Nibble & Scoff Cakes

15/10/2024

BRIDGERTON FANS!
I have some exciting news at the end of this post!

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When Kat contacted me about her Bridgerton themed baby girl baby shower, which happened at the end of the summer, I was SO excited!

I adored making all of these cupcakes, but the little Bridgerton inspired baby girl dresses and the Bridgerton style miniature cakes were particularly fun!

Each cake stand held a different flavour of cupcake, and a different design.

Kat’s clever mum had decorated her garden for the party with so many special touches, and together with super talented Kat’s stunning flowers (Kat aka Milli Fleur), it really was the most incredibly beautiful baby shower!!

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Exciting news for Bridgerton lovers!
I have some additional Bridgerton inspired cupcakes to show you soon... These cupcakes, together with some of the cupcake designs in this post, feature in my brand new Residential Bridgerton inspired cupcake decorating workshop!!
Yes, Nibble & Scoff Cakes now has accommodation!
So whether you want to learn how to make your own Bridgerton inspired wedding cupcakes, make a gift for a Bridgerton fan's birthday or baby shower, or just want to learn new skills and have fun! I can tailor the workshop to your own requirements and your own ability, and you can come and stay here in beautiful Dartmoor to do it.
The workshop is for 1-2 guests, so you can come by yourself for one to one tuition, or 2 friends can attend together. Children over 12 are welcome if accompanied by an adult also attending the workshop.
I can’t wait to show you more, but for now…

Residential Bridgerton inspired cupcake decorating workshop:
• Workshop available from beginning of February 2025 onwards
• Weekday & weekend dates available
• At the Nibble & Scoff Cakes Studio in Dartmoor, Devon, UK
• 2 day workshop
• For 1-2 people
• Bookings open soon!
• Workshop Gift vouchers in time for Christmas
• 2 nights accommodation included
• 2 rooms available; one double room with en suite, and one small family room (with double bed & also a high sleeper single) with separate private bathroom
• Full English breakfast, lunch, tea/coffee & cake included on both days
• Dinner table reservations can be made for you for dinner at fabulous local eateries, or take aways arranged
Spouses/partners of participants welcome to stay too! Lots to do in Dartmoor. To name a few locally; Golf courses, Potteries, Art Gallery, Motor Museum, Wray Valley Trail, The Moor & Tors, Castle Drogo, Fingle Bridge, Dartmoor Whisky distillery. Dartmoor is excellent for walking & cycling. Exeter / nearest beach both half an hour away. Free on site parking & cycle storage. Good dogs welcome to stay at no extra charge. Quiet workspace available. Free wifi.

Sorry, this workshop is not available as non residential. However I do offer a range of shorter cupcake / cookie / gingerbread house classes & hen parties without accommodation, for group bookings of 5-6 people.

If you would like to know more about my classes, or want to hear about my residential Bridgerton inspired cupcake class as soon as full information is available, please email me at [email protected].

More details & photos to follow soon!

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08/10/2024

Lucy is kindly letting me share some of the cupcakes she ordered for a celebration of life after her lovely Nan passed away.
So many of Lucy's ideas came from such happy memories and funny stories surrounding her nan - she must have been such a warm and special lady, and was clearly so very dear to everyone.

03/10/2024

Lovely Jacqui ordered these themed vanilla / chocolate cupcakes for her Dad's 70th birthday meal back in June. The birthday boy lives in the Isle of Man. I've never been, but it looks beautiful!
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20/05/2024

Happy 1st anniversary to our very special friends Mr & Mrs Cook!!

Carla & Tim chatted online and first met after the lockdown when we were allowed to meet one person outside. They shared their first dates sitting in Carla's sunny courtyard, surrounded by Carla's beautiful pots and beloved garden birds. So romantic!
(Tim serenading her with 80s rock ballads... 🎤"Is this love, that I'm feeling..." 🎸😁)

The cake, which was set up at our fabulous The Horse [Moretonhampstead, UK], represented the courtyard where love first blossomed, complete with Carla’s flowers, and of course love birds.

I loved hand painting the birds and the tiles. The birds were taken from a beautiful 1885 Japanese watercolour on silk at the V&A.

Have a wonderful day you two! The sun is shining again!
Love you lots ######
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16/05/2024

Didn't get around to posting these (maybe because my photos were rather rushed!) but I met this little bear the other day, and he's soon to be one! And the smiliest little boy!
These were the bear themed cupcakes I made for Emma's baby shower last summer at Ullacombe Farm Shop and Cafe.

16/04/2024

I made this cake table for THE most gorgeous Garden party wedding celebration!

Sophie, who is English, and Antoine, who is French, now live in London, but during covid times they lived in Paris and had a very small wedding there in 2022.

Sophie’s lovely mum then organised and decorated her stunning garden in beautiful Lustleigh, Devon for their wedding celebration in July last year.

The English & French garden party themed cake table consisted of:
• A pair of matching tall single tier cakes, playfully decorated as English tearooms to represent the bride and a French Bistro to represent the groom.
• A stand of French themed cupcakes including Sophie’s stunning wedding dress that she bought in a second hand shop in Paris, and of course 2022 Champagne from their Parisian wedding!
• A stand of English themed cupcakes including Devonshire scones, a London bus, and bottle of Pimms
• A stand of travel themed cupcakes (the couple love to travel, Sophie is a travel writer) featuring French & British passports, and countries the couple have visited together
• Secret garden/Fairy themed cupcakes including a toadstool house and a fairy sized wedding party sign
• Vintage tea party cupcakes
• Canadian themed cupcakes for Sophie’s French Canadian dad

The cake stands were set up in the family's beautiful greenhouse/summer house with incredible floral garland and moss bed put together by Sophie’s amazing mum.

These cakes were so much fun to make!! And such wonderful people to work with.

09/04/2024

Charlotte & Alan were married in early summer last year at beautiful Bovey Castle.

The couple asked for four motifs to be subtly incorporated into their cake; a bee, a robin, a daisy and a boat. Each represented an important family member who were sadly missing from their special day. What a truly touching, wonderful idea.

I really enjoyed designing and piping the delicate borders and loved the soft pastel pinks and blush tones Charlotte chose for the sugar sweet peas, ranunculus and roses.

Lovely to make a pretty cake, especially such a tall one!

Love to Charlotte & Alan xx

22/03/2024

David had a fantastic 80th birthday thanks to lovely wife Shelagh organising two fabulous surprise celebrations, one for their family and one for David's friends.
These were the cupcakes I made for the first party. David is the Fry Up King, and makes a mean Full English Breakfast for his family, which made such a fun theme!
The decorations included the couple's favourite Musks Sausages, Shelagh's marmalade on toast, David's own 'POPS' mug, his favourite variety of HP Sauce UK, his trademark red spotty hanky in tablecloth form, and the red frying pan he uses to create his weekend morning masterpieces.
Shelagh had added so many lovely touches to the parties, and while setting up David's cupcakes for the second event (sports themed), I saw and smelt amazing food being prepared by Amie and her team at www.amiebeamishcatering.co.uk - so I know David's guests all had a fantastic time too!

15/12/2023

11/12/2023

Sorry, been missing from Facebook for a while!
Wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!!
And also to share one of my favourite and most Christmassy jobs ever... a huge gingerbread display for beautiful Gidleigh Park.

The film was created by my very clever son (Pixeltuna Films ...looks magical, thanks so much Jacob! ###).

Also excited for my gingerbread house building and decorating class at Gidleigh Park tomorrow - going to be so much fun!

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