Heaven is a Cupcake

Customer Comments

lucy — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:21:12 +0000

I’ve had some lovely comments and support from customers recently so thought I would share them with you along with the cupcakes the comments go with!

Floral Cupcakes

“Dear Lucy

Thank you so much for your cakes. Jude really loved them and was so surprised.
So much better than a bunch of flowers !!! She took photos and sent them on to
me as well. They looked fantastic.

It really cheered her up.

Many thanks
Tricia”
Ordered from Australia!

26th Birthday Cupcakes

“I wanted to thank you for the cup cakes you made for me last month. My wife absolutely loved them, especially the two cats! A picture of one of them now adorns her phone!

Many thanks.
Paul”

Bollywood BFC

“The most amazing cupcakes in St Albans!
Lucy..Time and time again you deliver an excellent service which I cannot fault. From the moment I order to the order collected the service is of an exceptional high standard which one would expect and you Lucy go over and beyond.
Thank you again for the amazing birthday cupcake..the look on his face said it in a thousand words.
Harsha”

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Valentine’s Cupcake Kit Giveaway

lucy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:15:14 +0000

I have a spare Valentine’s cupcake kit to giveaway as I’m feeling all warm and fluffy. In order to enter all you need to do is complete the rafflecopter form. You will gain an entry for each task you complete and some can be completed daily. These kits will also be available to buy at my market in St Albans Old Town Hall on Sat 11th Feb along with a wide range of other cupcake kits (which are available monthly).

You have until midnight on Saturday 11th Feb to complete the tasks. All tasks WILL be verified so no trying to be sneaky as they will not be counted.

No replacement prize or cash alternative.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

*Only entries received through rafflecopter will be counted

Cupcake Size Chart

lucy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:10:42 +0000

Here’s a handy cupcake size chart of all the sizes of cupcakes I do, ranging from the Tiny to the Giant.

Valentine’s Day Promotion

lucy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:44:00 +0000

With the bulk of the holiday season now well behind us, Valentine’s Day is actually fast approaching, which means that it’s time for couples everywhere to start considering what to do for each other on the special romantic holiday. Of course, dates will need to be planned, and occasions will need to be made special, and for a lot of people, this can bring about a rather stressful preparation process. After all, you want to show your significant other how much you care about him or her, and to do so with gifts and/or actions is never the easiest task. However, it doesn’t necessarily have to be difficult either. This year, try giving yourself a break with some thorough but simple shopping at a store that can provide everything you could ever need for Valentine’s Day: Marks & Spencer.

Firstly, and most importantly, Marks & Spencer stores (as well as the online store) boast large collections of roses and various other floral displays that simply scream “Valentine’s Day.” Particularly for men, the tradition of giving flowers on Valentine’s Day has become almost more of a necessity than a gesture, and all of your flower and rose needs can be met at this convenient store, whether you choose to go in and physically pick up the flowers, or whether you’d prefer to order online. They would make the perfect accompaniment to your Heaven is a Cupcake cakes.

There are any number of other things that you can find at such a large and thoroughly inclusive store, all of which could make great Valentine’s Day gifts to go with those listed above. For example, if you are a man looking for a present for your girlfriend or wife, you may want to look at the jewellery section, where there are plenty of class, romantically designed options that are sure to delight her. Whatever the case, and however you personally decide to go about the Valentine’s Day holiday this year, do not forget to consider this store, as it can enable you to create a sweet and thoughtful Valentine’s Day without all of the stress and shopping worries.

Valentine’s Cupcake Gifts

lucy — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:46:24 +0000

We have added our new Valentines Day cupcake designs which are available to order now. There will also be a range of Valentines Day cupcakes and gifts at our market in St Albans Town Hall on 11th February 2012 – our first market of the year! If you’re looking for something a bit different from the cupcakes below then just drop me an email to discuss and I’ll be happy to create something unique for you.

Love is….

Classic: £2.75 each, Divine: £3.00 each (minimum 6 per flavour)

Classic Gift Box of 4: £14.00, Divine Gift Box of 4: £15.00

Red Hot!

Classic: £2.25 each, Divine: £2.50 each

Classic Gift Box of 4: £12.00, Divine Gift Box of 4: £14.00

Love Hearts

Classic: £2.10 each, Divine: £2.30 each

Classic Gift Box of 4: £11.50, Divine Gift Box of 4: £12.50

Cupcake Bouquets

Cupcake bouquets start from £25.00

There are also a wide range of other products available to order for Valentines Day – cakes, cake pops, push cups, iced biscuits and giant cupcakes.

Christmas Time!

lucy — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:43:35 +0000

I love Christmas! I think when you’re a baker, you can’t not love Christmas. It gives you so many opportunities to make delicious treats as well as amazing designs and is one of the most inspiring holidays you can get. Whether you celebrate or not; you can’t deny that Christmas is good for the baking soul!

So with Christmas just around the corner I thought it would be a good idea to post some of my latest cupcake and cake creations. I’m sure more will follow!

Novelty Christmas Cupcakes

Winter Wonderland Cupcakes

Red Velvet Christmas Cupcakes

12 Days of Cupcake Christmas – at the St Albans Arts & Crafts Market

Me with All my lovely Christmas treats!

Happy Christmas Cupcaking!

London Cupcake Shops Review 1

lucy — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:22:04 +0000

Again, a month has slipped by without any blog posts. I’ve been so busy this last year I barely find the time to sit down and relax let alone update my blog. One of my new year’s resolutions will be to write blog posts more regularly.

Anyway, last month it was my birthday and I’d been wanting to visit some cupcake shops in London for a while so this was the perfect opportunity. It’s only 20 minutes from St Albans to London so it’s not far!

My sister and I visited Lola’s Cupcakes in Selfridges and Cox, Cookies and Cake. There are so many cupcake shops on my ‘to visit’ list but my little feet can only take so much walking around so we just did the 2 this time!

First up, ‘Cox, Cookies and Cake’ in Soho. I’d heard lots about CCC so was eager to go and see what it was like. CCC was set up by Patrick Cox, fashion designer and Eric Lanlard, reknowned pastry chef so I had high hopes. Unfortunately these high hopes were short lived as when I sampled them at home I was less than impressed.

But before I go into details, first let’s see the shop and see what they had to offer. Now, the shop looks fab. It’s really stylish and very ‘Soho’ – you can tell it was started up by a fashion designer.

The cupcakes look reasonably good and again look ‘fashionable.’ However, they are extremely overpriced. These ones below are £4.00 each. Now, I can understand maybe paying that for the ‘boobs’ and as someone who knows how much work goes into cupcakes, I don’t usually complain about price. But the price HAS to reflect the quality. The decorations were all ready made and none of them had any ingredients that were that expensive to buy. So the main reason you pay £4.00 for these is the name and unfortunately, it doesn’t reflect the quality you would expect.

When I got the cakes home, unfortunately they had been squished on the tubes (won’t be going to London near Christmas time any time soon!!) but that shouldn’t affect the taste too much! There was hardly any cake in the cupcakes. The red velvet cupcakes were half pinkish half vanilla. And the cupcakes were dry. If there’s two things that bug me about cupcakes being done wrong it’s a) dry and b) no cake. Literally the cases weren’t even full of cake.

Luckily, Lola’s made up for these. I didn’t get any photos in Selfridges as it was absolutely heaving, but it’s a cute little counter with a few tables in the food court and it’s right next to Ella’s Bakehouse which has cupcakes, pastries and cookies for sale (they looked amazing. I regret not buying anything from them!) I went with a selection of minis but in hindsight I should’ve gone with my own choice as most of them were just vanilla with different coloured icing. They were nice but my favourite was the one I bought separately which was a banana cupcake. It had a divine cream cheese frosting and a really light, moist cake. I would definitely go back to Lola’s but I think next time I would go for the ones in the counter instead of the ready boxed ones as I think they would’ve been fresher. Here’s me with my box of Lola’s cupcakes looking rather tired at St Pancras Station.

Until next time…Happy Cupcaking!

Wedding Fairs 2011

lucy — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:20:36 +0000

Hello all,

Hope you’re having a good month so far. October was incredibly busy for me, I had the food festival, lots of wedding orders and lots of new customers. It was my busiest month yet which is fab but also means I didn’t get a lot of time off! But not complaining, loved every minute of it!

I had my first large wedding fair on 29th October at Sopwell House, St Albans, then last week I was in the town hall for Wedding Wonderland and today I was at Knebworth Barns Wedding Fair. It’s been lovely to meet so many brides and grooms to be as well as meeting lots of other wedding suppliers. It’s really nice to meet other people in similar businesses.

So I thought I’d share a few photos of the wedding fairs I’ve done. And I look forward to doing more next year!

Until next time, happy cupcaking!

Wedding at the Oldest Pub in Britain – Ye Olde Fighting Cocks, St Albans

Russ — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:30:44 +0000

This was a lovely, homely wedding and the cupcake tower fit in very well on the bar as the centrepiece for the evening reception. A selection of Devil’s Food, Carrot and Red Velvet cupcakes with little heart sprinkles.

Highly Commended :)

Russ — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:24:15 +0000

Just a quick post to say thank you to everyone who voted for me for the Local Gem Award in the St Albans Food and Drink Awards. I didn’t win, but I cam second and got ‘Highly Commended’ which is lovely. After all, it would be greedy to win 2 years in a row. Congratulations to Johnny from The Pudding Stop who won and to all the other worthy winners and nominees in the Festival.

We had a lovely time at the Food Festival Finale this year – another great event. Sold out of cupcakes and only had a few cake pops left which I gave to my wonderful stall helpers so worked out very well. It’s always nice when you sell out as it makes all the hard work worth while and it was really nice to see so many new faces at the festival. Making people smile is the best thing about my job!

Me in front of my stall with a cupcake St Albans Flag and little St Albans Crests. Plus my new Best of British range and Halloween cupcake stand.

Thanks for coming and see you next year!