CHOCOLATE DELORES - STUNNING CHOCOLATE FANTASIES THAT TASTE DIVINE!

I often hear brides say they want a wedding cake but they'd really like it to be chocolate.  If that's you, then let me introduce you to Chocolate Delores.

Chocolate Delores designs and creates sumptuous, handmade chocolate cakes for any occasion, especially weddings, and uses only the best organic, fair trade ingredients!

The brains behind this wonderful brand is Lizzie Melling, who started baking cakes at the tender age of 10 and went on to work for one of Britain's leading organic cake makers for 12 years.  During that time Lizzie trained in couverture and learnt the art of the chocolatier.

Lizzie is a true artist and her cakes reflect this.  Each is individually made and a perfect work of art.  Her work really is true craftsmanship and will be a talking point of your day.  Every time I see her work I discover a new favourite from white chocolate cherubs to seashells and incredible chocolate spires, her imagination knows no bounds and her ability to turn it into a chocolate reality is awesome!

But don't worry - they don't just look good - as a big fan of Chocolate Delores' cakes I can assure you they taste divine.  One piece is never enough! 

The main ingredient is a deliciously dark chocolate and each cake is soaked overnight in Port before being layered with Madagascan vanilla buttercream and homemade plum jam. After that, using white, dark or milk chocolate, master chocolatier Lizzie gets to work designing.

Even as I write this, my mouth is watering as I know just how truly delicious Lizzie's cakes are.

So if you want a stunning fantasy cake as a centrepiece for your day AND your guests to be blown away by how delicious it is, you need to come and meet Lizzie.  You won't be disappointed!

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CHOCOLATE DELORES CAKES - DIVINE, DELICIOUS CREATIONS!

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a chocolate fiend and they'll also know about my love for Chocolate Delores' amazing cakes!

I think it's wonderful that cakes are another part of the wedding where couples can show their individuality and you don't get much more unique than these gorgeous confections!

Lizzie Melling is the face behind the name of these glorious creations.  She adores what she does and pours all her creativity into making your cake a stunning centrepiece for your perfect day. 

  

Whether you want fairytale fantasy or something more dark and glamorous, Chocolate Delores Cakes design and create sumptuous, handmade chocolate cakes using the best quality organic and Fair trade ingredients.

Not only do Chocolate Delores Cakes look out of this world, they taste absolutely divine!  The main ingredient is a deliciously dark chocolate and each cake is soaked overnight in Port before being layered with Madagascan vanilla buttercream and homemade plum jam. After that, using white, dark or milk chocolate, master chocolatier Lizzie gets to work designing.

Let your imagination run riot and choose from deep dark smooth chocolate, to beautiful delicate white shards, or individual floral patterns.  Whatever you want, Lizzie can do it!

Lizzie began baking at the age of 10 and started working with one of Britain's leading chocolate cake makers over 15 years ago, training in couverture and learning the art of the Chocolatier.  She set up Chocolate Delores Cakes in 2010 and her business is now well-known throughout the South-West and further afield.

So if you want a cake that will be the talking point of your day and also tastes delicious, come and say hello to Lizzie of Chocolate Delores Cakes at the fair - I promise you won't be disappointed! 

CHRISTMAS IS COMING ...

Today I received my long-awaited book order through the post and it occurred to me that it would be a perfect Christmas present for anyone who loves Bristol Vintage so I thought I'd write a quick post to let you know about it in time for Christmas ordering!

To give you a bit of background, several years ago I read about someone who was putting on a 'market' in her flat in London.  I was intrigued, signed up and that's how I met Kerstin Rodgers, aka Ms Marmite Lover.  I loved her instantly - she is one of those people with a big personality - fun, feisty, bursting with ideas and not afraid to put those ideas into actions.  

At her first market I sold my vintage wares from her bed and shared her bedroom with several fascinating stallholders, including a cocktail bar on her ironing board!  Sadly, she's no longer able to hold the at-home markets, but her last 'night market' will be one of my enduring Bristol Vintage memories - I was based in her gorgeous garden shed-cum-guest room, surrounded by fantastic-smelling food stalls and a piano-accordionist playing Radiohead's 'Creep' with barely a free inch to breathe, the evening was so popular- a surreal, fun and inspiring night to remember!

Kerstin launched the supper club/pop up/underground movement in the UK in 2009 with The Underground Restaurant and her Find A Supper Club website is the major online resource for supper clubs to advertise their dates and locations.

Her first book 'Supper Club: Recipes and notes from the underground restaurant' is one of my favourite recipe books (and, according to my husband I have far too many!) and has proved a really popular gift amongst my friends.  It's also stunningly beautiful, fabulously innovative and the sort of book I like to just sit and read in the evening.

My copy of Ms Marmite Lover's Secret Tea Party arrived this morning and immediately fell open on one of my all time favourite sweet treats - Pasteis de Belem (Portuguese Custard Tarts). I'm ashamed to say that, what was supposed to be a productive afternoon working, has ended up with me salivating over glorious photographs of divine afternoon tea recipes, from the obligatory Marmite Sandwiches, through fabulously simple Olive Oil & Chocolate Crostini, naughty Magic Meringue Mushrooms to the wonderful Outrageous Multi-tiered Raspberry Pavlova as well as teatime cocktails!  Including tips on furnishing and setting the table, making your own cake stands and reading tea leaves, the result is another beautiful, imaginative, inspiring cook book that anyone who loves cooking, baking AND eating will adore!

Right - had better get back to work ... but think I'll just make a Ginger Hot Chocolate to keep me going!

CHOCOLATE DELORES CAKES - UNFORGETTABLE CAKES

I am truly in love with Chocolate Delores, both the cakes and the lady who makes them. I have known her for several years now and she is a massive inspiration to me as I am in awe of her creativity and her passion for what she does.

I remember the first time I saw one of her cakes - my jaw actually did drop - and I spent the next half hour just circling the cake wondering how on earth she could design, let alone actually make, something so beautiful … and what's more it was made of chocolate!

Each of these scrumptious chocolate wedding cakes are handmade to order, using the best quality organic, Fairtrade and local ingredients. The main ingredient is a deliciously dark chocolate and each cake is soaked overnight in Port before being layered with Madagascan vanilla buttercream and homemade plum jam. After that, using white, dark or milk chocolate, master chocolatier Lizzie Melling gets to work designing.  So not only do her cakes look stunning, they taste amazing.

Now I also know just how much time and love go into these stunning creations as Lizzie often works into the early hours of the morning to ensure the cake is absolutely perfect.

Every time I see Lizzie's cakes I have a new favourite … for a while it was the cherubs (which I still adore) and more recently I've been bowled over by her skull cake - perfect for a couple looking for something a little dark and different!

But I've been made speechless by a classically beautiful dark chocolate cake filled with deep red roses, and blown away by her edible stylish shoes (perfect presents for hens or bridesmaids!).  

I am a real fan of her individual cakes - for a small affair or perfect as a special present for any occasion.

Copyright Rosa Fay Photography

If you want a cake that not only supplies the 'WOW' factor but will also have your guests wanting more, then Chocolate Delores Cakes are for you!

Bake my Cake

Bristol Vintage are thrilled to introduce you to Bake my Cake.

Bake my Cake turn your ideas into deliciously beautiful cakes.

Specialising in hand crafted sugar flowers with vintage and contemporary designs, Bake my Cake will work with you to create a cake that's not only delicious, but a stunning centrepiece for your wedding.

Cakes can be contemporary or traditional, grand or elegant, just one particular flavour or many different flavours.

Are you a chocoholic? How about chocolate truffle? Chocolate fudge? Chocolate brownie, Chocolate and raspberry? Red Velvet? Chocolate Mint, Chocolate Cherry or Chocolate Salted Caramel? 

Perhaps you prefer something a little different, in which case, how about Coconut, Banana and Pineapple? Carrot Cake? Lemon Drizzle? Strawberries and Cream? Apple cake? Almond and Raspberry?

Or for the more traditional amongst you, how about a dark fruit cake soaked in liqueur, wrapped in marzipan and coated with royal icing, soft fondant or buttercream? Bake my Cake cater for coeliacs too with their wheat-free range. What's not to love?

Come and see some of these beautiful creations up close at our next Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair. If you can't wait till then you can find Bake my Cake on their website, Facebook and Twitter.

Chocolate Delores

These scrumptious chocolate wedding cakes are designed and created in Bristol by boutique cake maker Chocolate Delores.  Every one of these sumptuous delights is handmade to order, using the best quality organic, Fairtrade and local ingredients. They’re fun, funky, very luxurious and extremely delicious.

The company’s owned by Lizzie, who began making cakes at the age of ten for her family and later became the chief designer and chocolatier at one of Britain’s leading Organic Chocolate Cake companies. She’s now launched this wonderful designer cake business and is creating her own delicious, visually stunning chocolate cakes for Weddings, Birthdays and as she says, 'Vintage Tea Parties'!

 

The main ingredient of these gorgeous cakes is a delicious 72% dark chocolate. Also in the mix are Fairtrade sugars rich in molasses, organic butter and milk, free-range organic eggs and flours. Once baked and cooled, Lizzie soaks the cakes overnight in Port. They’re then layered with Madagascan vanilla buttercream and her own homemade plum jam. After that, the fun really starts and using white, dark or milk chocolate, Lizzie sets to work designing the cake of your most delicious dreams.  If this is whetting your appetite, don’t worry, as on the day of the Fair, you’ll have a chance to have a little taste yourself.

Chocolate Delores have created many fabulous designs for weddings, so I recommend you take a look at their mouth-watering website, Facebook page or follow Lizzie on Twitter for more pictures of individual cakes.  
Lizzie’s happy to combine styles and to work with you on any ideas you may have and being based in Bristol, she can deliver locally and beyond.  You’ll also find a section on her site about her chocolate stiletto shoes. 

Lizzie makes these 
deliciously glamorous shoes to order and we recommend devouring them along with a bottle of Champagne; a perfect way to celebrate any occasion and a wonderful idea for unique Bridesmaid’s favours.

Thanks to Rosa Fay Photography for the images.

Inspiring Us - Piece of Cake

From now on, finding unique wedding favours will be a Piece of Cake!  All you have to do is click onto the Piece of Cake website for a gorgeous handpicked array of individual, handmade favours that will suit any theme or budget.

  

After searching for the perfect wedding favours for her own wedding and finding nothing that suited her vintage chic style, Leanne Hemings decided to create Piece of Cake. With the idea of bringing together a collection of beautiful gifts, focusing on handmade with a vintage twist, Leanne has done all the hard work for you, so you can relax and simply select which of her gorgeous collection will suit your big day.  Think vintage decorated bags containing chocolate drops in a variety of flavours; Belgian dark, white, milk and strawberry or perhaps some mini mocha beans instead.  

    

Think cake pops made with handmade chocolate or vanilla cake, mixed with a rich chocolate or vanilla ganache and then hand-dipped in Belgian chocolate.  What about pocket mirrors, personalised magnets, hummingbird charms, 3D heart gift tags, tea cup candles, heart shaped boxes of mints and the very sweet seed packets of love? 

With a background in TV and design, owner and creator, Leanne has a real eye for special gifts that will bring something special to your wedding.  Teaming up with many talented creatives, Leanne is strict about her suppliers, taking care that each and every item meets her high standards.  Every piece must be something that she absolutely adores.  She’s always on the look out for that special design or product, so if you’re struggling to find what it is you’re after, get in touch and she'll do her best to find it for you.

  

Piece of Cake has just launched to great success so do take a look around their website. There’s the shop, of course and if you‘d like to contact Leanne, there’s an online form or you can email her direct at info@pieceofcakehq.co.uk or call 07710 270 422 (she’s absolutely lovely).  Don’t forget to check out the blog as well and join the mailing list.  If you do, you’ll be in with a chance of winning 30 gorgeous favours!