cakes...
Richly fruited luxurious Christmas cake, enveloped with marzipan and a layer of icing, topped with hand-crafted sugar decorations. These cakes are served on iced boards, trimmed with coordinating ribbon and are presented in a clear gift box, tied with organza ribbon 🎁

These opulent little cakes make a fantastic gift for the fruit cake lover in your family. Each cake provides 2 servings 😋

Order now to secure your booking for Christmas! 🎄🎅
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14/11/2020

Introducing Mill Hill's Miniature Christmas Cakes.

Richly fruited luxurious Christmas cake, enveloped with marzipan and a layer of icing, topped with hand-crafted sugar decorations. These cakes are served on iced boards, trimmed with coordinating ribbon and are presented in a clear gift box, tied with organza ribbon.

These opulent little cakes make a fantastic gift for the fruit cake lover in your family. Each cake provides 2 servings.

Order now to secure your booking for Christmas!

11/11/2020

This is my first post here on the Mill Hill Couture Cakes page. 😍 My name is Philippa Burke and I'm the owner and Head Bespoke Sugarcraft Artist at Mill Hill Couture Cakes and likewise for sister brand Fondant Flourish Celebration Cakes.

I've been making cakes for many years and I come form an art and design background. I'm super excited to be embarking on a new brand journey which will showcase elegant, sophisticated, cutting-edge designs.

I'm currently open for business. I pride myself on my excellent hygiene standards and I'm taking the additional measures of wearing a mask where necessary and monitoring the temperature of all members of my household, twice daily.

I'm currently operating using social distancing guidelines with contact free collections.

I hope you'll join me on my new venture. Please share this post and links to my page with as many of you friends as possible... especially those who are planning to get married! 🤵👰 Stay well and healthy and thank you for you support! ❤️

14/10/2020

Introducing the Fondant Flourish Christmas Cake Range! 🎄❄️

Has Coronavirus ruined your holiday plans this year? Has Covid spoilt your celebrations and left you feeling blue? Pull out all the stops to make sure that your Christmas plans are unshakable this year! 🎅

Why not make this yuletide extra special by ordering a luxury cake and hand crafted sugar topper from Fondant Flourish?

Choose for either Classic Vanilla or Sumptuous Chocolate Sponge, or opt for a Traditional Richly Fruited Fruit Cake with Marzipan 😋

New this year - Mini Christmas Cakes (fruit Cake only). These delightfully little cakes are ideal if there is only one person in your household who enjoys traditional Christmas cake... or they make a fantastic present. Each Mini Cake provides 2 servings and comes complete with gift box. Santa/Reindeer with Scarf - £25.00 🎁

Polar Bear/Ginger Bread Topper Cakes:
Sponge cakes prices from £90
Fruit Cakes from £95

Reindeer cake from £135 - Sponge, £150 - Fruit Cake

Order today as these cakes will be available for a limited time only!

For bookings and enquires, contact me at :
[email protected]

I look forward to hearing from you soon! 😀