Seasonal Stunner

Konditor & Cook's egg surrounded by red pepper on pizza - visually stunning.

Mini Bakes

Konditor & Cook have mini bake Banana Walnut Corks and Passionfruit Meringue Pies for £1.  Not everyone wants large size pastries and it is still a very healthy price. See our 2011 post on Starbucks Petites http://greatcafes.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/mini-cakes.html

Buy With Your Eyes

 Konditor & Cook at Borough Market - the display above was outside on the street.

Double Loaded

Fudge topped Brownie at Konditor & Cook

Decidedly Dodgy

Definitely not for the kids. Shortbread Jammy Dodgers at Konditor & Cook.

YOLO = You Only Live Once.  DILF you will have to look up for yourself.

Cosmic Hearts

"A fudgey chocolate hazelnut cake enrobed in marzipan and chocolate fondant, decked out in spacey bling, and inscribed with 'Take Me to the Moon and Back' for a cosmic Valentine's Day"  at Konditor & Cook.

Cuore (Heart) at Princi

Taste of Christmas

Konditor & Cook's Cinnamon Stars and Lebkuchen

Carluccios' Xmas Mini Chocolate Cake, Xmas Tree and Xmas Star Cookies 

Great British Bake Off

Given 7.2 million watched the Great British Bake Off final you would have thought that Chiffon cakes - one of the tasks in the final - would be instantly and widely available.  Congratulations to Konditor & Cook for their Lemon Chiffon.  For the uninitiated, a chiffon cake uses vegetable oil rather than butter and gets its lightness from the batter and foam method of preparation.

The Brownie Bar

Konditor & Cook's Brownie Bar is fun - any 3 for £5

Sweet & Petite

The mini/petite pastry at a high price point is becoming more prevalent - perhaps this will be the way we keep the weight off and indulge our sweet tooth.  It will certainly help our food cost.  Konditor & Cook's £1 Mini Tart special offer and Starbucks' £1.55 eat in Petites.

Happy Easter

Konditor & Cook poster

Carluccios simple, appropriate and high margin biscuits

Princi's £18 Colombina Easter cake

The Iron Lady

Having just seen the film - great acting but does not do the lady justice - Konditor & Cook offer "Your chance to stick the knife in  or celebrate the Iron Lady".  This is one switched-on cake and cafe company  given they have an outlet within the Soho Curzon cinema.  Like the film - in poor taste but clever marketing.

See previous blog post http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2012/01/back-to-80s.html

Back to the 80s

Don't you feel old when CDs are seen as a retro item!  Konditor & Cook's fun take on 'Back to the 80s' good value cakes.  Their outlet in the Soho Curzon cinema on Shaftesbury Avenue is so much better than the usual popcorn emporium.

Mouth Watering Display - Part 2

Konditor & Cook's cake display under the City's iconic Gherkin

Fruit Danish at the Albion Caff

See Part 1 at http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/06/mouth-watering-display.html

Home Sweet Home

Konditor & Cook's Victoria Sponge cakes look fabulously home made - the others somewhat factory finished. Which appeals more? We always yearn for home and what mum made.

Great Simple Display

Konditor & Cook's Almond St. Clement Cakes - beautifully presented.

Sandwich Presentation

If you have to wrap and chill your sandwiches Konditor & Cook show that it doesn't have to be the triangular packs of yesteryear.   My preference:
http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/04/now-thats-how-to-sell-sandwich.html
and http://greatcafes.blogspot.com/2011/07/now-thats-how-to-sell-sandwich-part-2.html

Magic Cakes

Konditor & Cook's Signature Magic Cakes have been around much longer than cup cakes and they have the gift and PR market firmly in mind.  Is cake replacing, or just an addition to, flowers and wine?