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Hi, I'm Liz (AKA Bu), welcome to BuBakes - thanks for stopping by!
As a (fully insured and 5* hygiene rated!) cake designer, here's a little about who I am and what I do...
Based in Chelmsford, Essex I'm a passionate and persistent soul, who is ridiculously happy when up to her eyes in fondant and frosting. I love designing bespoke cakes to give people something to suit their exact needs, adding an extra bit of awesomeness to their occasion!
I am delighted to have won various awards, recently being crowned the Prestige Awards 2023/24 cake designer of the year for London and the South East. I was also a 2024 finalist in the Essex Wedding Awards and the Wedding Industry Awards.
My cakes have featured in Wedding Ideas Magazine, Cake Decorating Heaven Magazine and (the globally published!) Cake Masters Magazine .
Furthermore, over the past few years you may have me at various food festivals. Getting to travel the country and give baking demos, while sharing how baking is fundamental for my wellbeing, is a privilege.
Based in Chelmsford, Essex I'm a passionate and persistent soul, who is ridiculously happy when up to her eyes in fondant and frosting. I love designing bespoke cakes to give people something to suit their exact needs, adding an extra bit of awesomeness to their occasion!
I am delighted to have won various awards, recently being crowned the Prestige Awards 2023/24 cake designer of the year for London and the South East. I was also a 2024 finalist in the Essex Wedding Awards and the Wedding Industry Awards.
My cakes have featured in Wedding Ideas Magazine, Cake Decorating Heaven Magazine and (the globally published!) Cake Masters Magazine .
Furthermore, over the past few years you may have me at various food festivals. Getting to travel the country and give baking demos, while sharing how baking is fundamental for my wellbeing, is a privilege.
Speaking of wellbeing, BuBakes is more than just a business. It was created in 2014 when I suffered a breakdown and discovered that decorating cakes eased symptoms of my anxiety and depression. BuBakes became both my job and a form of daily therapy for me, I am exceptionally fortunate to be able to say that I love going to work every morning!
I do still battle with my mental health, and I am proud to stand up and say so. Alongside my mental health based baking demos, BuBakes' blog contains posts that are dedicated to raising awareness of mental health. I'm particularly proud of one specific post (What's going on in there...), which was endorsed by Stephen Fry. Mr Fry described it as "A fine articulation of what it's like to live with anxiety. Written for sufferers and non-sufferers", and quite frankly, I'm clearly not going to argue with him!
Please enjoy having a nose around my website. If you have any questions or would like to work with me and create your own cakey masterpiece, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
All the very best
Liz (Bu) x
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BuBakes is committed to reducing the stigma attached to Mental Health, and personally donates 25p for every order received to MIND. This is kindly matched by three generous supporters, meaning a £1 donation is made per order. If you would like to find out more about MIND, or make a donation you can do so here. |
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