Thursday, March 18, 2021

Where To Find Flower & Fruit Cakes For Birthdays & Easter plus pot plants, Prosecco with chocolates, novelty cakes, halal cakes, kosher wine and vegan cakes




Cake For My Birthday sent from Little Flower Hut. (Back view.)

Cake for my birthday sent from Little Flower Hut. Front view of cake.

The flower arrangement which I was sent for my birthday was cake shape and had candles spelling happy bday (sic). 

The cake was ordered in London and sent to Singapore (not sent from London - the money paying for the gift was sent from London but the flower arrangement was made and delivered from Singapore). 

For birthdays in London finding flowers is easy. Pop into your nearest Tesco or Marks & Spencers and you will find a wonderful selection of flowers, plus chocolates and wines. 
 You can get novelty cakes off the shelves of supermarkets and order cakes online from local supermarkets.

Now that London is in lockdown, we are sending gifts from London to Singapore by websites and from Singapore to London from websites. I have been looking at what is available in London, the USA and Singapore and here are some of my discoveries. You will find something similar for other countries from Amazon and international suppliers.

Flower 'Cake' showing plate. The lasting keepsake plate is good.

I now know from other websites that flowers should not be under a fan, and that they like a little refreshing mist.

Fruit cake and Forever Flowers

Ferns and Petals sells a fruit cake which comes with a separate square box containing three preserved purple roses which they say will last up to 2 years.

They helpfully provide an online guide to flower care.

Price $128 (on their website in March 2021). Delivery charge?

I always send a picture of the gift to the donor (with my thanks) on the day the item arrives. Mostly they are notified of delivery by the delivery company or the retailer. The donor will be anxiously waiting to hear if the gift arrived safely, was what they ordered and if you like it.

If there's something wrong, let them know, so that they can immediately get a replacement or refund from the seller.

Easter Cake

You can have a box or roses with berry tart cake. Only 59 Singapore dollars. But watch out for cakes which are one person size like a piece of cake you would get in a coffee bar, about twice the size of a muffin. If you are expecting a full size cake to feed four of more or to last all week and get a one portion cake you could be disappointed. However, for somebody on a diet this might be just right, a one person one meal treat, not too many calories, with the longer lasting roses.

Dried lemon slices, though the website warns they (are brittle and) might arrive broken.

https://shopee.sg/.-Cake-Decorating-Dried-Lemon-Pc-Dessert-Table-Cake-Ornaments-Small-Fresh-Fruit-Cake-Ol60-i.269507527.8705115569 Under r dollars, to decorate cakes..

https://www.fnp.sg/gift/box-of-roses-with-berry-tart-cake?pos=12

Bob the baker makes a cake with a strawberries and cream filling suitable for diabetics. Also low sugar ranges. Delivery charges are under ten Singapore dollars and free if the order is over $150 dollars.

Orchid in pots from Little Flower Hut from 68 Singapore dollars.


Useful Websites

Singapore

Flowers, cakes with flowers and gifts, and sugarfree cakes and halal cakes. 

www.littleflowerhut.com

https://www.fnp.sg/gift/fruit-cake-purple-forever-roses

https://www.fnp.sg/article/flower-care-guide

https://www.facebook.com/fnpsingapore?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

https://bobthebakerboy.com/faq#dessert_table

Halal from Primadeli and many others

https://www.facebook.com/primadeli/videos/126691189368336

UK

Chocolates and Roses or other flowers from about 21 pounds sterling including delivery, with lots at about thirty pounds. Also hampers

https://www.bunches.co.uk/category/birthday-flowers-and-gifts

Prosecco and roses from 45 pounds sterling.

Also letterbox flowers (delivered flat packed), 

An orchids and pot plants.


Cakes today has loads of luridly coloured cakes for all sorts of occasions, including Diwali, Eid and Mubarak. And same day delivery, and party in a box. Vegan cakes.

https://www.facebook.com/cakestodayco



From cakes today


UK Kosher Cakes In London

Novelty cakes, dozens of designs, chollah (bread) in various designs, photo cakes. Novelty cakes include football,  other sports, car license (number) plate 55 pounds, chess board, doctor, graduation, engagement, wedding, baby, laptop 90 pounds, bar mitzvah and Jewish religious themes.

https://www.grodz.co.uk/photo-cakes/novelty-cakes?page=1

https://www.kosherwine.co.uk/gift-ideas-c127/hampers-gift-boxes-c181

USA

https://www.facebook.com/BloomNation/

https://www.bloomnation.com/florist/leavenworth-floral-and-gifts/happy-happy-birthday-cake/

$49.99 US dollars.

Happy happy birthday flower design in 'cake' shape to order though Bloomnation, USA.

DIY FRESH FLOWERS ON CAKES

3 Ways to Add Fresh Flowers to a Cake - wikiHow


About the Author

Angela Lansbury is a British author who has lived in the USA.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.

Angela Lansbury teacher of English (advanced and English as a Second Language or English as a Foreign Language, French and other languages, aspiring polyglot.

Angela Lansbury, author and speaker. Member of many toastmasters  speaker training clubs and speaking contest judge.

Angela Lansbury, the author of 20 books including Wedding Speeches & Toasts, and Quick Quotations, has lived in the USA, Spain and Singapore. 
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