Genuine Cakes of Hatch End has a most attractive display in the window, constantly changing, so if you are near Hatch End do stop to have a look. (Free parking in the Broadway alongside and if that's full, 20p an hour in the car park.)
I was looking for a Xmas present and this caught my eye - a cake slicer cum server with a heel turning it into a high heel shoe (mid heel actually). You could display it on the dining table or sideboard or in a nicely lit glass cabinet like the one in the window of the shop. Lovely for an engagement party or wedding.
When I went in to ask the price, I was shown that the heel is a detachable magnet. Even better, a bonus, you can present the cake slice in three ways.
1 under the heel. 2 under the toe with the cake slice supported upside down. 3 With the magnet on top of the handle where it i most easily seen. (You can just spot the tiny circular magnet if you look at it this way up - and demonstrate it to your guests.
The box has an illustration on the back so if you give it to somebody for Xmas or a birthday or engagement or wedding, and you are not there to explain and demonstrate, they can read the box.
This is definitely something for the girl, boy, man,women, trainee chef, patisserie enthusiast who likes making or serving cakes.
If you are passing the shop, look in the window or go in to see it. If live nearby and want it for Xmas, rush to get it. Their other branch is a small but permanent kiosk in Watford near the Apple store, at the John Lewis end of the Harlequin indoor shopping mall (now renamed Intu - which seems less memorable and does not have the symbol).
At £25 it was beyond my budget, but I am sure many people will see it and want it straight away.
I did a search on line, and if you want a different design of heel, such as a zebra, (I prefer the diamond) and a cheaper price - even including gift wrap, and don't mind waiting for delivery. Yes, you can have it delivered and make a cake at home. Or pop along to genuine cakes and buy the cake slice and have a piece of cake while you are shopping. They sell small cakes, too.
As their sign says, they offer free cake samples, (come times they are outside the shop offering a teeny taste, usually one variety - but on Hatch End special days several shops offer bite size samples of food, with flavours or products changing every hour as you will discover if you walk up and down in both directions. You can also order cakes online. Go to cake decorating classes. And they have kids cupcake parties.
Cake and Prosecco bar on the upper mall at Intu, Watford.
genuinecakes.co.uk
info@genuinecakes.co.uk
Tel: 0208 428 8585
Do go to the Genuine Cakes website. It's full of interesting articles and helpful tips. What to do for an outdoor wedding (including providing pashminas for bridesmaids if it gets chilly later in the day in spring and autumn.
And a handy link to a site telling you how to make a braided chollah.
http://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/cooking-tips/article/rosh-hashanah-challah-recipe-and-braiding-tips-from-a-shiksa
Cake servers and novelties:
http://www.poshhippo.com/home-and-garden/wild-heel-cake-server/cake-server-gourmet-glam.htm
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