I was visiting from Edinburgh and while passing some time before my tour of the Victoria Tunnels I…read morepopped into Dreamworld cakes and the cakes that greeted me looked so beautiful and inviting, it was hard to choose but I settled on the strawberry cheesecake and it was heaven!!!

I have been on Yelp for 18 months and this is the first time i have felt it necessary to review a…read morebusiness. Bernadett and Richard have worked as pastry chefs in some pretty swanky places in London and it really shows in the quality of their product (i consider myself a bit of a foodie). One of the few things i found good about being dragged round wedding fairs for months was the guaranteed cake tastings available there; there were some incredible looking cakes that i saw but as soon as my wife and I went to Bernadett's studio, attached to her house, and picked up the first of several slices of cake i knew we would be ordering from them (the fact that they have made hundreds, if not thousands, of cakes over the years compared to a large number of those who have started in this business from being a hobby really did show). As my wife's family were all flying in from Germany we hired our venue for four days and then booked them into nearby hotels afterwards to make a fully week of it, consequently we decided to order a cake that would feed double the number of guests actually there on the wedding day (to ensure that we had tea and cake available in the following week). Bernadett made us a four tier buttercream cake in the German style; much less sweet than a British (actually French patisserie) style cake so there was much less guilt at scoffing it for days afterwards. We had chocolate orange, lemon, vanilla with strawberry and coffee and walnut as the tiers, all were amazingly moist, incredibly tasty and the cake was good for the whole week that it lasted. Having previously looked on the website and seen that they had won a national award for the North East's best wedding cake designer the previous year and were nominated this year (which they now appear to have won again), i was a little scared about the price but pleasantly surprised when it came in at the same as the other people that we had spoken with. Organising our wedding was incredibly stressful at times and the main reason, apart from the product being so good, that i am writing this review is that Dreamworld cakes were hands down the most professional and easy people we dealt with out of any of our suppliers; all communication was promptly and clearly answered and any follow ups from their end, e.g. confirmation of flavours, occurred exactly when we were told it would be (there was NO chasing at any point from our end). Bernadett was the first person on site on the wedding day, even prior to the venue staff, not leaving until full verbal and written instructions had been given, including when to bring the cake out from the chilled room (to ensure the buttercream came to the best temperature for flavour) and when to add the fruit decoration (to ensure it did not start macerating and then leaking juice on the cake);. If all our suppliers to our wedding had been like this it would have been much less stressful and a breeze to organise. NB they also did really reasonably priced and cute wedding favours but we had already organised others so did not order them. The positives: * Incredible product - it really was an amazing tasting cake (by far the best out of many we tried) * Very professional to deal with no having to chase them at any stage * Really good value when i compare the end product with the other numerous tastings we did (and we did a lot of them due to the high number of cake makers at wedding fairs) The negatives: * The website is really pretty and easy to navigate but for the fact that it has extremely low contrast, i have good eyesight and i find it hard to read the text (it should be an easy fix though and doesn't effect the taste) * It is months until my birthday and i cannot find an excuse to order another cake yet!

Remember last year when you promised you would make the effort to be creative and make an elaborate…read morecake for that special occassion? Well, it's that time of year again and you have some spare cash and experimental time in the kitchen at hand. Celebrations which is formerly known as Cooks Corner, has relocated to Team Valley which isn't that hard to find if you are familiar with Gateshead. Here you will find everything you will need to make a masterpiece and if what you want isn't in, they can order it for you. Various colours of marzipan, icing sugar, different powders, pastes and pretty flower cutters are sold here. Your other option is to pretend you bought all of these things and wasted that time in the kitchen. There is a huge range of novelty hand crafted cakes available to buy so you might as well save yourself some time and let the professionals do the hard work. Beautifully crafted cakes are available for any occassion including weddings and christenings. Scrumptiously tasty!

I used this shop for my wedding cake i found the ladies who worked there just before they opened…read morethere shop in Horden. And i have to say from the off they were fantastic we talked for a long time about how i wanted my cake and choose vanilla sponge/chocolate sponge/spice the decoration was amazing and just what i wanted. I have since then ordered two other cakes for birthdays and they were amazing to. When i got married we were trying to do it on the cheap and i just cant get over the standard of these cakes for the price i paid. They are a lot more cheaper than other wedding cake places in the area. There shop is on sunderland road in horden and has a great range of items - cake stands,boards,ribbons,candles,cake toppers. They have many folders laid out for you to get an idea of the cake you would like. In the shop is where the kitchen area is so you can always see the ladies at work cooking and decorating there works of art. Very freindly and helpful staff would recommend to all.

I was literally led to this cute little cake shop in Grainger Market by the sugar sweet scent that…read morewas too irresistible to deny. As my eyes feasted on all the cakes, cupcakes and tray bakes, my taste buds called out for some spongy goodness. I couldn't very well say no to a cupcake and certainly not to a red velvet one at that; so out with a few bob and off I was with a cupcake for myself and one for the bf. Both of the cakes were frosted really well and the vanilla cupcake was topped with some retro sweets. The cake itself was not too sweet with a good taste of cocoa but it was not as moist as I would have liked (may have because I went late afternoon). The frosting mixture was solid, managing to stay put for a 30 min wonder through town but it was a little too strong on the sugar for me. As a whole, the cupcake was still super tasty (bf scoffed his down so the vanilla cupcake has a thumb of approval) and was at a reasonable price. You could tell that the lovely lady in the shop was passionate about baking and ensured the highest quality expected from a local business by informing me with a friendly smile that the goodies are baked daily on site! Inside the brightly coloured store, you can see all the clean baking equipment used and the rows of different goodies behind a glass counter with 3 scrumptious loooking cakes in cake stands on top. This pattiserie also serves drinks and has standing tables decorated with pinecorns outside of the store itself. I'm seriously considering returning next time earlier on in the day when I'm in town to get me some of the divine looking brownies and a big box of cupcakes! Hopefully then I can give a 5-star rating. For now, my sweet tooth is 100% satisfied.

Gorgeous cupcakes! Specially made, and very intricate and tasty!!read more

The way Posh go about there business is professional and personal offering experienced advice,…read moreincluding saving us money ( now thats a first in the wedding industry ! ). The chair covers were as described 'top quality' and they had every colour imagineable in the sashes and a very classy range of centrepieces. The husband and wife team personally set up our weding reception room themselves with one of there staff. The result was flawless and to open the door into the room initially was breathtaking. I would highly recommend them for quality,price and for being genuineley nice people.

Beautiful place for a wedding. There is a chapel right on site and part of the main hall. Then…read morethey have large rooms for reception including a dance hall with a beautiful nice bar. Food was good. They offered up chicken or fish options for the formal family reception. Later came a bbq buffet for the larger less formal dance for the extended friends. A 60s band played (mostly Stones and Beatles) for part of the evening as well. Behind the hall is a small pond. With lots of ducks and geese. Great place for sitting and also family photos. There is a golf club on site as well. Overall great event location in a beautiful setting.

Grand , Beautiful , Charming , Full of Character, this place is the jewel in the crown of north…read moreeast wedding venues and has to be seen to be appreciated , having only been in the wedding reception business a few year it has done well to take up so many booking so fast and still remain a one-wedding-a-day venue and avoid the conveyor belt menatility of some of the other leading venues. The only downside - you will probably never want to leave ! and as a photographer there is too much choice ! Andrew Davies Photography. http://www.andrew-davies.com

This is a luxury place to eat, drink and stay. In April i had the opportunity to spend two nights…read moreat this luxurious hotel whilst attending a wedding, the place itself is very hard to find and is in the middle of nowwhere but set in very beautiful grounds. The staff are very friendly. The rooms themselve, we had a very big bed, nice size room and jacuzzi in the bathroom. The food at the wedding was extremely good as you would imagine as was the breakfast a very large and enjoyable meal. Highly recommend but be warned very expensive.