August is a very quiet month for most businesses, especially the small ones like us! As we have two schools within minutes of our shop, once they all go off on their holidays, things get pretty quiet on our street! Usually we use this time to take a break and we shut up shop for a week-ish, as many of the other businesses on our street do too. However as we are so busy this year on the weekends, with lots of hen parties to celebrate and weddings to cater for, we will still have to be here on weekends, so this rules out us closing for a week or two – so as we did last year, for all the same reasons, we will only be opening on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in August. We will therefore be closed all Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in August.  Normal hours will resume again on Friday September 1st. However we will still be around, we use this time to of course have a rest, but we also do some cleaning and some decorating and make sure everything here is ship shape and up to date! so if you have any queries, you want to order or book something, please do still call us and leave a message or email us, we will be checking emails daily so send us your requests! Thank you for your patience and understanding and we look forward to all the cake filled weekends in August and seeing you there! xxxx

Just to make it really simple – these are dates we are open in August….

FRIDAYS – 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th August – 12pm-6pm

SATURDAYS – 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th August – 10am-6pm

SUNDAYS – 1st, 8th,15th, 22nd, 29th August – 2pm-6pm

Normal hours resume on Friday September 3rd 2010.

Here’s some pictures from a lovely hen we had last weekend – Jo and her creative hens did a knitting workshop at bake-a-boo with the lovely Claire of make.do.mend followed by a delightful afternoon tea party, where some of the hens carried on knitting! the girls were all dressed in the cutest dresses and all in all it was a very civilised affair! Congratulations to Jo xx

Thank you to Claire for the lovely pictures!

If you would like to find out more about our creative hen parties click here

We had a fabulous evening last Wednesday at the Tricycle Cinema where we joint hosted a ‘cupcakes and cocktails’ evening before a screening of the new Sex and the city 2 film.

All 300 guests enjoyed cosmopolitans and kir royals served by the Tricycle bar and a cosmopolitan cupcake from bake-a-boo. We then got the watch the film too, and despite the bad reveiews there was lots of laughter and cheers all round.

I wore my favourite pink shoes to match the cupcakes, but there were far more girls dressed way more fabulously than me for the occassion – it was a great atmosphere, a truly girly evening. We have really enjoyed working with the Tricycle theatre and hope to work with them again soon.

We are celebrating the release of Sex and the city 2 in full force at bake-a-boo! We are hosting some fun events in collaboration with the Tricycle cinema – THE place to watch the film! As well as our exclusive Sex and the city themed afternoon tea, which runs from the 28th May-27th June (details can be found here), we are hosting the following events to get you in the Sex and the City spirit! All events must be booked at paid for in advance – please call us, or the Tricycle (according the guidance for each event) to book your place.

Sunday 30^th May

Sex and the city tea party at bake-a-boo

Book to enjoy the Sex and the city afternoon tea at bake-a-boo between 4pm and 6pm, where we will be projecting some of the old favourite episodes all afternoon, and we will have our fabulous dressing up box open to all for the duration of the afternoon for added glamour! Then catch the 8pm showing of the film at the tricycle cinema, and enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or soft drink in the Tricycle bar before the film.

Tickets are priced at £30 per person and include the Sex and the city afternoon tea experience at bake-a-boo, as well as your cinema ticket and complimentary drink at the Tricycle cinema. Tickets must be booked in advance through bake-a-boo.

Please call the bake-a-boo to book this event on

Wednesday 2^nd June

Cocktails and cupcake gala evening at the Tricycle cinema

Enjoy this exclusive gala evening at the Tricycle with cocktails prepared by the Tricycle bar & bake-a-boo’s cosmopolitan cupcakes at 8:15pm prior to the 8:45pm screening of Sex and the city 2 at the Tricycle Cinema

Tickets are priced at £15 per person and include a cupcake and a cocktail prior to the film as well as the cinema ticket. Tickets for this event must be booked in advance.

Please call the Tricycle to book this event on

We are just soooooo excited about the release of sex in the city 2 on May 28th that we just had to celebrate it in full force! We have several great events lined up to mark this very special occassion. bake-a-boo is known as a girly haven, so it’s the perfect place to pay homage to Carrie, Miranda, charlotte and Samantha. We have teamed up with the Tricycle cinema in NW6 and together we are hosting some great events around the release. (More news on this to follow)…….in the mean time, I’ll tell you about our fabulous Sex and the city themed afternoon tea…. We have revamped our popular afternoon tea at bake-a-boo (as featured in The Times) and given it a Sex and the city twist. We will be running our limited edition and exclusive Sex and the City afternoon tea for one month.

The tea will run from May 28th 2010 (the release date for the film) until June 27th 2010.

As usual this tea must be booked in advance and we take a 50% deposit for all bookings (we can accept payments over the phone for this)

The menu is as follows

• A selection of finger sandwiches
• Scones with jam and cream
• Hot pink iced cosmopolitan cupcakes
• Mini pink glitter brownies
• Pink chocolate dipped strawberries
• Chocolate stiletto shoes
• unlimited tea of your choice
• also served with pink lemonade, served in pink martini glasses!

The tea is served on tiered stands with vintage china and is all laid out for your arrival. All afternoon tea guests will also received a pink shoe printed goody bag filled with treats and exclusive offers from the Tricycle cinema

£18 per person.

Call us on to book your tea. Please quote that you would like to book the Sex and the city afternoon tea when booking with us.

Our two local schools beckford and Emmanuel will be polling stations this thursday – when your off to cast your vote, why not pop into bake-a-boo and cast your vote through cupcakes!! On election day this Thursday 6th May we will have Red, Blue and Yellow cupcakes to represent the three main parties and then a neutral cupcake – come and have to election fun with us and see if our cupcake sales reflect the outcome!! All parties welcome!!! xx

Learn something new with create and do at bake-a-boo – our latest creative workshop is next week!

Monday 26th April – 7pm-9:30pm

Crochet for beginners

With Claire of make do mend

The aims of the class are teach the basics of crochet. There will be no finished item as such, but the participants could aim to finish a simple scarf pattern (which will be included in the worksheets) after the workshop from the knowledge learned.

The course will offer guidance and worksheets on stitch techniques; chain, double crochet, treble and half treble. Some learners may progress further, in which case the tutor will be happy to show variations.

Make.Do.Mend. will supply the hook and a ball of yarn for each participant to take away and continue practice.

£30 per person – Includes all materials. Cake and tea will also be served throughout the workshop

Call to book your place. All workshops must be paid for when booking.

Here are some pictures from our lovely beginners knitting class. Being so close to Easter, the class had a quirky Easter theme and the girls, and guys! knitted cute eggs cosys in chicks and bunnies (so cute!) and some were even glammed up chicks like this one which was embellished with a string of pearls! All the knitters enjoyed tea and cake whilst knitting, and there were moments of complete silence as the concentration levels were so high. We had some complete beginners and some people with some knitting experience and Claire, our lovely knitting teacher is able to cater for all levels. We can’t wait for Claire from make.do.mend to come back for beginners crochet class at the end of the month on the 26th April. We have also collaborated with Claire to offer knitting as part of our hen party packages for the more creative hens!

Happy Knitting (and cake eating) everybody! x

Easter Holiday workshops for children

Book the children onto one of our fabulous workshops and keep them busy for an hour or two, while they get creative with us and did we mention there’s also cake? All workshops must be pre-booked.

Wednesday  7^th April – 3pm-4pm

Easter Holiday children’s cupcake decorating workshop – With Xanthe

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

All materials supplied, as well as sandwiches, mini cakes & a drink – £10 per child

Thursday 8^th April – 2:30pm-4pm

Easter Holiday children’s knitting workshop - With Claire of ‘make do mend’

In this workshop children (8 years +) will learn how to cast on, knit and cast off. They will be able to customise their knitting with buttons, fabrics and pompoms or maybe even transform their knitting into a wonky creature or alien ! They will be able to take home their project along with their needles so they can continue to practice.

All materials supplied, as well as sandwiches, mini cakes & a drink – £15 per child

Friday 9^th April – 3pm-4pm

Easter Holiday children’s ‘Eggstravaganza’ craft workshop – With Xanthe

Enjoy an afternoon getting creative with something we all get through lots of at Easter time…Egg boxes!!! Using egg boxes as well as paints, glue, and lots of fabulous embellishments choose from a range of crafty things that the children will be shown how to make, including animals, creatures, bugs and spring flowers. There’ll be lots of mess but the results will be worth it.

All materials supplied, as well as sandwiches, mini cakes & a drink – £12 per child

Wednesday  14^th April – 3pm-4pm

Easter Holiday children’s cupcake decorating workshop – With Xanthe

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

All materials supplied, as well as sandwiches, mini cakes & a drink – £10 per child

Thursday 15^th April – 3pm-4pm

Easter Holiday children’s ‘Eggstravaganza’ craft workshop – With Xanthe

Enjoy an afternoon getting creative with something we all get through lots of at Easter time…Egg boxes!!! Using egg boxes as well as paints, glue, and lots of fabulous embellishments choose from a range of crafty things that the children will be shown how to make, including animals, creatures, bugs and spring flowers. There’ll be lots of mess but the results will be worth it.

All materials supplied, as well as sandwiches, mini cakes & a drink - £12 per child

All workshops must be booked and paid for in advance, enquire within or call us on

to book your child’s place

Easter Afternoon Tea at bake-a-boo

Enjoy some lovely quality time with family and friends over Easter with our special

Easter afternoon tea at bake-a-boo

Easter Afternoon Tea

A selection of finger sandwiches

Scones with jam and cream

Chocolate cupcakes topped with mini eggs

Mini chocolate chip brownies

Easter simnel cake slices

Chocolate dipped strawberries

Bunny shaped vanilla biscuits

Served with unlimited tea of your choice

All served on vintage china and cake stands filled with fresh daffodils and mini fluffy chicks!

£16.50 per person

Children’s Easter Afternoon Tea

Jam and chocolate spread mini sandwiches

Chocolate cupcakes topped with mini eggs

Bunny shaped vanilla biscuits

Chocolate dipped strawberries

Served with your choice of chocolate milk or apple juice

All served on a cake stand with mini fluffy chicks!

£7 per child (up to 12 years)

The Easter tea is available to book from Monday 29^th March until Friday 9^th April

The tea must be booked in advance and we require a 50% deposit when booking. Please call us on to book your tea with us.

Please note we are closed on Easter Sunday and Monday the 4^th and 5^th of April, but we will be open on good Friday and Saturday the 3^rd April as usual.

Here is all you need to know about Easter at bake-a-boo…..

We have some fabulous Easter inspired workshops for adults and then lots of workshops and fun for the kids in the Easter holidays. We are also offering a special afternoon tea from the 29th March – 9th April which you can book to get you in the mood for Easter and let yourself go chocolate crazy in this indulgent time!

We will be closed on Easter Sunday and Monday the 4th and 5th of April – but we are open as usual on Good Friday and Saturday the 3rd of April.

Here’s the lowdown……

Use Easter and springtime as an excuse to treat yourself and learn something new. Our workshops are hosted by experts in each field and are conducted in the relaxed setting of our tea room, tea and cake is, of course, served throughout each workshop. Go on treat yourself!

Sunday 28^th March – 10am-1pm

Easter knitting for beginners (For adults)

With Claire of ‘make do mend’

The ‘menders are really looking forward to teaching you how to knit cute egg cosies just in time for a whimsical and truly unique Easter gift. A great class for beginners, those who have just started to knit, are rusty or even just fancy making cute cosies to keep their Easter Sunday boiled eggs warm while they take them up to breakfast in bed for a loved one. Learn to knit, purl, cast on, cast off and to make cosies which you can then decorate as you wish, using buttons and embellishments provided.

Tea and cake will be served during the workshop.

£30 per person – All materials and tools will be supplied, as well as refreshments

Wednesday 31^st March – 9:30am-12pm

Easter flower arranging workshop

With Liz Inigo Jones of blue sky flowers

Come a make a floral display for your Easter table and create a small gift for visiting guests. Just bring your green fingers, everything else will be provided including tea and cake

£45 per person - All materials and tools will be supplied for the workshop, as well as tea and cakes

All workshops must be booked in advance and paid for in full at the time of booking

call us on to book your place.

Easter Afternoon Tea at bake-a-boo

Enjoy some lovely quality time with family and friends over Easter with our special

Easter afternoon tea at bake-a-boo

Easter Afternoon Tea

A selection of finger sandwiches

Scones with jam and cream

Chocolate cupcakes topped with mini eggs

Mini chocolate chip brownies

Easter simnel cake slices

Chocolate dipped strawberries

Bunny shaped vanilla biscuits

Served with unlimited tea of your choice

All served on vintage china and cake stands filled with fresh daffodils and mini fluffy chicks!

£16.50 per person

Children’s Easter Afternoon Tea

Jam and chocolate spread mini sandwiches

Chocolate cupcakes topped with mini eggs

Bunny shaped vanilla biscuits

Chocolate dipped strawberries

Served with your choice of chocolate milk or apple juice

All served on a cake stand with mini fluffy chicks!

£7 per child (up to 12 years)

The Easter tea is available to book from Monday 29^th March until Friday 9^th April

The tea must be booked in advance and we require a 50% deposit when booking. Please call us on to book your tea with us.

Please note we are closed on Easter Sunday and Monday the 4^th and 5^th of April, but we will be open on good Friday and Saturday the 3^rd April as usual.

We also have several workshops for children to follow Easter – during the Easter holidays – next post will tell all….

Happy Easter everybody xxx

On Thursday 25^th March  – 7pm-9:30pm, the lipstick and curls girls return to bake-a-boo for a fabulous vintage styling event with a Marilyn Monroe theme……..

‘The Marilyn Look’ Hair & makeup evening with the lipstick & curls girls!

With Amanda & Natasha of

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 Marilyn look that every girl dreams of! This is a fabulously girly evening where the girls will demonstrate all you need to know and you will then have time to practice and perfect the look with guidance from the girls who will share their expertise with you. All whilst enjoying a glass of fizz and yummy cakes, what more could a girl want? Come alone or with a friend. 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 to book your place.

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 – 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 , 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 7^th 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 –

On Thursday 4^th 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

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 to book your place.