Made by Adele - Award winning wedding & occasion cakes

GREAT TASTE AWARDS 2025 🌟🌟🌟 SO proud to announce that for the 3rd consecutive year 2 of my products won awards at the @guildoffinefood Great Taste Awards. My Pistachio, raspberry & rose cake was awarded a very rare 3 ⭐ & 1⭐️ for my espresso, tonka bean & chocolate (tiramisu) cake. Winning 3 years in a row is a huge achievement for a small business, I now proudly have 8 awards to my name! 14300 products were judged by 500+ expert food professionals who meticulously evaluate every product. Only 1.9% of products were awarded 3⭐️ Great Taste is the world’s largest, most trusted food & drink accreditation scheme for artisan & speciality food producers. Great Taste stars are highly respected seals of approval & recognised as a stamp of excellence, actively sought out by food lovers & retailers who value taste above all else. Made by Adele is about TASTE & always has been. Sure, it looks beautiful too, but the eating experience is always at the forefront of my business. Thank you @guildoffinefood for executing an incredible awards programme. I’m so honoured that the industry’s most respected chefs, critics, writers & buyers put me in this sought after category alongside so many other incredible products. Though I entered fewer products this year (to be sensible!) the achievement is no less - it validates that I am consistently producing high quality goods. Historically, businesses achieving awards 3 years in a row achieve a ‘Great Taste producer’ status - a mark of consistency. On a personal note, many of you know I underwent a bilateral surgery on both of my wrists in January following years of suffering with a painful tendon problem. It took 4 months to return to work full time. It has been an incredibly tough process to go through, physically & mentally, for an individual who uses their hands to make a living. So to be able to even enter this year's awards was an achievement in itself, but winning a 3 star award again is the icing on the cake (pun intended). Thank you to my suppliers, everyone who supports me & to you, reader, because you love cake 💛 Link in bio for more!🍰 #greattasteawards #greattaste #greattaste2025 #greattasteawards2025

It’s been so manic here since @guildoffinefood results came out in July that I’ve not really had a moment to share much about my winning products from this year’s Great Taste Awards. Finally finding small windows of time to process the judges comments! The most significant achievement in 4 years of running this crazy cake business is my 3 🌟 winning banana miso caramel & roasted peanut cake. Brown sugar banana sponge, layered with miso caramel all wrapped up in roasted peanut Swiss meringue buttercream. The judges loved it so much that it has been nominated for a Golden Fork Award for England, the winner is announced this Tuesday - eeek! So very grateful to these food experts for taking the time to meticulously evaluate every product and write such detailed feedback. Read on for some snippets taken from the judges comments… “Powerful flavours delicately handled for a knockout punch…” “This is a showstopper and a flavour blaster…” “Flavours are well balanced - everything complements each other beautifully…” “An extremely accomplished and delicious creation…”
“This is simply outstanding…” “Each element is in total harmony with each other…” “It’s all sublime…” 😭😭😭 I’m not crying, you’re crying! . Image credit GFF @tim_johnston_photographer . . . #greattasteawards #greattaste #cheflife #chef #artisanfood #guildoffinefood #misocaramel

SO excited & proud to announce that all 4 products entered won awards at Great Taste Awards 2024. My banana, miso caramel & peanut cake not only won 3⭐️ but has been nominated for a Golden Fork for England. Golden Forks are the Oscars of the Food world, but they keep you hanging as the winners aren’t announced until September 10th! 2⭐️ were awarded for my coconut, yuzu & white chocolate cake & my Earl Grey, bergamot & vanilla cake. 1⭐️ was awarded to my passionfruit, vanilla & white chocolate cake. 14000 products are judged by over 500 expert judges who meticulously evaluate every product. Less than 2% of products were awarded 3⭐️ . 3⭐️ products are judged again, to select 3 nominees for each key country: only 1 wins the Golden Fork for their country. Great Taste is the world’s largest, longest standing, most trusted & respected food & drink accreditation scheme for artisan & speciality food producers. Great Taste stars are highly respected seals of approval & recognised as a stamp of excellence, actively sought out by food lovers & retailers who value taste above all else. Made by Adele is about TASTE & always has been. Sure, I want it to look beautiful too, but enjoying food has always been at the core of my business. Thanks to all the judges & @guildoffinefood for executing an incredible awards programme, enabling tiny businesses like mine to be judged alongside products from all over the world from companies often a million times bigger in size. I’m so honoured that the industry’s most respected chefs, critics, writers & buyers put me in this sought after category alongside so many other incredible products. Since launching in 2020 it’s not been an easy journey. I’ve always been honest about the mental health challenges I’ve faced over years, combined with the pressure & difficulties of running a small business in the current economic climate. Despite this, I’ve managed to reach an achievement that I never thought possible & a clear highlight of my career in food to date. Moments like these are rare & treasured. Thank you to everyone who supports me & to you, reader, because you love cake 💛 Link in bio for more!🍰 #greattasteawards #greattaste

CREATIVE EXPERIENCE. • One of my favourites from last year @hch.events (slowly catching up…) V&A wanted a botanical, tropical vibe so off I went searching for dragonfruit’s (which turned out to be pink inside!), grew some variegated nasturtiums & nigella (Yep) and got all the rest from @nurturedinnorfolk - fire feather, monkey, paradise and snapdragons. I don’t usually do stencils but this one was cool (code for - stressful). • I knew the rough theme they were going for but never spoke to their florist and never got a colour palette image beforehand - I knew from creative experience what would work well for their cake without using toxic flowers & leaves. V&A trusted me to bring their vision to life. It wasn’t until I walked into the room to set up, just how accurately I had captured their brief - with the cake colours blending seamlessly with their flowers by @bbl_floral_design • Unlike some “cake designers” (I use inverted commas because I AM NOT A CAKE DESIGNER) I don’t provide sketches. I work within (sometimes limited!) boundaries and my clients trust me to capture their brief and execute their ideas using my experience and what I think will work. Clients work with me because it’s stress free - leave the details to me. 📸 Last 2 images from @tellyourstory.photography 🍽️ Caterer @vanilla_bean_events #hamptoncourthousewedding #surreywedding #hamptoncourtwedding #surreyweddingcakes #naturalfood

EASTER WEEKEND PRE ORDERS! As per, slow to post! Thanks to everyone who's ordered lots of baked goods for Easter weekend! pre-orders close at the end of Monday 30th March, or earlier if sold out. Pre order on my website, all information is shown on the product page. Limited quantities as usual, first come first served. On the menu: Tiramisu - my favourite ever (alcohol free) Basque cheesecake - always sells out first - everyone else's favourite Chocolate orange mousse cake - a pimped up version of everyone's second favourite Almond frangipane raspberry tart - don't mess with a classic Earl grey bergamot cake - 2* Great Taste Award winner 2024 @guildoffinefood

INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY 2026 I'm sure many of you have been wondering "What is Adele up to for @internationalwomensday_global this year... isn't she leaving it a bit late?" You'd be correct in thinking that 1) I would never let IWD pass without marking it somehow, and 2) I've left it very late. BUT, better late than never, right? This years IWD theme is "Give to gain" - encouraging the mindset of generosity & collaboration. Whilst I don't have a huge amount to give, I *can* give the joy of cake whilst donating some funds, no matter how big or small, to a female led charity that will do more good than the cake will for your waistline. So, I'm hosting an online raffle in aid of @fawcettsociety (a UK charity campaigning for women's rights and gender equality) & will be giving away a postal tasting box (worth £41 (£43 with gift card) to one lucky raffle ticket winner! For details on the postal box, please visit my website. The winner will be contacted by email - you have the option of receiving it yourself or gifting it to a female of your choice. The box will be sent with the next dispatch in late April to any UK address. The winner will be drawn at 8pm on International Women's Day: Sunday 8th March and will be notified via email. I'll also announce the winner on social media channels. Funds will be donated to Fawcett Society. Fawcett Society is a charity campaigning for women's rights & gender equality, creating positive change by challenging the systems that drive misogyny & inequality. Click the link in my bio to enter! Tickets start from £2.50 Share & tag a friend who loves cake! #internationalwomensday #iwd #iwd2026 #givetogain #girlsruntheworld

Ok so I'm clearly not great at capturing video content, nor remembering to not put things in front of the camera (feat @method_uk cleaning spray!), but here's a very sped up live cake build from last autumn (and yes people kept coming to talk to me/ take photos!). You won't see: me dropping a blackberry on the white tablecloth & trying to clean it off, me running back to my car because I forgot to unload the cake board, the massive trolley of stuff I had to wheel past the London eye & also just how sweaty I am 😂 this life is not glamorous! And yes, I am wearing a vintage @waitrose apron circa 2011! @peacock_london . . . #londonwedding #weddingcaketrends #italianweddingcakes #madebyadele #weddingcake

Concerned i haven't posted even half of 2025s weddings and 2026 weddings have already begun 😳 Spring pressed flowers for S&S framed by @fairynuffflowers bouquets @hch.events . . . #weddingcakeideas #londonweddingcakes #surreyweddingcakes #weddingcake #weddingcakes

It's all in the detail. Flavour. Texture. Colour. 100% handmade. 100% no weird stuff. 100% DELICIOUS.

Looking back at some of 2025 to some of the most beautiful venues @thebarnatbotleyhill K&G went for a Black Forest inspired Dark chocolate, cherry & vanilla bean cake and a St. Clements inspired top tier combining bright orange and lemon flavours, enrobed with rice paper sails & gold leaf accents. "Our wedding cake was exceptional. It went above and beyond our expectations and looked and tasted absolutely phenomenal !Adele only uses natural ingredients so everything tastes so fresh and amazing, the design of the cake was also stunning. Adele is friendly and professional as well as a master baker and cake artist. It was eaten and enjoyed by all our guests very quickly! We would highly recommend!" 💛 big love for this! #surreyweddingcake #madebyadele #weddingcakes #weddingcake #botleyhillbarn

@nurturedinnorfolk always brightening up the greyest of days 💛🌼🌸🌺 . . . #madebyadele #pastrychef #edibleflowers #cupcakes #cakes

Italian style single tier cakes were all the rage last year and remaining popular for 2026 - I am ALL here for them. Autumnal fruit for M&G @peacock_london adorning a blackberry bay ruby chocolate and pistachio, rose & raspberry cake. So many more of these to come this year as well as long sheet cakes 🍰 . . . #italianweddingcake #weddingcaketrends #madebyadele #pastrychef #londonwedding