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LIFESTYLE

A CAKE FIT

FOR A BRIDE

BY N I C O L E Z E R W I C K

ne of the perks of working as a estate. Chantelle is the second daughter
cake decorator is the opportunity of Wouter and Mericia Badenhorst,
Oto share in special celebrations formerly of Tintagel Street, Cornwall
with your customers. The planning of Hill. She attended school at Cornwall
flavours, colours and decorations for Hill College and many of us with (then)
the cake to complement the theme and younger children made use of Chantelle’s
vision for the event is always exciting and babysitting services. My daughter was so
new for every cake. Wedding cakes are keen for babysitting she would beg us to
particularly special because everyone go out! Upon completion of her schooling,
involved wants the day to be perfect and Chantelle took eighteen months out to
most brides have a very clear vision of travel to the USA and au pair there. Her
what they want. Translating that vision passion, though, was always to be an
into an appealing, delicious tasting reality animator and she successfully applied to
can be daunting because there are no the Animation School in Cape Town during
second chances. It has to be once-off her stay in America and came back to
wonderful! South Africa to study.

I recently had the opportunity to create Chantelle and Robin met at Animation
a wedding cake for a very special couple, School and had a long and special
Chantelle and Robin, who have ties to our friendship that endured even after they

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