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I create beautiful bespoke Wedding Cakes which are elegantly adorned with hand crafted sugar flowers. Each cake is unique and custom designed to your specification.
Details
General Services
Bespoke Design
Delivery
Pre-Wedding Consultation
Set-Up
Tastings
Tiered Cakes
Dietary Options
Gluten-Free
Full Description
Wedding Cakes by Design is run solely by me, Dawn McCabe and I create beautiful bespoke Wedding Cakes which are elegantly adorned with hand crafted sugar flowers. Each cake is unique, custom designed to your specification and baked fresh to order using the best ingredients available to ensure that the cakes not only look amazing, but taste delicious too.
Working from my home based business near Strangford, Co Down, in Northern Ireland, I offer a personal and friendly service and take great pride in my work, from design to delivery. So if your looking for an amazing Wedding Cake for your special day please do get in touch. I hope you enjoy and get some inspiration from looking through my cake designs.
Personal Message from the Manager
Name of Wedding Contact: Dawn McCabe
Hi, I'm Dawn , and would love to design the Wedding Cake of your dreams.
Experience
Year Business Was Established
2013
No. of Weddings Hosted
More than 50
Public Liability Insurance
Yes
No. of People In Team
1
Reviews
(6)
(6)
Clare and Gordon
Married in June 2016
December 2016
our absolutely stunning wedding cake
Thanks for all your hard work on our absolutely stunning Wedding Cake, everyone admired your beautiful creation and we thank you so much for helping make our wedding day so special.
Namrata and Trevor
Married in March 2016
December 2016
The detail and sugar flowers were unbelievable.
Anna and Roger
Married in September 2015
December 2016
Sugar flowers were amazing and truly realistic.
Tracey and Jason
Married in August 2015
December 2016
The most delicious cake ever.
Jonny and Ashley
Married in July 2015
December 2016
Your attention to detail is second to none.
Craig and Sarah
Married in June 2015
December 2016
The most perfect wedding cake ever !
Location & Contact Details
Press & Awards
(3)
Press & Awards (1)
Wedding Cakes Magazine, by Squires Kitchen and their Wedding Cake Showroom.
Industry Awards (2)
Salon Culinaire Philanthropique, New York, gold and silver medals and trophies,
Recently, The Northern Ireland Wedding Awards, Cake Designer Of The Year 2016
FAQ
(9)
What is your most memorable wedding?
A romantic, intimate wedding in a fairy tale castle on a little island in Enniskillen, where the cake had a gorgeous botanical feel with handmade sugar roses trailing around the tiers, made to match those in the Bride's bouquet. The period setting was just perfect and the staff were so helpful and friendly.
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Elegant, stylish, floral, bespoke and handmade.
What about your business are you most proud of?
That has definitely got to be my handmade sugar flowers, they do take many days to make, but they set the cake off, make it really special and everyone thinks they are real.
What is your No. 1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Just enjoy the whole experience, we are here to advise you and make your special day a truly memorable one.
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
It would be the little personal touches where the couples pets are included, like the ring bearer who was a much loved spaniel, or a small figure of a favourite black cat, Jess, hidden at the back of the wedding cake where only the Bride and Groom could see.
Describe your typical process with a couple.
I meet with the couple for an initial complimentary Tasting and Consultation where they can choose their favourite flavours, discuss their ideas and current trends and see examples of my work. If they like what they see and taste then a deposit will secure their date. About six month before their wedding they will then return, complete with dress images, colour swatches, flower details etc.... and then we have fun finalising a bespoke cake design. It is all in the very relaxed setting of my home offering a personal service from initial consultation to the final delivery and set-up.
What is your signature cake?
Design wise it has got to be any cake with sugar flowers and flavour wise... well everyone loves the Orange blossom and pistachio.
What is the most original creation you have baked for a wedding?
Probably the vintage style tower of cupcakes, overflowing with blossoms and topped of with a cutting cake that had a dusky pink teapot and little sugar paste cups and saucers sitting on an edible tray, complete with mini cupcakes.
Describe how you got into making wedding cakes.
I have always loved baking, from a little girl, and worked as a pastry chef, at home and abroad, for 25 years after leaving college. While working in Bermuda I entered the yearly catering competitions and was thrilled to have won several gold, and silver medals and trophies. A fantastic competition full of amazing chefs. It wasn't until I had raised my family and turned fifty that I started making wedding cakes from home, and haven't looked back. So I guess would you say a mid-life-crisis... :-)