When the pandemic put British wedding cake baker Lucy Burton’s catering business on hold and the restaurants she represented as a PR director closed indefinitely, she realized that if people couldn’t go out to eat cake, she needed to get the cake to them. Working out of her home kitchen, she offered a weekly changing menu of three or four different items — including cakes, brownies, cookies and confectionery. Her customers ordered boxes for themselves but most ordered boxes for others, with Lucy’s handwritten notes saying things like I love you, I miss you, I’m here for you, We will be together again enclosed. Her business grew into something unexpectedly successful and one she plans to continue indefinitely. Says Lucy: “There are so many times in life where work, study, relationship, travel, illness or clashing diaries separate us from those who we love. I hope the recipes and packaging instructions that follow will inspire you to bake and send treats to the loved ones that you can’t see as often as you would like. I think it might surprise you how much it means to them.”
Click on the images below to try six gorgeous recipes from Lucy’s new cookbook Sweet Deliveries that she kindly agreed to share with with readers of Taste&Travel.
