Getting to Know... babycakes

Portobello Bride Member: Cake Designers
babycakes | Elwood VIC | Website

What’s your favourite part of your job?
Meeting new people and sampling all of the freshly baked cakes!

What are you reading at the moment?
Unfortunately I don’t get much time to read as much as I would like. I am reading the current
 Gourmet Traveller and a novel called “The White Queen”.

What are you lusting after at the moment?
Fresh figs from a neighbour's garden; gorgeous copper saucepans and new 
season's Winter boots

Top three songs on your play list?
Bag Raiders – Sunlight;
LCD Soundsystem – Home;
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

What is your favourite moment during a wedding?
Watching the groom's face light up as the bride walks down the aisle

Who inspires you?
Daniel Chirico – Baker D. Chirico : he is an artisan baker who has stood the test of time and remained true to his product; delicious bread and beautifully packaged

Heston Blumenthal – 3 Michelin star chef who had the passion to succeed although not formally trained. He is a creative genius and I love is obsession with food from history

Peggy Porschen – highly talented cake designer. She creates exquisite cakes and is very generous with imparting her knowledge onto others

Favourite Cocktail?
Classic Gin and Tonic with lots of fresh lime

What does it take to impress you?
People who show initiative and have a genuine passion for what they do

What is the best piece of advice you were ever given?
“Don’t sweat the small stuff”; “Under sell & over-deliver”

Favourite way to spend a Sunday?
We start work at 4am (ouch…)  six days a week so a Sunday sleep-in followed by a lazy brunch reading magazines and then a walk on the beach

Black Tie or Casual?
Casual – I prefer cocktail or lounge suit

Your suggestion for a new name for ‘Hens party’
Girls day out

Your favourite hostess gift to give?
Homemade jam

What’s the best gift you have ever received?
Beautiful flowers

Three words that describe you best.
Sincere, ambitious, sensitive

Thanks for sharing with us today Kerrie!
babycakes is a member of the Portobello Bride Boutique Wedding Guide.

Engagement Mexican Cake Trio by Cake Ink

A gorgeous Mexican bird bunting from super-talented NZ design house Citta Design was the inspiration behind this fresh and summery cake table put together for a recent outdoor engagement fiesta by the amazing duo of Portobello Bride Member Cake Ink. Three coordinated cakes decorated with hand made large sugar roses and rustic piping were the focal point against an airy aqua and white backdrop. Refreshing iced tea accompanied the rich slices of cake. Guests took home a bar of hand made soap which were wrapped in beautiful floral fabric, held together with custom matching labels as a party favour.

The colours are so spectacular - so fresh, bright, Summery and festive!

The simple styling really lets the patterns and colours sing!

Gorgeous!

[The bird bunting, tea towel and napkins are all from Citta Design]

What a fun, but stylish way to celebrate an engagement! This could also be a great theme for a Bridal Show, Couple's Shower, or even a rehearsal dinner!

A big thank you to Janelle and Samone for sharing their amazing work with us! See more of their gorgeous styling on the Cake Ink Blog.

Cake Ink is part of the Portobello Bride Boutique Wedding Guide along with many other unique and wonderful wedding vendors.

Dessert at Tiffany's!

Juli from Sweet! Cupcakes & Treats, a favourite from our Boutique Wedding Guide has been at it again!

Here Juli explains the inspiration behind her magnificent dessert buffet shown below

 "The movie ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ is iconic among the modern generation for not only its stars, but also its tilt at true love - the love between Holly and Fred that is only confirmed by seeing the final, pivotal, alley scene.

We end the movie with Holly and Fred embracing and true love winning out - but that leaves the unanswered question of ‘what happened next?’."

I think Ms Golightly would have stood in front of this delightful spread for some time in her little black Givenchy dress and pearls pondering over which cake to try first. 

images by ambiance image photography

Thank you Juli for sharing another of your amazing creations with us, and to the team which worked on this with you, a job well done. It's my new favourite, until the next one! 

Vendor Contact Information

Sweet! Cupcakes and Treats (Cakes, cupcakes, cookies,

table styling & props)

tel - 0411 162 132 | www.sweetcupcakesandtreats.com.au | sweetcupcakesandtreats@hotmail.com

Ambiance Image Photography (All images)

tel - 0417 707 726 | www.ambianceimagephotography.com |

info@ambianceimagephotography.com

The Bouquets of Ascha Jolie (Flowers, floral styling and sloral props)

tel - 0416 062 019 | www.aschajolie.com.au | aschajolie@live.com.au

Nomie Boutique Stationery (Custom stationery suite)

tel - 0408 536936 | www.nomie.com.au | naomi@nomie.com.au

Sweet! Treats Competition

Portobello Bride Member Sweet Cupcakes and Treats has just launched Sweet! Boutique, where people can get a taste of the sweet life without having to spend hundreds of dollars. Sweet! Boutique will offer a range of tabletop items, as well as other pretty things owner Juli Stertern-Gill encounters in her travels, like cupcake cases and more, as well as a range of exclusive decorated cookies. Doesn't it sound divine?!


To celebrate Sweet Cupcakes and Treats is holding a competition for our lovely readers, in which you can win a pack of gorgeous entertaining products including a cake stand, food flags and cake plates valued at over $65!


To enter all you need to do is leave a comment below and describe how you would stage an afternoon tea using these beautiful products! Please also include an easy way for us to contact you if you win {eg email}.



The winner will be drawn using random.org on Monday October 18, 2010 and announced here at the Portobello Bride Blog.


This competition is open to Australian residents only.


Good Luck!

A Sweet Exclusive!

The newest member of our Boutique Wedding Guide is the talented Juli Sterten-Gill of Sweet! Cupcakes and Treats.

Juli has sent us an exclusive look at her Spring/Summer campaign for 2010/11. As one of our lovely readers suggested, this cake is certainly fit for Cinderella. I love the Photography by Stewart Leishman Photography, and Juli styled the shoot herself. Not only is she one of our most talented cake designers but she can style a dessert buffet to perfection.

Photography by Stewart Leishman Photography

We look forward to sharing more of Sweet! Cupcakes and Treats delicious designs with you soon. 

A Sweet Peak Exclusive

Photography by Stewart Leishman Photography

We are excited to be sharing with you next week, an exclusive look at the Spring/Summer 10-11 season from our newest and sweetest member of The Boutique Wedding Guide Sweet Cupcakes and Treats.

Francesca's Wish List-Sweet Libertine Oscar Wedding Cake

Tish from Sweet Libertine Cakes designed this elegant creation. I love everything about it, the pretty ruffles and elegant colours and exquisite orchid with crystal detail.

Tish takes inspiration from nature, her surroundings and her keen eye for design when creating her delectable masterpieces. And in this case it was from an Oscar De La Renta gown from the Spring Bridal 2009 collection.

'With an eye for design and a tenacity for sugar,Sweet Libertine Cakes strives to make beautiful and individual Artisan cakes for your special day'