Happy Monday Dotties! Are you enjoying our Red Issue – all things red and so perfect for a February or Valentines Day wedding.

Take some time to peruse at our Polka Dot Directory to plan your wedding and choose vendors from Catering,  to Pre Marriage Services, we have Menswear and Wedding Gown Services – we even have Wedding Gowns and Hair & Beauty.

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With a chef’s qualification Lauren of Blue & Ruby Cake Art is skilled at creating cakes with “big flavours, bold textures and contemporary design” from scratch in her purpose built commercial kitchen in Melbourne. Semi naked cakes or those with buttercream or fondant are her specialty, as well as sweet treats such as chocolate tarts, cupcakes, meringue kisses or personalised cookies (think Chai spiced vanilla or raspberry to name a couple) to create a dessert table or delight your guests with an edible favor to take home. Choose from cake flavours such as Buttermilk cake + spiced rhubarb + candied pumpkin seeds or Dark choc cake + honeycomb or Lemon zest cake + blueberry jam and multiple flavours in the sweetest little dessert cups such as Oreo crunch + white chocolate mousse or Passionfruit cheesecake. We could keep raving but check out these lovely sweet treats via her website.

We asked Lauren of Blue & Ruby Cake Art five questions in five minutes:

Weddings are the best to work on because….
They are day filled completely with love! The anticipation is high, and us vendors know we are part of something that has been well planned, thought of and means so much to the couple. It’s so satisfying being part of a bigger group of vendors, even when we often don’t even meet each other!

What is something people would be surprised to know about your job or something that challenges you about your job?

That cake delivery is a highly stressful job! Us cake makers are super skilled at delivering very tall, heavy cakes, often in challenging weather conditions (the height of summer? Extra stressful). At blue & ruby cake art we bake and structure our cakes to ensure they are delivered safely. I love walking away from a gorgeous cake table with your wedding cake standing tall and proud, and just as you imagined it to be.

What is it about the creative process that you most enjoy?
That every cake is unique. We love capturing the essence of a couple’s wedding day, and turning this into an edible piece of art.

What are you hilariously bad at?
Singing! I absolutely love to sing and dance – 80’s pop is my go-to – yet you can hear dogs barking a mile away when I belt out a tune!

When you were small what did you dream of being and where have those dreams taken you?
Growing up, I wanted to be a chef. My mum taught me how to cook, and I just loved following a recipe to create sweet treats. I left high school and took up a chef’s apprenticeship, and guess what? I hated it! Long hours, tough working conditions, and a very anti-social lifestyle. I’m so proud that I followed my dream, even though it was short-lived, and that I’ve come full circle and I’m baking again x

Visit Blue & Ruby Cake Art’s pages to find out more about our Vendor Of The Week.

Blue & Ruby Cake Art is a member of the Polka Dot Directory.