IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!

Well it is definately beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in here with cakes in every corner! As we stuff ourselves silly with fruit cake (all in the name of product knowledge of course) delightfully Cristmassy concoctions are popping up all around us.
For those of you who don't live in Sydney I would like to share with you Planet Cake's 2009 Christmas display......
Margie painstakingly created each of these animals by hand to bring to life Antony's design for our Australiana-inspired version of the classic "Partridge in a Pear Tree", topped of course by our very own Funky Betty.

Keep an eye out in the coming week for Planet Cake, the best of 2009! Until then, wishing everyone lots of love and laughter as we charge into the silly season!

Thea

PC DREAM TEAM DEMO SHOWS 30.01.10

Planet Cake is taking their ‘dream team’ to the stage for the first time on the 30/01/10 at the Citigate Hotel in Sydney. The team includes Planet Cake’s Owner and Director Paris Cutler, Queen of the Madhatter Anna Maria Roche and Award Winning Chocolatier Jessica Pedemont.

Sydney-based Planet Cake will be running 3 demonstrations of their most popular cakes and techniques, the Madhatter, Technique Medley and Figurines. Watch as the team works together in unison, each covering a different element. This is an exciting and thorough way to learn how these complex cakes are made as you watch all of the decorators working at once. There will be lots of Planet Cake tips and tricks and plenty of time for Q & A and audience participation.“Attending a Planet Cake demonstration class will be a light bulb moment for many people and I am excited about meeting the students” says Paris Cutler, Planet Cake Director..Perfect for groups looking for an event with a difference, the demonstrations are being held @ Citigate Central Hotel (closest railway station Central). Price is $55 (inclusive of GST) this includes demonstration, Planet Cake discount card and refreshments. For bookings, visit www.planetcake.com.au/courses

PLANET CAKE UPDATE 30th NOVEMBER 2009

Hi Guys,

I know it’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to post some of our more recent amazing creations, but hopefully you’ve all been checking out our weekly favourites on Facebook. For those of you who aren’t already fans, make sure you check out our fab fan page.

All our Sydney readers will know how hot it’s been here over the past few days, and weather like this combined with chocolate ganache and fondant can present us with a few “challenges” here. Luckily our team are the absolute best, and despite some less than perfect conditions there was some absolute stunners this week:

boat party, Sydney Harbour and fabulous cake, does it get any better?

Definitely one of the standouts for the week was this striking cake designed especially for a Moulin Rouge themed 21st birthday party :

In course news, the (now very tired) Handi finished up our Brisbane workshops at the Bread House, following on from his final classes in Melbourne. Most of you will know just how excited we’ve been all year about finally getting up to Brisbane to meet our QLD friends, and the experience went above and beyond our expectations. From all reports you were all fantastic to work with and we would like to extend a big thanks to the lovely Danielle our facilitator as well as all the lovely people at the Bread House. But most of all thank you to everyone who attended our classes, we can’t wait to see you again!

Not to be outdone in , Anna Maria battled through larangitis to teach a fantastic Madhatter class this weekend. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Madhatter, it is a notoriously difficult shape to master (although you’d never think so to watch AM and Fran whip them up the way they do!) and the results here speak for themselves…well done Basics 109!

Groovy Figurines with Trish Harrison

How cute are these little people? Groovy figurine workshops with Planet Cake friend Trish Harrison are listed for next year. Trish was a Planet Cake employee back in the good old days and now lives in Wagga, we cannot wait to have her back home teaching her unique and practical babies and kids. All of Trish's workshops are under $200.

Planet Cake Update 16th November 2009

Hi All,

We often get asked here at Planet Cake, which cakes are our favourites to make. While it’s always great to see those really HUGE cakes go out, or that jaw-droppingly beautiful wedding cake, the cakes we really love to do are those with a story behind them. This week, our standouts by far were two unique wedding cakes which come with a story. Anna Maria created this amazing cake for two Scrabble fans who personalised the cake with their own special words

Meanwhile Handi created this stunning Mt. Fuji for a bride who’s groom popped the big question while on holiday in Japan.

Once again in the spirit of the Silly Season, we created this gorgeous cake to help Lingerie brand Treasure Couture celebrate their new season launch party

This week we are very excited as Handi heads to Melbourne for the final time for 2009, before at last making our way north to Brissie!!!! Watch this space over the coming days for all the latest news on our interstate classes.

Planet Cake Update 6th November 2009

What a fortnight we’ve had here at Planet Cake! Classes, parties, the Melbourne Cup!

For the first time in quite a while we have had our entire crew planted firmly in Sydney for an entire week, before our final interstate classes for the year.

Well we may not have won big, but Planet Cake was definitely taken over by Melbourne Cup fever this week, if only our tips were as hot as the weather. We were lucky enough however to have a visit from the man himself, Bart Cummings who stopped by for tea and a piece of cake while perusing the form guide.
All our spring brides out there are possible already aware, but Bride To Be Magazine celebrates it’s 150th anniversary issue this months, after over forty years in print. Planet Cake were delighted to create this gorgeous cake to help celebrate. Be sure to check out Chantelle Delaney’s stunning PC cake in the issue which hit the shelves this week.

Last week we helped the gals at Cleo surprise the Nova team….ah tough day at the office boys…

Meanwhile, Ritzy whipped up this amazing cake in honour of St. Germain’s launch in Australia. I’m not sure which was yummier the St. Germain cocktails or our cake!

Oh, and here are just a couple of things we whipped up in between…

We would like to extend a big congratulations to our final Foundation class of 2009, there was some amazing talent there and PC would like to wish them all the very best with their decorating.

And speaking of classes, here is some very exciting news…drum roll if you please… In association with our good friends at Cakes N More we are happy to announce that we are offering the chance for one lucky person to win a Planet Cake course voucher to the value of $500!!! For more details on how to enter check out Nicole from Cakes N More’s fab blog:

http://www.cakesandmore.org/blog/2009/11/win-a-class-at-planet-cake/


Stay tuned for all the news coming up later this month from our very first Brisbane classes, and all the usual excitement and goss here at PC. See you next week!

Thea x

Planet Cake Interstate Update

This week we have certainly lived up to the “Planet” in Planet Cake with our crew once again zipping all over the country. With world domination firmly in our sights, cue evil laugh…. we began with Melbourne as I mentioned last week.
I would like to extend a big thank you to all the warm wishes we have received from our Melbourne students, and trust us the pleasure was ALL ours! We don’t know where you’ve all been hiding but we’re glad you’re out! Fran, Rouvelee and Jess encountered some truly talented students in Melbourne once again and we can barely contain our excitement about returning next year. On that note be sure to watch this space regarding venues, things are only going to get more exciting.

Those of you who have attended our Christmas charity drives or are familiar with the , charities we sponsor will know that we always try to do our bit at Planet Cake, and this year Paris joined forces with the Baking Industry Association to host a Pink Ribbon Morning Tea at the Bread House in Brisbane. All over the country, annual Pink Ribbon events are held to help raise funds and awareness for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, and PC were proud to help such a valuable charity this year. Jessica and Paris donned their pink and gave a knock out demo, have a look at this little-something Jess LITERALLY just whipped up

We would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who attended the event, it was really special for us to meet all of you and we hope to see you all again VERY soon, when we head up next month. It seems like only yesterday we announced our Brisbane school, and now it’s only a matter of weeks before we’ll be there. It’s been a long time in the making, and we can’t wait to get up there and check out all the talent at last. Until then here’s a sneak peak inside the Bread House where we will be holding our workshops.

Be sure to stay tuned for all the latest Sydney news here on the one and only Planet Cake...

Cakes, Cakes...oh and more Cakes!

What exactly is the collective noun for cakes? During my research this week I have come across an “obsessive” of collective nouns (yes there is a collective noun for collective nouns) and not one of them concerning cake! While you can have a hand of banana (cake?) a batch of bread and a gluttony of chocolate it seems that no one has yet coined one for our namesake. One explanation I came across suggested that cake has never had a chance to gather into a group large enough to warrant one at all! Call it what you will, but this week I present to you a (Planet) ‘Cake-ophany’ of cakes!

We have been busy, busy, busy here at Planet and it’s beginning to feel a little like Santa’s Workshop with many busy hands and the smell of sugar thick in the air…ah another tough day at the office.

Now for some reason, I’ve been humming John Paul Young’s classic signature hit all week, hmmm I wonder why that could be?!

While love is definitely in the air here in Sydney, we would like to pay tribute to the Spice Girls in Melbourne with some serious Girl Power happening as our Jessica joins forces with Fran and Rouvelee on our third Melbourne trip this year. Those of you lucky enough to have nabbed a place in our October workshops are in for a huge treat over the coming days.

Meanwhile after recovering from a hilarious appearance on Saturday Disney’s Disaster Chef the guys were up to their usual tricks, appearing all over the city, with a book signing at Kinokuniya and Antony leaving a lasting impression on our Capital City at Hotel Realm’s Wedding Gala, while Anna Maria and Vivien held court here with the fabulous Shoe Box and Stiletto Workshop. It was a fabulous weekend, a huge congratulations to everyone involved…watch out Jimmy Choo!

I remember once being told, “have a good experience you tell one person, have a bad one and you tell ten”. This is something that has always stuck in my mind as we are often quick with criticism rather than compliments. Which is why I would like to end by sharing with you some incredibly kind words from a valued client of ours. This is the kind of thing that not only brings you the warm fuzzies but reminds us all of just how much we love living here on Planet Cake.

“I would just like to send you all a great big thank you for my daughters Christening cake. As expected it stole the show and our guests could not stop gushing all through the party.
We have ordered cakes from you in the past, so we knew what to expect, however every time we look back at the photos we can’t help but smile knowing that once again we have made the right decision dealing with Planet Cake.
Since our first encounter with you guys back in 2003, Planet Cake have become more and more popular with celebrities and big name companies, however you have not lost sight of the little people (us) and still care about what is important to all of your clients.
Thank you once again.
We look forward to the next time we need Planet Cake”
Craig & Cassandra Poulter

So now I put to our fascination of Planet followers to coin a new collective for cakes. Join our hamper of helpers and post your suggestions. I can’t wait to hear what you come up with!

Next week, all the goss from Melbourne, but until then happiness, light and as always cake.

Thea x