The Botanical Baker are currently home-delivering their nature and floral-inspired bakes and cakes. They construct flowers and flower pots made from cakes and decorated to look realistic and also delicious. The idea behind the concept was created by Claire while she was in Cheshire. After gaining experience designing wedding cakes in Chelsea, she created a "flour pot" (one of her flower pot cake creations) for a friend and then took it from there.
The cakes are made to look realistic, and time is spent hand-decorating the paste into life-like flowers, leaves, and plants. I ordered one of the blackberry "flour pot" bakes and was impressed with the craftsmanship in the decoration and the taste of the cake. The blackberries are realistic with their colour and individual 'seeds' carved into the shape. The blackberry bloosom is also realistic down to the pinkish tinge and pollen, and the 'soil' is dark with a crumbly affect.
Slicing the cake open revealed layers of chocolate sponge and buttercream. The cakes come in a range of flavours.
The Botanical Baker normally sells in Sloane Square and is popular during the Chelsea Flower Show. At the moment, they are offering home-delivered bakes across the UK.
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