We are now almost fully booked for our afternoon tea on Mother’s Day this Sunday. However we do have a few limited places left to book onto our Mother’s Day breakfast at bake-a-boo on Sunday. Menus are here
Ther is also still time to book on our flower arranging workshop with the wonderful Liz from blue sky flowers or our treat your mum to our Holloywood Glamour make up evening with the lipstick and curls girls – find all the details here
Speaking of Liz from Blue Sky flowers – We have collaborated with her, not only for the workshop but you can order flowers from her to be collected from bake-a-boo on Saturday 13th or Sunday 14th. She will make you a gorgeous hand tied bouquet, that you can order and pick up from us, along with some cakes if you like! Or if you are booked in for tea or breakfast with us on Sunday, then we can bring them to your table.
Liz is offering a beautiful hand tied bouquet comprising a mix of Roses, Lilies, Freesia and fragrant Eucalyptus foliage in a cream bag and you can choose from a white mix, pink mix or bright (as seen in photo), in different sized bouquets priced at £25, £35 or £45
Please order your bouquet with us on 020 7435 1666, or Liz telling her that you would like to collect from us, by Thursday before 5pm.
If you don’t get organised for this, we will have a selection of Liz’s beautiful bouquets on sale at bake-a-boo on Saturday 13th March for you to pick up along with a treat for your mum. You will find a range of bouquets outside bake-a-boo from 10am on Saturday.
On Sunday 7th of March we held a mad hatters tea party at bake-a-boo.
The event went on from 12pm-5pm and started with a fascinator making workshop hosted by milliner and dear friend of bake-a-boo Vicky Rowe, of clarabows.co.uk. Vicky travelled from Bristol to share her exciting boxes filled with vintage treasures, beads, pearls and trinkets as well as cruelty free feathers for the guests to make their own fabulous fascinators, the guests could then wear their fascinators whilst enjoying a full afternoon tea with an Alice in wonderland theme, prepared by bake-a-boo.
The tea included, finger sandwiches, scones with jam and cream, heart jam tarts, chocolate dipped strawberries, mini heart brownies, and ‘eat me’ inscripted cupcakes. Tea was, of course served throughout the day, as fascinator making is thirsty work.
There was also a group of girls who attented the event who took part as for a hen party, and the bride to be made two fascinators, one to wear for her actual wedding, and a second to wear for the evening party of her wedding.
It was a truly delightful afternoon, enjoyed by all. I just cannot wait to do it all again! *hint hint* (Vicky) xx
you can see more pictures from this event on our flickr – click here
On Thursday 4th March – 7pm-9:30pm, the lipstick and curls girls return to bake-a-boo for a fabulous vintage styling event with a burlesque theme……..
‘Burlesque baby’ Burlesque style Hair & makeup evening with the lipstick & curls girls!
With Amanda & Natasha of Lipstick & Curls
The talented twosome will teach you how to achieve the ultimate in golden age glamour, with a full vintage hair and makeup master class. Learn to create the classic burlesque look with sexy waves and a Betty Page fringe roll. Come alone or with a friend and the lipstick and curls girls will teach you everything you need to know to create this fabulous look with time to perfect this look to turn yourself into the ultimate burlesque babe! Learn from the girls and have fun practising the look whilst sipping on fizz and nibbling on mini cakes provided by bake-a-boo. It’s the ultimate girls night!
£45 per person – Includes use of the girls supplies during the workshop, a glass of fizz with nibbles & mini cakes
You must pre-book your place for this event. Call us on 020 7435 1666 to book your place.
Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea
Treat your mum to a special tea at bake-a-boo on Mother’s Day & show her how much she means to you with yummy cakes & tea served in vintage tea cups, she will simply adore it!
The Mother’s Day tea menu is £17.50 per person & includes:
A selection of finger sandwiches
Scones with jam and fresh cream
Lemon cupcakes topped with sugar flowers
Teapot shaped vanilla biscuits
Fruit tea bread slices
Chocolate dipped strawberries
Mini chocolate brownies
Served with unlimited tea of your choice
All served on tiered cake stands with fresh flowers within the tiers with vintage china
scattered rose petals & hearts on the table and a refreshing pot of tea!
Tea is served between 12:30pm & 4:30pm on Mother’s Day the 14th March
We also offer the tea on Saturday 13th March.
Due to the popularity of this tea Tables are limited to 1.5 hours on Mothering Sunday.
Mother’s Day Special Breakfast
Start Mother’s Day off showing your mum how much you love her with a special breakfast at bake-a-boo. This year we will also be opening early on Mother’s day at 11am and we are offering a special Mother’s Day breakfast, which must also be pre-booked.
The Mother’s Day breakfast menu is £15 per person & includes:
Smoked salmon & cream cheese bagels
mini croissants and pastries
bitesize blueberry muffins
granola served with yogurt and honey
fresh fruit salad
Served with orange juice, tea or coffee
All served on vintage china. Your table will be decorated with hearts confetti, rose petals and fresh flowers
bake-a-boo’s Mother’s Day breakfast is served between 11am & 12:30pm on Mother’s Day 14th March only.
Both the tea and the breakfast must be booked a minimum 48 hours in advance and a 50% deposit must be paid upon booking – please call 020 7435 1666 – we can take your card payments over the phone.
In the week leading up to Mothering Sunday, ‘create & do’ at bake-a-boo hosts two workshops in conjunction with some special individuals. Join in the workshops to ‘create’ something for your mum, or participate with her as part of your Mother’s Day celebrations….or you just come a long and have fun for the hell of it!
Saturday 13th March – 9:30am-11:30am
Mother’s Day flower arranging workshop
With Liz Inigo Jones of blue sky flowers
Isn’t your mum worth a few hours of your time creating a special bouquet? She will love the personal touch and you will get to eat cake and have fun! Attend this workshop alone to create a wonderful surprise bouquet, or why not attend the workshop with your Mother, create beautiful flowers together and make it part of your Mother’s Day celebration?
Includes use of all tools and materials, flowers to take home & tea/coffee with cake
£45 per person
Thursday 11th February – 6:45pm-9:30pm
’’Hollywood Glamour’
Mother’s Day Special hair & makeup evening with the lipstick & curls girls!
With Amanda & Natasha of Lipstick & Curls
The talented twosome will teach you how to achieve the ultimate in golden age glamour, with a full vintage hair and makeup master class. Learn to create the classic Hollywood starlet look, with a simple glamorous up do. This course should be booked in pairs of two, so you can get the most out of the workshop by being able to practice on each other and help each other throughout the workshop. Perhaps attend the workshop with your Mother as part of your Mother’s Day celebrations?
Includes use of the girls supplies during the workshop, a glass of fizz with nibbles & mini cakes
£45 per person
Places are limited. Workshops must be paid in full upon booking. Please call us on 020 7435 1666 to book your place
PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE WORKSHOPS CAN BE BOOKED TOTALLY UNRELATED TO MOTHER’S DAY, YOU CAN JUST ATTEND THE WORKSHOP TO LEARN THESE SKILLS FOR FUN!
Ok, I’m just so excited about this – in conjunction with the release of the Tim Burton film Alice in Wonderland – we are hosting a mad hatters tea party on Sunday the 7th March. We have teamed up with Vicky Rowe of clarabows millinery (by the way I actually do think that she is perhaps one of the most fabulous people in the world) and together we will host the tea party. bake-a-boo will be decked out with Alice in Wonderland theme decorations and the event starts at 12pm and Vicky will hold a fascinator making workshop. She will bring all her kit, tools and materials and you will be able to create your own fascinator, using vintage goodies and cruelty free feathers. You will complete your fabulous hat creation to take home with you, but not before wearing it to enjoy a full afternoon tea that will follow, to make it a true mad hatters tea party. bake-a-boo will serve up a Alice in Wonderland themed full afternoon tea for you to enjoy and tea will be unlimited throughout the day.
Sunday 7th March 12pm-4pm
This event includes the full afternoon tea, the fascinator workshop and all materials.
£60 per person
(you can’t even buy a decent fascinator for that – and this will be your own bespoke creation!)
Afternoon tea menu includes;
A selection of finger sandwiches
Mini scones with jam and cream
‘eat me’, ‘take one’ and card sign topped cupcakes
Teapot and bunny shaped biscuits
Chocolate dipped strawberries
Heart topped jam tarts
Served with unlimited tea and water
Please call bake-a-boo on 020 7435 1666 to book your place at the mad hatters tea party. Spaces are limited and full payment must be taken when you book your place.
See you there xxx
I’m so pleased to announce that we have teamed up with the lovely Claire and Bee from make.do.mend to host knitting, sewing and crochet workshops at bake-a-boo, for both adults and children.
Our first workshop will be for the children, during half term next week, see our previous post for all the details.
Our first two adult workshops have now been confirmed and we hope that you will enjoy learning from these fabulous ladies, get cosy and enjoy yummy tea and cakes from us. We hope you can also meet some great new people with similar interests.
Knitting for Beginners 2 part course
Sunday 21st & 28th February 10am-12.30pm
The aims of the class are teach the basics of knitting.
Lesson one: The course will offer guidance and worksheets on stitch techniques; knit, purl, cast on, cast off.
Students will begin a simple flower to work on during the week
Lesson two: Students will continue work on their flower, learning the techniques of shaping and striping.
Make.Do.Mend. will supply needles and yarn for each participant to take away and continue practice and to finish a simple flower corsage.
£45 per person for 2x 2.5 hour course, including materials and tea/coffee and cakes
Sewing for Beginners 2 part course
Monday 22nd Feb & 1st March 7pm-9.30pm
A chance to learn new skills and brush up on some long-forgotten ones. During the class you will learn basic sewing techniques including back stitch, running stitch, simple heming and oversewing. Once these are mastered you will be able to use patterns provided to make some beautiful corsages in a variety of fabrics. If there is enough time there will be an opportunity to make a simple button-closure purse which you can embroider with the stitches you have learnt.
Make.Do.Mend. will supply needles, thread, fabric and embellishments for each participant to take away and continue practice and to finish simple flower corsages.
£45 per person for 2x 2.5 hour course, including materials and tea/coffee and cakes
We have three fun workshops for the children this half term. Let the children come and be creative with us. The children will also receive refreshments during the workshop. Please call us to book your place on one of the following workshops. Call 020 7435 1666, full payment will be required upon booking.
Wednesday 17th February – 10am-12am
Half term Parent & child flower arranging workshop
With Liz Inigo Jones of blue sky flowers
Our second Flower Workshop is aimed at parents and kids during half term who want to have fun and create something for home or as a gift. Mum or Dad can make a hand tied posy whilst the little ones pot up a fragrant flower. Enjoy a cup of tea and a piece of cake whilst watching the young budding gardeners!
£45 per parent/child combo – All materials and tools will be supplied for the workshop, as well as refreshments for parent & child
Thursday 18th February – 2pm-3.30pm
Half term children’s knitting workshop (ages 8+)
With Claire of ‘make do mend
For children only. Learn the basics of knitting; casting on, knit and casting off. If you know how to knit already, come along to make a toy! We will be aiming to make a little wonky creature and you can play with yarn, buttons and felt to create your own mini alien!
£15 per child – All materials and tools will be supplied for the workshop, as well as a sandwich, mini cake & drink
Friday 19th February – 2pm-3pm
Half term children’s cupcake decorating workshop (ages 4-10)
With Xanthe
For children only. Enjoy a laid back afternoon getting messy with icing and sprinkles, every child will get two cupcakes to decorate with a range of icing colours and sprinkles. They will then decorate a cake box with glitter, stickers and sequins to take their cakes home.
£10 per child – All materials and tools will be supplied for the workshop, as well as a sandwich, mini cake & drink
Just wanted to tell you about wonderful Liz from blue sky flowers. We have collaborated with Liz in a series of workshops as part of ‘create & do’ at bake-a-boo, where she will teach you some of her floral secrets and skills. Liz will source beautiful flowers for you to work with and show you how to create beautiful arrangements. Our first workshop with Liz is on the 10th February from 9:30am-11:30am. This workshop has a Valentine’s theme where you will create a romantic hand tied bouquet, which Liz assures me will last until Valentines day, so you could give it to your loved one, or use it as a centre piece for a Valentine’s meal at home, or just keep it for yourself! Liz will also be running workshops on the following dates:
Wednesday 17th February – 10am-12pm – Half term Parent & child flower arranging workshop
Our second Flower Workshop is aimed at parents and kids during half term who want to have fun and create something for home or as a gift. Mum or Dad can make a hand tied posy whilst the little ones pot up a fragrant flower. Enjoy a cup of tea and a piece of cake whilst watching the young budding gardeners!
Saturday 13th March – 10am-12pm - Mother’s day flower arranging workshop
Isn’t your mum worth a few hours of your time creating a special bouquet? She will love the personal touch and you will get to eat cake and have fun! Attend this workshop alone to create a wonderful surprise workshop, or why not attend the workshop with your Mother and make it part of your Mother’s Day celebration?
Wednesday 31 March 9:30am-11:30am – Easter Flower Workshop
Come a make a floral display for your Easter table or create a small gift for visiting guests. Just bring your green fingers, everything else will be provided including tea and cake.
All workshops, include use of all materials, flowers and tea or coffee and cakes during the workshop.
All workshops are £45 per person (the £45 paid for the parent child workshop includes parent and child)
please call 020 7435 1666 to book your place, full payment will be required upon booking.
Click on the poster to enlarge to see all our up and coming dates with Lipstick and Curls at bake-a-boo. It’s a fabulously lady-like affair, and so much fun! Make up and hair, mixed with tea, Fizz and cakes – what more could a girl want? x
create & do at bake-a-boo
Valentine’s Week Workshops
In the week leading up to Valentines, bake-a-boo launches ‘create & do’ a series of creative workshops hosted by bake-a-boo in conjunctionwith some special individuals. We launch ‘create & do’ with two Valentine’s related workshops during the week to help get you in the mood for the big day.
Wednesday 10th February – 9:30am-11:30am
‘Love is in Bloom’
Valentine’s flower arranging workshop
With Liz Inigo Jones of blue sky flowers
If you want to give your loved one something truly personal & unique this February, or make something special for yourself, come and make your own gift wrapped bouquet at the first of our series of our Flower Workshops. Have a cup of tea, a piece of cake & take home your creation for Valentine’s Day.
Includes use of all tools and materials, flowers to take home & tea/coffee with cake
£45 per person
Thursday 11th February – 6:45pm-9:30pm
‘Goodnight Sweetheart’
1940’s hair & makeup evening with the lipstick & curls girls!
With Amanda & Natasha of Lipstick & Curls
This workshop should be booked in pairs of two, so you can get the most out of the workshop by being able to practice on & help each other throughout. Amanda & Natasha are experienced make up artists, specialising in make up & hairstyles from this era. They will start by giving you a presentation about the styles of the era & then demonstrate techniques & classic 40s styles, like curls and victory curls you will then be able to use their make up & tools, to learn to create the looks yourself. Go home with the perfect romantic look perfected for your Valentine’s night out!
Includes use of the girls supplies during the workshop, a glass of fizz with nibbles & mini cakes
£45 per person
Places are limited. Workshops must be paid in full upon booking. Please call us on 020 7435 1666 to book your place
As per our last post, you can order Valentine’s treats from us to share with your loved one at home. But we are also inviting you to spend time at bake-a-boo on the day. We have ‘loved up’ our afternoon tea for the day, and we will also be opening early on Valentine’s Day and offering a special romantic breakfast. Both the tea and the breakfast must be pre-booked, we are taking bookings now and spaces are limited. Please see all details below……
Valentine’sAfternoon Tea
Treat your loved one to our special ‘loved up’ afternoon tea this Valentines day.
The Valentine’s afternoon tea menu is £18 per person and includes
A selection of finger sandwiches
Scones with jam and cream
heart topped cupcakes
mini brownies
heart topped jam tarts
heart and cherub shaped biscuits
chocolate dipped strawberries
Valentine sweeties
unlimited tea of your choice
Your table will be decorated with hearts confetti, red roses and candles
bake-a-boo’s Valentine’s tea is served between 12pm and 4:30pm on Valentine’s day
Valentine’s Special Breakfast
Start your Valentine’s off in a romantic way with a special breakfast at bake-a-boo.
This year we will also be opening early on Valentines day at 10am
and we are offering a special Valentine’s breakfast, which must also be pre-booked.
The Valentine’s breakfast menu is £15 per person and includes:
Smoked salmon & cream cheese bagels
mini croissants and pastries
bitesize blueberry muffins
granola served with yogurt and honey
fresh fruit salad
served with orange juice, tea or coffee
Your table will be decorated with hearts confetti, red roses and candles
bake-a-boo’s Valentine’s breakfast is served between 10am & 12:30pm on Valentines Day
The Valentine’s afternoon tea and breakfast menus must be pre-booked a minimum of 48 hours prior to your booking and a 50% deposit will be required. Due to the popularity of our tea and breafast menus tables will be limited to 1.5 hour time slots
PLEASE NOTE WE CAN PREPARE YOU A ‘LOVE BOX’ OF THE FOLLOWING MENUS FOR YOU TO CREATE THE BREAKFAST OR TEA AT HOME – ADVANCED BOOKING IS STILL REQUIRED.
Please find our offerings for Valentine’s Day. We already have lots of gifts and edible gifts like sweetie and fudge jars and gift bags available to buy in the shop, we will also have a large selection of Valentine’s treats to purchase from the shop on the 13th and 14th February, but here’s a list if you would like to order something special for your loved one this Valentines Day x
Valentines Treats to order….
Most popular
Gift wrapped strawberry & raspberry chocolate heart – £22
Heart shaped chocolate cake, topped with succulent strawberries & raspberries, gift wrapped with cellophane and ribbons
Gift wrapped personalised heart cake - £22
Available in chocolate or vanilla, a heart shaped cake with your message to your loved one written – for example ‘I love you Boo’, gift wrapped with cellophane and ribbons
Special Heart cupcake gift box filled with 12 valentine cupcakes = £24
Delicious Valentine cupcakes, presented in a 12 cupcake box covered in a hearts design, and tied with red and pink ribbons. Choose the following script to be written across some of the cupcakes in your box. ‘Be Mine’ or ‘I love you’
I LOVE YOU Fairy cake box – £14
Box of 9 fairy cakes with ‘I LOVE YOU’ written across the centre row & the remaining 6 with heart designs, gift wrapped with cellophane and ribbons
Love Cupcakes? Boxes of 4 or 9 of the following CUPCAKES……..
Valentines fairy cakes
(mixed valentines designs) –4 box = £6, 9 box = £13.50
Message cupcakes
(cupcakes iced with personality messages) -
‘floozie’, ‘Lover’, ‘Sexy’, ‘Cutie’, ‘Kiss me’, ‘Honey’, ‘Darling’, ‘Sweetie’, ‘Angel’
4 box = £6.50, 9 box = £14
Chocolate cupcakes
(decorated in valentines theme) – – 4 box = £6.50, 9 box = £14
Strawberry cupcakes
topped with fresh succulent strawberries and edible glitter – 4 box = £6.50, 9 box = £14
All the above cake boxes are gift wrapped with cellophane and ribbons
Valentines gifts for special diets
Wheat, gluten & dairy free passion fruit cake
Moist and tangy passion fruit cake and topped with red and pink hearts – £20
Wheat, gluten & dairy free Vanilla valentines hearts cupcakes
(topped with coloured hearts and sparkle sprinkles) – 4 box = £6.50, 9 box = £14
Wheat, gluten & dairy free ‘Roxy’ Raspberry cupcakes
A bake-a-boo favourite – Raspberry flavoured cupcakes with icing made with raspberry juice and topped with fresh raspberries and hearts - 4 box = £6.50, 9 box = £14
Wheat, gluten & dairy free ‘Scarlet’ Strawberry cupcakes
Strawberry flavoured cupcakes with icing made with Strawberry icing and topped with a succulent strawberry – 4 box = £6.50, 9 box = £14
Dairy & Egg free Vegan Chocolate heart cupcakes
bake-a-boo’s popular vegan chocolate cupcakes get a re-vamp for valentines, topped with chocolate icing and a heart – 4 box – £7, 9 box = £15
All the above cake boxes are gift wrapped with cellophane and ribbons
All Valentine’s order’s must be placed by Thursday 11th February 2010, and must be collected from our tea room on the 13th or 14th February, please specify your desired collection date and time when ordering.
This week – 25th-29th January 2010, it’s food allergy and intolerance week. It seems the perfect time to tell you, for those who don’t know, that we offer a wide range of cakes suitable for those with food allergies and intolerances. We specialise in gluten free and dairy free cakes, and we have a selection on offer daily, we also make birthday cakes and cupcakes and slices to order for any special occassions you may have, or just to enjoy at home. We also offer a gluten and dairy free alternative to our traditional afternoon tea at bake-a-boo, which must be booked in advance.
In addition to the gluten and dairy free cakes, we also offer egg free and sugar free cakes as well. As I am gluten and dairy intolerant, I know how hard it can be to find foods which you can enjoy, and how it is especially hard to eat out. When I created bake-a-boo I wanted to create a place where there would be something for everyone, and I hope most food intolerances are covered cake wise, so that most people can find something to eat safely at bake-a-boo. Unfortunately as we do cook with nuts in our kitchen, we cannot offer nut free, but we hope to make life more enjoyable for the time that you are with us, for the gluten, dairy, egg and sugar free-er’s amongst us!
Happy cake eating to those with food allergies and intolerances this week x
Gluten & dairy free lemon cupcake pictured above
Further to my last post about the photographic exhibition at bake-a-boo from the 24th February, documenting the glamorous life of my Grandfather Ballard Berkeley, I wanted to share this photograph (not part of the exhibition) with you of my Grandfather and I in his garden when I was very little.
‘Years of Romance’ – a photographic tribute to a glamorous life – 24th Feb-8th March 2010
