http://www.jenscupcakery.com en-gb jenscupcakery.com 2011-5-13T00:00:00Z jenscupcakery.com http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#93830 What a lovely day for a Royal knees up My cupcakes and I were kindly invited to attend the Royal Wedding field party in Hersham on the 29th May . I had prepared all manner of regal cupcakes with the jewel in the crown being a giant chocolate cupcake festooned with red white and blue ribbons and hearts The Mayor and Mayoress of Elmbridge passed by and tasted my cupcakes pronouncing them delicious and kindly gave me a bit of a plug over the microphone after The Surrey Comet photographer also had me posing in a photo shoot for quite a while but the resultant published pic unfortunately hardly even showed the cupcakes in all their splendour. Anyway very good day with all cakes sold and the winner of the giant cupcake very happy with his prize... 2011-5-13 10:39:21 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#88683 Last week I was kindly invited by Sandown Race Course to supply cupcakes for a special Family Race Day where celebrated childrens author Lauren Childs would be signing copies of her books. Now I have always enjoyed my Farmers Markets despite the inclement weather reaking havoc but what a luxury it was being inside with tables laid out and a huge space to set up inMy 250 cupcakes and I were happy to be placed in a prime spot in the main hall at the bottom of the stairsescalator and close to the exercise circle I think thats the wrong name somehow so when things got a little quieter I was able to pop my head around and view the beautiful horses. Anyway although beer and burgers seemed to be the order of the day I was happily suddenly inundated by lots of little outstretched hands and received many lovely comments and murmurs of appreication from young and old alike. I naughtily increased sales by commenting immodestly on my lovely cakes and location of such when standing in a queue t... 2011-3-7 20:54:34 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#80745 Normal 0 false false false ENGB XNONE XNONE Style Definitions table.MsoNormalTable msostylenameTable Normal msotstylerowbandsize0 msotstylecolbandsize0 msostylenoshowyes msostylepriority99 msostyleqformatyes msostyleparent msopa... 2010-11-19 17:37:39 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#72685 Exciting day yesterday up at Old Spitalfields Market in London waiting to hear how Jens Cupcakery had done in the UK Enterprise Make your mark in the markets competition After a few speeches the runners up were announced and of course I was hoping NOT to hear my name... and didnt. The judges then spoke about how close it had been and that the next people were within a hair breadth of winning... and then drum roll.... my name was called. Out of 197 entrants Jens Cupcakery managed to scoop second place and a Highly Commended. Wonderful achievement though couldnt help being disappointed I hadnt won of course. Next year... 2010-8-12 15:13:44 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#72488 Well Walton Farmers Market took place amidst a monsoon but happily our cupcakes survived and we sold out an hour before closing even though its the holiday season and notoriously quiet The red velvet cupcakes proved a hit again although the cream cheese frosting is a bit of a worry when its very muggy. Big day is finally arriving tomorrow when Jens Cupcakery will finally discover whether its the winner runner up or highly commended in the UK Enterprise competition. Fingers crossed for the top prize of course but it is gratifying to be one of just 14 out of 200 thats made it to the final. 2010-8-10 13:14:22 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#72040 Against all my best intentions I cant seem to find the time to update my blog regularly enough Anyway its been a bit of a cupcake free few days as I actually took a short time off to relax at the seaside on the Kent coast and very nice it was too. Checked out a few cupcakes down there of course so a bit of a busmans holiday on second thoughts but its always interesting to look at the competition. Before then I revisited Cobham Farmers Market to see if the winds had got any better on that draughty old Leg of Mutton field I can report that even in the Summer its still as bad as standing on the edge of Blackpool pier Anyway had some very positive reactions from the local marketgoers which was good but think Ill give August a miss as everyone seems to be away. Now gearing up for Walton Farmers Market this Saturday where Im going to try out my new Red Velvet cupcakes on my Walton customers they proved a big hit at Cobham particularly with one hungry cyclist who was about to embark on t... 2010-8-3 18:31:59 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#70763 Exciting news just found out Ive been named as a finalist in the Enterprise UK Make Your Mark in the Markets competition which you might remember if youre on my email list I got judged for a couple of months ago. Im one of 14 out of 197 companies and will receive an award at the London ceremony on 11th August whether that be highly commended runner up or WINNER last one pleeeessseee. Will keep you posted. In the meantime life is busy as usual but I have added a few more flavours to my cupcake menu of particular interest to our American cousins perhaps... Red Velvet cupcakes a rosy red sponge capped with a cream cheese frosting and Oh Reo a chocolate sponge sitting on half an Oreo cookie then sprinkled with more cookies and topped with either cream cheese or buttercream frosting. Also my giant cupcakes are going down a storm and pictures will be on the web soon... 2010-7-19 17:01:25 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#69222 Well what a few weeks its been Following judging day at Walton Farmers Market last month a piece appeared in the Surrey Advertiser and a huge pic of myself and my partner Richard not sure how he snuck in there then the Features Editor of the Surrey Ad came to interview me about my business and yet more pics Wish I could afford Botox for my concentration frown between my eyebrows. Then lots of private orders from all corners of the globe and a last minute wedding order for a ceremony at Painshill Park where a Mad Hatter theme was needed. I had great fun making the Mad Hatters hat out of sugar paste for the giant cupcake banana and rum yum and various little clocks diamonds spades and hearts etc for the cupcakes. The clients were very pleased with the result see www.jenscupcakery.com guest book... Now just got to make 400 cupcakes for Walton Farmers Market this Saturday 3rd July as well as two lots of private orders and cupcakes for Flours cafe.. no rest for the wicked 2010-6-30 11:42:16 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#68248 Well its been a really busy few weeks what with a radio interview on Brooklands FM preparing for the judging of the UK Enterprise competition interview by Surrey Advertiser lots of private orders and yesterday making a Mad Hatters Tea Party themed giant cupcake and smaller cupcakes for a wedding today Not complaining though as if I wasnt so busy something would be wrong 0 The groom wanted a Jamaican banana rum cake as the giant cupcake and I have to say even though it sounds immodest it tastes absolutely delicious and is all gooey rum loveliness inside and I dont even like bananas. Hope they enjoy the cakes as much as Ive enjoyed making them... 2010-6-18 09:25:24 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#65681 Ooh also how could I forget Jens Cupcakery has been shortlisted in a competition run by UK Enterprise Make Your Mark in the Markets. Aside from the prize money which would buy me that long coveted Artisan food mixer and save my poor aching arm from all that mixing the winner gets 6 months free market trading and the accompanying publicity. Fingers crossed The judge should be coming along to Walton Farmers Market on June 5th to see what Jens Cupcakery has to offer so as many of my loyal customers who can be there scoffing cakes and saying yum yum would be appreciated.... 2010-5-19 17:26:18 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#65680 Oh dear I never seem to have enough time for this blog but so much is happening thought I should report back to anyone out there whos reading Brooklands FM interviewed me this morning about Jens Cupcakery and it was great lasted about 20 minutes which gave me a good chance to talk about how my cupcake empire started and my future plans for the business. Jens Cupcakery will be featured in a piece on Afternoon Tea in the Independent on Sunday this weekend 23rd May and was also featured in the June issue of Vogue never thought I could say Id been in Vogue. Now if I could just get a regular column somewhere.... 2010-5-19 17:21:51 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#63483 2010-4-21 10:33:30 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#63484 Had a great time last night at Rush hair salon in Waltons charity auction evening for Great Ormond Street. It was great to see watching people munching away on my cocktail collection cupcakes. Firm favourites were the Baileys infused delights as were the tangy lemon with lemon cream cheese the only non alcoholic one and the Raspberry framboise. Jens Cupcakery were also happy to offer its services as one of the auction prizes. The evening raised a lot of money for charity and we will also be at the salons charity fun day this Saturday with purely non alcoholic cupcakes 2010-4-21 10:33:30 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#62578 So its been a busy few weeks with Easter Saturday at Walton dawning wet and windy Im afraid. Happily the rain eased off and it was another great Farmers Market for Jens Cupcakery. Its always lovely to greet returning customers and just as lovely to meet new ones. My Easter cupcakes adorned with little mini eggs and spring flowers proved a hit as did my fake grass dotted with little easter chicks and eggs a delight for little ones sticky fingers Picked up a couple more wedding orders but must find the time to put some wedding cupcake pics on my site otherwise how is everyone going to know how beautiful I can make them look... and taste 2010-4-8 22:57:48 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#61795 Hello all well Easter is nearly here and Jens Cupcakery is full of little easter chicks mini easter eggs and icing nozzles filled with what will resemble little nests when finished hopefully. The weathers not looking very spring like today but heres hoping Easter Saturday will dawn nice and bright for Walton Farmers Market at the Heart Centre. We have lots of pretty new designs and a few new flavours including our little Bananadrama cupcakes succulent banana sponge with a scrumptuous cinnamon flavoured cream cheese frosting.. these sold out fast at the last market so get there early to get your hands on some 2010-3-30 20:31:18 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#56000 A belated Happy New Year to all Christmas seems a long time ago although with all this snow around there is a definite festive feel but not to my nose and toes which are frozen. Anyway getting back into the cupcake stride trying out new recipes whilst working on some new orders which is great. Eggless cupcakes are causing me a few problems at present theyre definitely not as light and tasty as my usual delicious little mouthfuls as immodest as that sounds. Anyway I shall persevere 2010-1-12 19:17:42 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#54503 Brrrr... so cold at Esher Christmas Farmers Market last weekend that my poor little cupcakes nearly froze to the plate good for those people that like their icing of the iced variety though. It was good to see some familiar faces but a shame that even with all the increased signage visitor numbers were still low. Apparently the market has taken place on the high street in the past but that didnt work so who knows what the answer is Anyway my Christmas cranberry orange and lemon went down well.. as did my towering vanilla cupcake christmas trees fun to make and ideal for the sweeter toothed amongst you. A break from the markets for a few weeks now giving me time to think up some new flavours and styles for the New Year...any ideas welcome 2009-12-14 11:14:11 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#54130 Hurrah Saturday looks set to be fine for Esher Christmas Farmers Market which takes place from 9.30am2pm this weekend in the Civic Centre car park so no sand bags needed on the old gazebo I hope. I also hope therell be a good turn out as there will be lots of Xmas treats on show Im sure including my very own festive fancies. If you bring the ad with you from Essential Esher magazine you can even take advantage of a free Xmas cupcake not to be missed Speaking of which the Editor of our local lifestyle guide has given Jens Cupcakery rave reviews in her Editors letter this month commenting that ...they are something seriously special...icing out of this world... she says so come on down and see for yourself.. 2009-12-8 12:08:46 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#54099 Well my festive fancies went down a treat at Walton Farmers Market last weekend making all the icing efforts worthwhile. As much as I love creating big swirls of buttercream icing as in my lofty green christmas tree cupcakes which bought smiles all round the white fondant icing resplendent with snowmen or holly leaves and berries and pretty silver baubles did catch the eye of many a passing shopper. Even better the rain held off until I was packing up so no cakes went flying through the air Nice to see loyal customers back and just as nice to have people buy a couple of cakes eat them and come back for half a dozen more. Many thanks to those who post comments on the guest book at www.jenscupcakery.com by the way I do appreciate it. Roll on next weekend and Esher Farmers Market hope you can make it... 2009-12-7 20:38:38 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#53829 Well what a busy few weeks its been. The big design show is over thank goodness lets just say it was a learning experience Now back to the more familiar environment of Surrey and my lovely local Farmers Markets. Speaking of which hope to see some of you at Waltons Heart Centre this coming Saturday. I will be there hopefully not blown away by wind and rain along with my usual best sellers but also a new Xmas addition to the cupcake collection youll have to come along to find out what the flavour is though 2009-12-2 13:35:44 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#52868 Ooh bit late on my blog posts lately lifes just too busy Anyway busy preparing for next weeks show in London when Jens Cupcakery will be providing a mix of cupcakes for the 1500strong hungry horde thats expected to come visiting the Craft Central Made in Clerkenwell event that starts next Thursday evening. See News page for further details. In addition a sudden flurry of cake orders have come in which is great. Look out for a review of my cakes in the next issue of Essential Esher magazine by the way lovely Alice the Editor and her friends sampled some and she will be telling you what she thought. Also look out for my ad which gives you the chance to get a free festive fancy cupcake at Esher Farmers Market on the 12th December. Take a look at what these might look like on my new Festive Fancies web page... 2009-11-19 12:28:35 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#51885 Well Halloween has been and gone and happy to report my ghostly cupcakes went down a treat even though some confused the ghosts for light bulbs or mushrooms Esher farmers market was quiet sadly perhaps everybody was too busy preparing their halloween parties however it was nice to see some of my regular customers again. My raffle for the Xmas lights fund was won in the end by fellow market trader Gill Bacon from Pimpernel Fisheries who won a mixed box of cupcakes congrats Gill See News page for pics. 2009-11-3 11:35:50 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#51492 So one minute the weather forecasters are predicting a sunny Saturday and now I hear rain is on its way. Oh dear hope my wounded gazebo lasts the day And I hope lots of people will turn up to see my gorgeously ghoulish halloween cupcakes. I was up late last night making bulging eyeballs and spooky ghosts so will be interesting to see how they go down.One of you could also win a basket of my delicious cupcakes as part of the raffle Im holding in aid of the Esher Christmas lights appeal. For those of you who read The Surrey Advertiser you might have seen the story with yours truly quoted at length Well that PR background certainly does come in useful. View it here httpwww.getsurrey.co.uknewss2059470businessessavechristmaslightsinesher 2009-10-28 12:54:46 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#51371 Busy weekend with a christening to make some cupcakes for had to experiment a little to achieve the aqua icing that was requested but think I got there in the end I also had a last minute request for birthday cupcakes so it was a late Friday night icing past midnight but worth it when I saw the reactions of the clients. Finally managed to make some halloween style cupcakes for my Gallery page bit too late this time around I think but will make sure my festive treats go up in plenty of time for Christmas. Next two weeks will be busy with Esher farmers market this weekend and then Walton the week after as well as a cafe opening to prepare for more on that later... 2009-10-26 11:08:57 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#50919 So it appears 9 out of 10 cupcake eaters choose buttercream icing over cream cheese frosting judging from reactions of those who took the poll on my website. It doesnt suprise me that buttercream won but didnt expect it to be so very nearly unanimous Anyway I do think that some cupcakes such as the fuity nutty Carrot Top and the spicy Ginger Nut lend themselves better to cream cheese so I wont be replacing it just yet... Look out for the next poll and just take a second to click on a button if you get the chance. After all itll help me make sure Im creating cupcakes that tickle your tastebuds 2009-10-19 11:01:47 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#50637 Another day another farmers market to plan for. As my gazebo crumpled around my ears in that incredible wind at Walton farmers market the other weekend I need to check its still actually in one piece before Esher farmers market on October 31st Halloween so great opportunity to get my spooky cupcakes ready for the children... and perhaps adults. I do hope that more people come to Esher this time around as last market was a little disappointing with regard to numbers. We really need to support our local businesses although before I actually became one of those local businesses I probably didnt appreciate that myself so much Speaking of supporting Esher I read with sadness that it looks likely we wont have christmas lights or a tree in Esher this festive season. What a great shame that would be and wont do much for morale already knocked by the economy and other miserable issues. It just takes a little collective hands in pockets. For my part I intend to hold a raffle on October 31st w... 2009-10-15 11:23:51 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#50508 For those of you who have been kind enough to leave a comment on my guest book many thanks it is appreciated. I have always been a little dubious when Ive seen testimonials on peoples websites wondering if they just put them there instead but I would like to confirm none of these are from my own fair hand For those of you who are having any problems leaving a message I am reliably informed by Mr Sites very kind support team that it could be due to you having a pop up blocker which stops you sending the message. If you enable your popup blocker this will allow you to leave me all your wonderful comments 2009-10-13 13:45:20 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#50451 I have to admit to being rather bemused. I just tested my competitors wares once again trying yet another of the talked about brands well they were featured in uber trendy publication Wallpaper anyway and not only did it cost a whopping 1632.50 for the cupcake it was just plain unpleasant. Huge wodge of sickly icing on top of a heavy sponge in a plain cupcake case. Yet they must sell I suppose. Happily I shared it with some people who have sampled quite a few of my cakes and they said there was no comparison. Its great to be building a loyal local customer base that is the most important after all but if Im to vie for title of Cupcake Queen to more postcodes particularly the often cliquey London circles then I either need to get a celebrity endorsement or stage some publicity stunt as a formercurrent PR that shouldnt be too difficult Anybody know anyone famous who likes cakes 2009-10-12 14:42:05 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#50290 I read in the London Metro this week that actor heart throb Jude Law had defied anyone to find a better cupcake than the one hed had from the Primrose Bakery. Im not saying theirs arent tasty I havent tried one after all though I did sneak a peek at their new book and they look lovely butI like to think rather immodestly perhaps that if he ate one of mine he might change his mind What do you think If you agree perhaps you could email London Metro at mailukmetro.co.uk or life.londonukmetro.co.uk ... 2009-10-9 13:35:41 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#50236 Well last weekends market in Walton was a little windy to say the least. In fact stuck in the wind tunnel that is the entrance to The Heart meant that I had one arm holding onto new supposedly gust proof...hmmmm gazebo and one trying to serve customers. Aside from a slight incident involving a blown over shopping trolley upended table and some squashed cakes I managed to remain standing and most of the lovely cupcakes in one piece. Saw some return customers which was great including one that told me that her husband had warned her not to come back without my cakes in hand... as well as another who told me my cakes were better than the two leading cupcake brands cant mention any names. All music to my ears Two week break from markets before Esher at the end of the month although working on a couple of clients private orders including a childrens party great opportunity to be pink and frivolous. 2009-10-8 15:00:47 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#49895 Well another Saturday beckons another Farmers Market to prepare for. Im going to try out my new blueberry cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting topped off with fresh blueberries my family love them not its time to unleash them on the residents of Walton. I only hope the blustery wind and rain forecast doesnt stop people from coming out.. or my new gazebo from collapsing Im positioned outside Starbucks and opposite Carluccios which seems to be a good spot well they say competition is good 2009-10-2 23:10:17 http://www.jenscupcakery.com/page11.htm#49543 Well another Saturday has been and gone another farmers market successfully negotiated Myself and my cupcakes took our pitch in the Civic Centre car park in Esher. It was a lovely day and we expected crowds particularly as the organisers had carried out more advertising but it was more a gentle dribble of people than hordes of ravished purchasers. We sold out by the end luckily. I think Ive become a little too used to selling out hours before the end of market so it was a bit of a reminder that you can never rest on your laurels...or your cupcakes in my case. Anyway another busy week ahead as I prepare for Walton Farmers Market next Saturday my pitch outside Starbucks and opposite Carluccios seems to be a good spot as I sold out two hours before the end of market last month See you there hopefully 2009-9-27 22:34:05