Tag: Markets

Website updates and market news

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Website Updates

As you may or may not know, I am a computer programmer by day. I have been pondering about how I could improve on my services to make things easier for you to navigate your way around this website. I have now introduced two new features for this website to help you on your cake ordering journey.

The first, is the interactive Cake Customizer. Here you will be taken through question prompts in order to refine what exact cake, filling and finish you want for your cake. You can then provide this information to me so I can create your cake exactly how you want it 😀 If you have any feedback on how it could be improved, please don’t hesitate to let me know. This is all about improving your cake ordering experience. I will eventually expand on it to include serves/sizes and indicative prices as well.

Secondly, I have created a Delivery fee estimator so you can see what it would cost for delivery of your cake to you. I have streamlined all the different factors into this one tool, so it should be fairly accurate at this stage. Unfortunately this still does not guarantee that I will be able to deliver, so please discuss with me to confirm delivery availability.

Market News

Unfortunately I have had to pull out of the monthly Lions Tuggeranong Community Markets. There were a number of factors that influenced this decision, the most important one being family time. Between my day job and custom cake orders, I sometimes find it difficult to spend quality time with my family. I appreciate all the support I did receive while I was attending, and hopefully I can revisit the markets another time.

The Markets

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I apologise for the lengthy delay in getting a new post out! But life has been very busy of late and here I am, finally able to find the time to get a new blog post, simply because I am on holidays! Between family commitments, work commitments, custom cake/cupcake orders (which isn’t only making the cakes, but ensuring I get all the ingredients, supplies, cooking, cleaning, organising, quotes, etc), and now doing monthly markets, there just isn’t enough time to do blog posts for each order. I now intend to do blog posts for anything new that I think is worth sharing with you all – such as recipes, techniques or news on what’s happening with the business.

So, this post’s topic, which I am sure you gathered from the title, is about me now going to the markets. That’s right, now you don’t need to make custom orders for cupcakes with minimum order of 12 – you can simply head down to the markets each month to buy one (or a box of 4 if you want to take some home).

Over the top cupcakes

Over the top cupcakes – Winner of People’s Choice award, “Other Sweet Treats” category, Australian Cake Decorating Network

Which markets: Tuggeranong Lions Community Markets

When: second Sunday of each month, 9am-2pm

Where: Calwell High School gym, 111 Casey Crescent, Calwell

A mention in the Sunday Canberra Times newspaper

A mention in the Sunday Canberra Times newspaper

The implication of this is that those weekends where I have the markets are now going to be very restricted in terms of the number of custom cake orders I can take on, as I’ll need to be working on these delicious goodies for the markets 🙂

Look forward to seeing you there! xx

Christmas Market Stall

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This was my second go at doing a marketstall, although this one I was running on my own, so I think I was much better prepared than the first one by doing pre-packed boxes. Of course, there were still some aspects that I need to improve on, but overall it was a massive success. On the menu at the markets were:

  • Deluxe Cupcakes – Nutella, Raffaello
  • Standard Cupcakes – Red Velvet, Choc Mint, Gingerbread and Salted Caramel, Very Vanilla (GF)
  • Macarons – Coconut and White Chocolate, Raspberry and White Chocolate, Salted Caramel, Pistachio
  • Cakeballs – Chocolate Caramel Brownie, Strawberries and Cream

A big THANK YOU to everyone who came down to visit and for your support, it made for such a wonderful experience – even when I was only running on 2 hours sleep!

Look forward to my next market stall! xx

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