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| 7th February 2013 |
| "Chiesa" Dragons and Daffodils Cakes were delighted to be asked to produce the dessert for the exclusive VIP Shopping event at Maria Church's "Chiesa" The evening was a great success and was absolutely packed. We hope you enjoy a little look. |
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Site designed and maintained by Rhianydd Easton (C) 2011 Dragons and Daffodils Cakes
| Copying of our Photographs |
| It has been brought to our attention that our photographs are being used on other peoples websites either as design choices or to advertise their company. You could say that copying is the most sincere form of flattery, however, these websites haven't copied the design, they've used our actual photographs! Which means that they probably haven't actually created a cake similar to the one they are trying to advertise which is most worrying for the Bride who then orders it in good faith. All photographs on our website were of cakes actually produced by Dragons & Daffodils Cakes. Our photographs and cakes are not to be used by another company or person unless they have been given express permission by Rhianydd Easton (Owner/Proprietor of Dragons & Daffodils Cakes). If you see one of our designs on another site, please can you let us know. Thank you |
| Above - Charlotte and Maria Church Left - The Cake. 200 of our Chocolate Treats |
| "The Dragons & Daffodils Story" We had an article on how Dragons and Daffodils Cakes began in Issue 95 of Cakes and Sugarcraft magazine. Click on the pics for a little look, or buy your copy for a read. |
| Jaci Stephen The Daily Mail |
| Sian Lloyd |
| Lucy and Rhodri Owen (hiding!) |
| A well-deserved glass at the end of a successful evening! |
| I don't think you could have fitted anyone else in. Guests were treated to a glass of wine from Ballantynes and lovely canapes from Elgano |
| Claire Meredith Caregos Couture Jewellery |
| Also contributing to the evening were Eva Designs - Handmade Cards who made the beautiful VIP invitations and Basgedi Florists who created the stunning floral arrangements you can see in the photographs. |
| Out with the Nurses |
| Rhianydd had a great afternoon with the Nurses and staff from Oral and Maxillofacial Department of the Royal Glamorgan Hospital on their Training Day. They all made Christmas Trees I hope you like them!! |
| 21st Squires Kitchen International Exhibition Mar 07 |
Rhianydd took four wedding cakes to the Wedding Cake Display and another "cake" to the Table of Honour. |
| Rhianydd also taught a mini class on her sheep pillars which was a fantastic afternoon with much hilarity. Left is the lovely ladies and right is the result of their hard work. (click for close ups) |
| Our display table. The weekend was only marred by the theft of the large floral display at the base of the white iced cake. Always disappointing when you are among fellow sugarcrafters! |
| The Tree! Rhianydd fancied a change from the usual wedding cakes for this chocolate tree. Chocolate dominos, chocolate transfer sheet butterflies and modelling chocolate blossoms and roots |
| Dragons and Daffodils Cakes have celebrated their one year anniversary at our new Studio. The South Wales Echo visited the studio and wrote a feature on us. Here are the clips (We aren't responsible for the Giant worm quote, but it did make us smile) |
| (Newspaper is too large to scan in one, so we have scanned the separate halves Click on each to enlarge) |
| Left is a clip of the Squires Kitchen web class. |
| We are delighted to say that we are in the August/September 07 edition of Cosmopolitan Bride Find our Retro choc cake on p.105 in "What's Hot". Out now (Aug/Sept) |
| Bakery Industry Awards 2007 Celebration Cake Maker of the Year Category sponsored by Renshaws. We are proud to announce that Rhianydd Easton of Dragons & Daffodils was runner up for this coveted Award. All the team went to London for the Award Ceremony in September hosted by the fabulous Joanna Lumley. Here are a few pics of the night, and the Cake Rhianydd produced for the judges. |
| Runner up for Celebration Cake Maker of the Year |
| Rhianydd with Joanna Lumley and Stephen Heslop (Renshaw) |
| With Chef Paul Rankin |
| With Sian Hindle (La Creme Patisserie), the YearRunner up for Patissier of |
| With husband Kevin |
| The Team! (L to R) Julia, Rhianydd and Nicola |
| The Cake! Our theme - redecorating the studio! The top tier is a fancy dust sheet with mini display cakes on top. Rhianydd and Julia are supporting the top tier and Nicola is busy wallpapering. We had to be innovative, use colour, modelling, piping and a specialist skill (sugar pillars). The inside, when cut, gave a slice of cake coloured like a rainbow. |
| Finalists! (Centre Sue McDonld, Have Your cake & Eat it and Terry Tang (Terry Tang Designer cakes), the well deserved winner! |
| Dragons & Daffodils Cakes for BBC "The One Show" |
| We were delighted to be asked to produce a cake to celebrate the "Green Gyms" 10th Anniversary. The cake was taken to the Isle of Wight for filming by Lucy Siegle and depicted a typical Green Gym enthusiast doing "just what they do!" The programme about the green gyms was on TV "The one show" BBC1 7pm Tuesday 10th March 2008 Click here for the Green Gym website |
| Pobol Y Cwm Our Cake for "Pobol Y Cwm" the opening of the new Deri pub. This is the cake that was used for the filming of the show. We were given a pic of the Deri pub to use (a nice sneaky peak before it was revealed!) |
| Highly Commended for the UK TV Local Food Hero Awards of 2008. About the Awards The UKTV Food Local Hero Awards are a tribute to Britain's independent shops, farm stalls, artisan producers, cafes, pubs, and small businesses. We were delighted to be nominated by one of our happy couples. The reviews we have received have been a pleasure to read! Visit the UK TV food website there is a direct link to our section on the site. |
Tuition We now have a list of Sugarcraft courses that are available. Both for certified college courses and courses at the studio. Visit the Sugarcraft pages on the home page to see. Places are limited and on a first come first served basis. |
Meeting The Twilight Stars We had a fantastic weekend at the Massive Events "In The Shadow of the Moon" Twilight Proms In Birmingham September 2009 Even meeting stars from the Twilight Films (from left) Jose Zuniga who plays Mr Molina the Biology Teacher in "Twilight", Daniel Cudmore (also from XMen) who will be playing Felix, the Volturi Guard from the highly anticipated upcoming "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" and Charlie Bewley who will be playing Demetri the Volturi Tracker from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" |
| More Twilight Madness We were delighted to be asked to Re-create Bellas Birthday cake as seen in the film Twilight New Moon for the Gold Pass Drinks Reception at Massive Events Eternal Twilight 3 in the Birmingham Hilton February 2010. Stars from the film mingled with the lucky gold pass holders, and all received a portion of our lemon cake with a tiny red wafer paper apple on top. Present were: Christopher Hayerdahl ("Marcus" and also Stargate Atlantis; Supernatural and Sanctuary); Jamie Campbell Bower ("Caius" and also from Sweeny Todd); Charlie Bewley ("Demetri"); Kiowa Gordon ("Embry") Tinsel Korey ("Emily") |
| Pobol Y Cwm Did you spot the cakes? We have had a few on the show lately. It is always lovely to be asked to create them, and they are always so different *Cwm FM's anniversary *Failed Driving test *Baby Naming |
| Squires Kitchen International Exhibition 11-13 March 2011 25th Anniversary We are really excited to once again be exhibiting at this wonderful exhibition. Rhianydd will produce a design for the Table of Honour. She will also be teaching Bride and Groom modelling workshops on the Friday and Sunday and another class on the Saturday, topic tbc For more information visit Squires Kitchen |
| NIACE Inspire Tutor Awards Rhianydd was delighted to be nominated for an award in the prestigious Niace Inspire Adult Learners Awards 2009 for her Sugarcraft classes with Rhondda Cynon Taff adult education. She attended a prize giving at the Rhondda Heritage Park. |
| Rhianydd with Lynnette El-Khatib, Head of Adult Learning at Rhondda Cynon Taf Council |
| Sugarcraft Classes This year the classes are more popular than ever before, with a range of classes being taught at our studio, and a number of classes out and about around Rhondda Cynon Taff for Adult Education. All details can be found on our classes section of the website. Rhianydd is also branching out into weekend workshops in Milton Keynes for students living further afield. |
| Bella & Edwards Wedding Cake Are you a fan of Twilight? I was delighted to be asked to make a display wedding cake inspired by "Breaking Dawn" the upcoming Twilight film . The cake was displayed as a photo opportunity for attendees at Eternal Twilight 4, a Massive Events Twilight Convention held 22-24th October 2010 in Birmingham. The cake accompanied a Top Table created for the Cullens and Swans for which I also created the floral displays. The celebrities present at the event were: Chaske Spencer (Sam Uley); Leah Gibson (Nettie); Gil Birmingham (Billy Black); BooBoo Stewart (Seth); Julia Jones (Leah); Bronson Pelletier (Jared) and Charlie Bewley (Demetri) |
| Rhianydds version of Bellas Birthday cake from the film |
| Now Available! Gift Certificates for Studio Courses Know someone interested in Sugarcraft? Why not buy them a gift certificate for a Birthday. Click this link to be taken to the page The new course list is now online, but new dates are always being added. |
| Original Cake Design (C) Copyright Dragons & Daffodils Cakes 2010 |
| Hallowhedon fun I was delighted to be asked to create 20 pumpkin designs on 10 pumpkins for the Halloween party at www.massiveevents.co.uk "Hallowhedon 2" held Halloween weekend at the Thistle, Heathrow, London. Celebrity guests included: Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy) Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Dollhouse, Dodgeball) Jewel Staite (Firefly, Stargate Atlantis) Stephanie Romanov (Angel) Robin Sachs (Buffy) The pumpkins went down a storm, with the guests wandering round the tables to see all the designs. Here are some of them Thanks to GilesG Photography for the amazing pictures (large photograph by Andrew Murray) |
| Baby Dragon Tutorial Now available on the Tutorial page of the website Only £5 to download the PDF format Tutorial. With 59 colour photographs of the steps and stages to help you re-create our popular baby sleeping dragon |
| We will be at the following Bridal Fayres: Buckland Hall Bridal Fayre 23rd January 2011 11am - 2pm Buckland Hall, Bwlch, Brecon Beacons Powys, Wales, LD3 7JJ +44 (0)1874 730330 Miskin Manor Bridal Fayre 30th January 2011 11-4pm Free entry Miskin Manor Country Hotel and Health Club, Miskin, Nr Cardiff, CF72 8ND Ring to book a consultation at one of the Shows, or to reserve your date and choose your design later. |
| *Latest Wedding Availability Update* We now have quite a few weekends in 2011 which are now full. If you know you would like Dragons & Daffodils Cakes to make your cake, but you are unsure of the design, we have a Date Reservation system where you may pay £75 (which comes off the cost of your cake) and reserve the date and delivery for your wedding and can then choose your design later, by an agreed date. Click here for a Date Reservation Form, or ring/email us. Payment can be made on the Ordering/Reserving Date page |
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| "Exhibition mini classes revealed! As a subscriber to the Squires Kitchen newsletter, you are the very first to find out the mini classes taking place at Squires Kitchen’s Exhibition next March. Click here to see the list and to enter, but be quick – we have limited spaces on these classes and they fill up fast. These special two-hour classes are the ideal place to pick up skills while you’re at the show with top names in the industry. Learn floral skills with Alan Dunn, model with expert Rhianydd Easton and sugar artist Carlos Lischetti, decorate cookies with Vivian Lee and much more." (Taken from the Squires Kitchen Mailing List January 2011) Squires Kitchen Exhibition Miniclasses |
| Exciting new move! We are delighted to announce that we are in our new premises. It is 14a Market Street, Pontypridd, RCT CF37 2ST. In Market Square. The Grand Opening Evening is 6-9pm 13th May 2011. If you would like to keep up to date with the latest news, follow our facebook page. Dragons & Daffodils on Facebook We look forward to sharing the photographs of the new larger shop. |
| Entrance hall and stairway leading up to the shop floor. |
| The cake for Enrique Iglesias We are very excited to announce that on the 10th of June 2011 we were commissioned to make a cake for Enrique Iglesias. Visit this link to read more |
Were you at the Eisteddfod this year? You may have seen our three massive 18" cakes that we made for Mencap Cymru. We were delighted to be asked again to make cakes for them and the photograph is a little snippit of the detail on one of the cakes. |
| Radisson Blu 2nd Birthday Celebrations We were thrilled to be asked to create the cake for the Radisson Blu hotel in Cardiff. Freshbaked PR organised a fantastic evening of entertainment including the jukebox Juniors performing at the event alongside a choir and other musical acts, Stilt walkers, Fire eaters and men in blue morph suits greeted the party goers. Pictured here is Sally Hughes, general manager of the Radsson Blu with our cake. |
| Baker Boys BBC1Wales Thursdays Did you watch Baker Boys with Eve Myles on BBC1 Wales? Did you see our cakes. We produced a range for the filming of the show and have popped a few photographs onto our Facebook page for you to see Click here to see |
| Cake for Nathan Cleverly We were thrilled to be asked to create a cake for WBO lightweight his 25th birthday and upcoming fight to retain his title. Good luck Nathan! and thank you to the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena for asking us to make the cake |
| Dragons & Daffodils Cakes have moved 2012 saw great changes in my personal life and I have now moved the business back home so that I am there for my two wonderful children. The production of cakes will be unaffected as I am still subject to visits from the Environmental Health Officers, Trading Standards, Health & Safety and all the important checks that ensure you obtain your cake from a trusted source. The business started from home in July 1999 and moved as the business grew. As I now run the business half wedding cakes and half classes, the premises is no longer needed. In fact, it made being a good Mother there for my children very difficult. This means I can be there for them and still continue with my love for all things cake. I have found wonderful larger premises for the classes in Pantygraigwen Road Community Centre, Pontypridd. |
child in their first week, I still have my S4C Badge. We were delighted to be commissioned to make the 170 cupcakes as part of their birthday celebrations |