So yesterday was my final day of a three month internship at a central London based PR firm. The firm specialises in food & drink, wellbeing, health, lifestyle & beauty.
Luckily enough my position was firmly in the food & drink team, a huge bonus for a foodie like me!
I had very little idea of what to expect from this internship having never really considered PR as a career path till fairly recently, but it was an amazing experience and I learnt so much.
My working life the past three months!
Not only did I learn so much but the area in which the firm is based is Soho. Soho is now definitely one of my favourite areas of London. It is close to everything, has a vast array of restaurants and cafes plus best of all… there are tons of gluten free and other free from choices left right and centre! I will definitely be making numerous trips back up to Soho to eat out and shop for free from goodies!
Of course my internship wouldn’t have been half as enjoyable without the people at the firm who helped me out so much. CCD PR is a relatively small firm with less than twenty workers, so it was nice to get to know everyone who worked there. Consequently, when my final week arrived I started to think how much I would miss everybody I had got to know and felt it was only right to provide them with a gift to show my appreciation!
I initially considered just baking some of my white chocolate & cranberry cookies or a lovely cake but the long hours I have with my commute to London just didn’t make it feasible. So instead I went in search of a friendly bakery to do the work for me!
Funnily enough another member of the team at CCD has a gluten intolerance as well as a dairy intolerance so I decided for her sake and my own (I wanted cake too!) that I would search for a London based free from bakery.
I decided after much deliberation to opt for The Rebel Bakery! The Rebel Bakery is a small company that I have known about for quite a while now yet never consumed any of their baked goods. Their website is incredibly eye catching, definitely head over there if you haven’t already it will completely draw you in!
All cakes at The Rebel Bakery are gluten free and actually all seem to contain a veggie as one of the ingredients in them, often courgette or carrot. The selection of flavours is vast (click here to see the range), from strawberries & cream to apple pie, chocolate orange to blueberry. You really should check them out, they even do a gluten free
fancy a gluten free cake and burger at the same time?! Now you can!
cupcakes that look like burger and flake 99 ice creams!
On this occasion I just wanted a nice selection of different flavoured cupcakes that were not only gluten free but dairy free too. Not all cake flavours at The Rebel Bakery are dairy free but the vast majority are. The dairy free cupcakes come with a different type of icing which doesn’t contain butter, instead the icing is made with egg whites this is actually an amazing idea and makes the icing much, much lighter than the heaviness of butter cream. It almost has a sticky, soft marshmallow consistency!
So with the help of the amazing Lucy at The Rebel Bakery I arranged to get delivered the following day x6 Lemon Burst, x6 Strawberries and Cream & x6 Chocolate Kisses cupcakes. Not only was Lucy incredibly helpful when I was making my selection, The Rebel Bakery deliver direct to you door across the entirety of London – this was perfect for me on this occasion!
My delivery!
So yesterday at about 11am 3 beautifully presented boxes turned up with 18 amazing cupcakes inside! I almost forgot to say I asked The Rebel Bakery to write on the cupcakes “Thank You CCD”, this was such a lovely personal touch that was totally appreciated. It really felt that no job was too big or too small for the folk at The Rebel Bakery!
The whole office were really chuffed with the delivery and a overwhelming ‘tea and cake’ vibe flooded the office. Obviously 99% of the office can eat both gluten and dairy and this made absolutely no difference. The only word I could hear amongst the munching of cake & the slurping of tea was…DELICIOUS!
The strawberries & cream cake was a massive hit with the strawberry jam centre oozing out, similarly the raspberry filling in the chocolate kisses cupcake was a huge hit. Of course the lemon cake was a certain winner too, who doesn’t like a bit of lemon cake?! The cakes all had a wonderfully soft and fresh texture and the smell of fresh baking was apparent as soon as the boxes arrived. We were going out for a leaving lunch a couple of hours later but this certainly didn’t deter the cake consumption!
As I have said already, what I found the nicest about these cakes really was the icing. I have to say I am a huge fan of butter icing, (having had a free from red velvet cupcake earlier in the week courtesy of the Hummingbird Bakery which blew my mind) but butter icing is incredibly rich and often is a bit too sickly I find. Also just as a side note, when I say butter icing I mean ‘margarine icing’, I never use actual butter and instead using a dairy free alternative spread.
But as I was saying, the icing on these cakes is incredibly light and doesn’t fill you up in any way… it just tastes really delicious! So delicious in fact that I am tempted to try and make the icing myself for when I next bake at home!
Strawberries and Cream Gluten and Dairy Free Cupcakes!
So in conclusion I guess, the cakes went down amazingly! They were thoroughly enjoyed by all and I was thoroughly pleased with the service The Rebel Bakery gave me too.
It is great to hear that they are now being stocked in Harrods so if you are ever in that area of London you can pop down and try one. Or if your not in that area of London, I suggest making a special trip over there anyway!
As I mentioned, The Rebel Bakery deliver all across London however you can contact that directly for other delivery options beyond this.
So whether it’s cupcakes, a birthday cake or even a wedding cake The Rebel Bakery is a great place to consider. I really cannot wait to order my next batch of cupcakes… this time maybe all for me! Whether you are intolerant to gluten or dairy or not intolerant to anything at all these cakes really will delight!
Massive thank you to The Rebel Bakery for making my last day at CCD PR even better!
Thanks for reading,
Becky xx
