May Cakeup: Retro themed cakes at Two Before Ten, Aranda

For those that hadn't heard, following the renovations at the Canberra Labor Club in the city, the popular Two before Ten was forced to relocate. Enter Chris Dennis and his fabulous idea to turn a bunch of derelict suburban shops in Aranda into a much cooler community hub with a coffee shop, a library, a bar and eventually even a pizzeria!

As it turns out, the outdoor area of the cafe turned out to be a perfect choice for our retro themed may cakeup! With the coffee theme already covered, we were forced to put our thinking caps on. Eventually we decided that retro/childhood cakes would suit the Two Before Ten atmosphere perfectly.

We had an amazing turnout of women's weekly kids cakes as well as other old school delicious treats and as usual we were very impressed with the effort all our bakers went to. 

It was a very 'blast from the past' afternoon, with an epic 'dolly varden cake', an iced vovo tart and even a typewriter! Thanks to all our bakers, guest and of course Two Before Ten for hosting us! 

March Cakeup 2015 - Stars and Stripes

Who remembers the enormous pineapple cheesecake from our January Cakeup? Yes, you remember - the one with the pineapple leaves sitting on top? That was made by Grant - the owner of Smoque, Canberra who generously let us host our March Cakeup at his restaurant in Woden!

And what better theme than "stars and stripes"? We had it all, from New York Cheesecakes to Captain America decorated cakes, to coca cola brownies, to Reese's Peanut Butter cakes. As usual, our bakers went over and above with their creations. To every single one of you: you are amazing!

We'll let the photos do the talking because there is really not much else to say!

Photos are once again courtesy of Avon Dissanayake of Sparkling Wedding Photography who has been snapping photos at all our recent cakeups. Avon and Imalka just do the cakes so much justice with their amazing photography!

Thank you once again to Smoque for hosting us, Avon for the photos and of course to all of our cake clubbers!

Tickets for our April cakeup are live already and can be purchased here: it'll be a pink themed cakeup and all profits will be going to Breast Cancer Network Australia supporting Jo and Ginny on their 350km bike ride from Vietnam to Cambodia!

January 2015 Cakeup - Pineapple

Happy New Year cake lovers! May this be a sweet and delicious year for you all!

We started 2015 with an event at one of our favourite places in Canberra- Eighty/Twenty Food in Braddon. Having a cakeup at a restaurant that focuses on healthy and wholesome food may be a little cheeky of us but in our defence, Eighty/Twenty Food does believe in the occasional indulgence (hence the twenty part in the 80/20 philosophy) so we like to think it wasn't all that cheeky. Plus the theme for our event was pineapple and fruit = healthy, right?

The pineapple theme was suggested to us by Australian American Association of Canberra to go along with their "Aloha! Canberra" theme for this years National Multicultural Festival. It's summer and who doesn't like pineapple so we jumped right in thinking it was a great idea. We were proved right by our fantastic bakers who created some pineapple themed masterpieces for our event. A special thank you must go to Alicia Doherty, the president of Australian American Association for making this the most colourful and festive cakeup to date.

The photos you are about to see are by Avon Dissanayake of Sparkling Wedding Photography who has been very generous in giving us his time and skills to photograph our events throughout last year. Enjoy and next time you are at a cake club event make sure to say hi to Avon if you are interested in event photography. 

A big thank you to Eighty/Twenty Food for hosting our first cakeup of the year at their gorgeous space. 

Stay tuned cake lovers, details of our next event will be announced on Facebook and Twitter any day now! 

November Cakeup - Coffee

We ended Canberra Cake Club's first year with a bang. A true bang. And that is mainly thanks to you cake clubbers. Without our cake clubbers, there would be no cakeups, no cake, no socialising and in all honesty - no FUN!

The past year has been a big one for Canberra Cake Club and we owe a huge thanks to all of the venues that have allowed us to eat cake and socialise at their venues and to all our support people especially Avon for helping out with photography and Bec for providing props.

Our final cakeup was held at the gorgeous The Cupping Room and although torn between a Christmas and coffee theme we decided for coffee to remain true to our venue. As usual our bakers came up with some pretty amazing creations!

The photos pretty much speak for themselves so go ahead and enjoy!

Cheers to a successful year of cakeups and many more to come!

A huge thank you to Ona Coffee and The Cupping Room for hosting our final cakeup of the year!