Three Tier Naked Wedding Cake

This little beauty was delivered to the Woodman Inn at Thunderbridge for a wedding recently. Three tiers of vanilla cake filled with vanilla buttercream and finished with summer berries - yum! An ideal rustic wedding cake :)

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Cadburys-style Purple Butterflies Cupcakes

Here's a cake we created for a wedding with some coordinating cupcakes. Unfortunately I didn't get to set the cupcakes up, so haven't yet got a photo of them all on the stand. A few different designs of cupcake including ones topped with fondant and some with buttercream.

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Frozen 6th Birthday Two Tier Cake

Here's one of our really popular designs with Olaf, Elsa and Anna from Frozen on. Featuring a huge number 6 as Maisie-Jo turned 6 this time!

Happy Birthday Maisie-Jo xx

Black and White Blossoms Wedding Cake with Monochrome Flowers

We created this stunning centrepiece for - you guessed it, a black and white themed wedding! Alternating tiers iced in black and white and finished with a swirl of black and white blossoms.

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Gerbera and Drapes Three Tier Wedding Cake

Here's a cake we created a while back, but unfortunately it's not the best picture was it was taken in the hotel kitchen and I lack the most basic of Photoshopping skills to remove the background! Three tiers finished in ivory icing and decorated with handmade sugar gerbera flowers and bear grass.

Purple Ombre Hearts Wedding Cake

Here's a cake which has a double barrel base tier with ombre hearts in shades of purple. Finished with deep purple ribbon.

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Cadburys-style Purple Cascading Hearts Wedding Cake

Some weeks I end up making cakes which all have similar colours, and this was the case when I made this cake! Also on the To Do list were some Cadburys-style purple cupcakes and another wedding cake with purple detail. This cake featured ivory icing and purple and ivory hearts tumbling down the front. Finished with some diamante trim to each tier to add a little bit of sparkle.

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Stars and Bunting Christening Cake

I have been lucky enough to make a few cakes for this family over the years, including birthday and wedding cakes, so I was thrilled to be asked to make Joseph's christening cake. I made a three tier cake with stars and bunting decoration, finished with little elephants to match the invitations and decorations.

Congratulations Joseph x

Hot Pink and Orange Gerbera Cascade Wedding Cake

Here's a fun cake we delivered to the Huntsman Hotel in Holmfirth. Four tiers of cake decorated in white icing and finished with alternating hot pink and orange ribbon with a tumbling cascade of handmade sugar gerbera flowers to the front of the cake.

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Octonauts 3rd Birthday Cake

Ayaan is a big fan of the Octonauts so I was asked to create a cake along that theme for his birthday. This is what I came up with. All edible figures and coral.

Happy Birthday Ayaan! x

Gordon the Big Engine Cake

After an especially horrible week starting with my little girl going to nursery for the first time without me and then ending up spending two days in the hospital (totally unrelated, I might add!!), I had five cakes to complete and this was the first of them. Jack loves Thomas and Friends, but especially Gordon. My little girl loves all things Thomas too, so I was able to use some of her books for guidance.

Hope Jack had an amazing birthday! x

Train and Stars Christening Cake

Here's a cake we created for Adian with hand modelled train, sugar bow and star decoration.

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Blush Pink Lace and Roses Wedding Cake

Here's a cake we created a while back which incorporates possibly my favourite colour of the moment, blush pink. Finished with lace details and a sugar rose.

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Blue and Ivory Wedding Cake

Here's a cake we created a while ago for a wedding at the beautiful Bagden Hall. This photo is in one of their store rooms! This cake was iced in a beautiful shade of blue and finished with ivory ribbons and pearl brooches.

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Purple and Ivory Wedding Cupcakes

Here's a cupcake tower we created for some good friends, Lydia and Chris. They chose a Cadburys-style purple colour and we made a cupcake tower for their wedding reception.

Congratulations! x

Three Tier Naked Wedding Cake

Here's a cake I made for some good friends, Ellen and Paul. They were having a beautiful wedding in New Mill, about 5 minutes from us, so delivery was easy! They opted for three tiers of vanilla cake filled with jam and vanilla buttercream and decorated with some fresh flowers and loads of seasonal fruit. The cake perfectly suited their barn-style wedding reception and was displayed on our rustic log/tree stump cake stand. 

Massive congratulations! 

Vintage Wedding Cupcakes

Here's a tower of cupcakes we created for Emily and her new husband for their wedding at Durker Roods Hotel. Pinks and pearls were the order of the day, together with some handmade roses and edible lace.

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Ivory Hearts Wedding Cake

Ivory hearts cascading down the front and diamante trim to each tier make this a simply elegant wedding cake. Topped with a sparkly hearts topper.

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Bunting and Lace Wedding Cake

Here's a cake based on one of our popular designs but tweaked to suit the bride and groom's day. We changed the colour of the roses and added bunting to alternate tiers to tie in with the bunting used to decorate their beautiful wedding reception.

Congratulations to Sam and Gary x

How Many Portions? A Size Guide for Wedding and Celebration Cakes

It can be confusing, knowing how large a cake to order. The amount of portions you get from a cake depends on a number of factors, not least the generosity of the person in charge of cutting the cake! Some things to bear in mind:

• You get more portions of cake from a square cake than you do a round cake. 

• Cakes are generally portioned up into 2" x 1" portions and this is what we here at Jo's Cakes use as a guide when suggesting portions. This applies to sponge cake, as opposed to fruit cake where the portion size is usually around 1" x 1" due to the cake being richer. 

• Novelty carved cakes are a while other kettle of fish! It is always difficult to say how many portions you can get from something such as a dog shaped cake as the way the cake has been carved means that not everyone will get an equal portion (if that makes sense!?). 

	Round		Square
	Fruit	Sponge	Fruit	Sponge
Single Tier	Approx no of servings
6"	22	12-15	28	18
8"	40	20-25	54	32
9"	54	27	70	39
10"	68	35-40	90	50
12"	100	65	134	72
Two Tier
6" + 9"	76	38	82	41
8" + 10"	108	54	144	72
9" + 12"	154	77	204	102
Three Tier
6" + 8" + 10"	130	65	170	100
6" + 9" + 12"	176	88	232	145
8" + 10" + 12"	208	104	278	155
Four Tier
6" + 8" + 10" + 12"	230	120	304	170

Hopefully this guide is useful! It's a good way of seeing how many portions you could get from a cake if you mix and match flavours and sizes, for example a 6" round fruit cake, a 8" round sponge cake and a 10" round sponge cake will give you approximately 80 portions of cake. 

Another way of having more portions for a cake is to have a separate "cutting cake" which your venue will keep in the kitchen. This cake is iced on the top only. When your venue serve up the actual wedding cake, they serve the cutting cake at the same time and your guests will have no idea that the cake from the cutting cake didn't come from the main cake. This is a good way to save a little money on your cake, as you can have a smaller main cake which is decorated and the extra portions are made up from the not so decorated cutting cake :)

What you might find however is that it's best not to cater for every single guest, unless you're planning to make sure every guest goes home with some cake. There will inevitably be people who forget to get a slice of cake, don't eat cake, are on a diet, don't like that particular flavour of cake etc, and you could end up with a lot of leftovers! Our cakes are baked fresh and can be frozen, but it's a shame to have a lot left over, not to mention a waste of money. 

If you need any more advice when it comes to choosing portion sizes, speak to your cake decorator. He or she will be able to help you and guide you towards the right size for your cake. 

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Poppy themed christening cake with cupcakes

Two tier christening cake for Poppy's christening. Based on some images her mum had seen online but we tweaked them. We also created some matching cupcakes to go with the cake display.

Congratulations Poppy! x

Cascading Roses Wedding Cake

We created this romantic four tier wedding cake with edible lace and hand crafted sugar roses.

Little Miss themed 1st Birthday Cake

Isabella is turning one, and her mum asked if we could make her a cake based on my own daughter's second birthday. This cake features some handmade Little Miss characters and is two tiers of vanilla cake.

Happy Birthday Isabella! x

Butterflies and Lace Wedding Cake... Something Blue?

At every wedding there's a tradition of having "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence for your shoe" Here's a cake we created for a wedding where the bride wanted the cake to be her "something blue", complete with butterflies and lace trim.

Congratulations x

Two tier Frozen themed cake

Frozen fever is still going strong! I think my little girl and I are the only people in the world who haven't seen this film yet (and I'm not sure we will do in the near future... bad mummy!). Anyways, here's a two tier Frozen cake we created with a hand crafted Olaf the snowman topper.

Happy 2nd Birthday Isla! x

Jungle Animals 1st Birthday Cake

I've been lucky enough to make a few cakes for this customer over the years and had the pleasure of making Averi's 1st birthday cake.

Happy Birthday to Averi! x

Ivory Bows and Roses Wedding Cake

Here's a cake we created for a wedding fair a while back, and proved to be really popular! We've done a few variations of this including a beautiful version in pastel shades. Hand crafted sugar roses to the top tier with lace and pearl detail.

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Rustic White Roses Wedding Cake

Here's a cake we created for Fiona and Steve's wedding, with the reception being held in a marquee at their home. Three tiers finished in a rustic buttercream and raffia, with fresh flowers provided by the florists Lincolns and arranged by Jo. 

Congratulations to Fiona and Steve! x

Navy Blossoms Wedding Cake

Here's a three tier wedding cake we created for Caroline and her new husband. Three tiers covered in white icing trimmed with navy ribbon and two beautiful sparkly brooches.

Congratulations! x

Pink and Purple Christening Cake

Eva's mum wanted a fabulous christening cake for her little girl and had seen a design we created a while back now, which she loved. We tailored it for Eva, with her name on building blocks and a handmade teddy bear topper.

Congratulations Eva! x

Lego birthday cake

My good friend's little boy was turning 6, and with him being such a massive fan of lego, there was only one choice for his birthday cake!

Here's Joe's birthday cake, complete with Emmet from the Lego Movie.

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Minnie Mouse Themed 2nd Birthday Cake

Here's a cake for Poppy-Sue's 2nd birthday! Her mum asked if we could create a Minnie Mouse themed cake, so here's what we did :)

Happy Birthday Poppy-Sue! x

1st Birthday Giant Cupcake

Sophia's mum sent us a picture of a giant cupcake she really liked and wanted us to do something similar for her little girl's first birthday. Here's what we did...

Edible shell, fondant flowers and butterflies and Sophia's name on little building blocks.

Happy 1st Birthday Sophia! x