Caption Catering

04/10/2026

There’s homemade… and then there’s ACTUALLY homemade.

Have a little zoom in on these photos.

Those sausage rolls? Made by me.

The Scotch eggs? Fresh farm eggs, proper sausage meat, fresh herbs and breadcrumbs — made from scratch, by me.

The quiche? Homemade pastry, freshly made filling and baked in my kitchen.

The breaded chicken? Fresh butcher’s chicken breast, my own spice mix and breadcrumbs.

The savoury shortbreads, tartlets, little canapé bites and all those fiddly extras you see tucked around the tables? Yep… I make those too.

There are a few things you’ll NEVER find on a Caption Catering buffet or grazing table…

❌ Frozen sausage rolls
❌ Frozen cocktail sausages
❌ Shop-bought quiche
❌ Picnic eggs or bought-in Scotch eggs
❌ Manufactured chicken nuggets or dippers
❌ Packets of generic “party biscuits” or ready made desserts
❌ Shop-bought cakes

Could I save myself an enormous amount of time by buying it all in?

Absolutely!!

But then it wouldn’t be Caption Catering & where's the pleasure in simply opening a packet?

I want my tables to look abundant and beautiful, of course — but what matters just as much to me is what you’re actually eating.

Proper ingredients.
Proper cooking.
Freshly made food.
And probably far more hours in my kitchen than is entirely sensible. 😂

So go on… zoom in. Look closely.

Because that’s the difference. 🤍

Caption Catering — for the love of food.

04/10/2026

🌸 A few more beauties added to the Cupcake Bouquet album… 🌸

Every bouquet is individually made, with each cupcake hand-piped to create its own little collection of buttercream flowers. 🧁🌷

Different colours, different flowers, different occasions — but always made to look almost too pretty to eat… almost! 😂

My cupcake bouquets make such a lovely alternative to traditional flowers for birthdays, anniversaries, thank-yous, celebrations or simply as a gorgeous surprise for someone special.

And the best bit? You can eat these flowers! 🤍

Have a browse through the album for a little inspiration, and if you’d like one made especially for you, just pop me a message.

Caption Catering — for the love of food. ✨

03/10/2026

30/09/2026

A local baker celebrated a memorable weekend after winning an award at the Malvern Autumn Show before taking to the event’s Bake Off stage to demonstrate her skills.

Story linked in the comments.

29/09/2026

❤️ IF YOU’RE NEW HERE… HELLO! 👋🏻

I thought it was probably time I showed you everything that sits behind the name Caption Catering — because it’s definitely not just cake! 😂

I’m Karen, and I started Caption Catering from my home kitchen in 2020, with a love of good food, baking and making things look as beautiful as they taste.

Fast forward six years and Caption Catering has grown into something I’m incredibly proud of.

🌸 My award-winning floral cupcakes & cupcake bouquets
🎂 Celebration & wedding cakes
🥂 Canapés & event catering
🥗 Fresh corporate lunches
🤍 Funeral teas & celebrations of life
🫖 Afternoon teas
🍴 Buffets & private catering
🌷 Buttercream flower piping classes & private tuition
🎤 And now, live demonstrations & appearances too!

Everything is made by me, from scratch, using fresh, quality ingredients wherever possible.

No mass production. No bought-in trays of food. Just proper, homemade food made with a huge amount of care — whether I’m making lunch for four people, catering a celebration for 100+, creating someone’s wedding cake or teaching a room full of people how to pipe their very first buttercream flower.

And after this weekend, standing on the stage at the Great Malvern Autumn Show demonstrating what I love doing, it feels like the perfect time to show you just how much Caption Catering has become. ❤️

Caption Catering is so much more than cake — and I think these photos probably explain it better than I ever could. ❤️

So, if you’re new here — hello!
And if you’ve been here for a while, ordered from me, booked me, attended a class, recommended me, shared a post or simply cheered me on… thank you.

I’m Karen.
This is Caption Catering.
For the love of food. ❤️

29/09/2026

HELLO 👋 I think it might be time I introduced myself again…

After a rather surreal weekend at the Malvern Autumn Show, there seem to be a few new faces around here, so hello! ❤️

I’m Karen and I’m the person behind Caption Catering.

What started in my home kitchen in 2020 has somehow grown into a business that now includes wedding and celebration cakes, corporate lunches, buffets, canapés, funeral teas, afternoon teas, my award-winning floral cupcake bouquets, buttercream piping classes… and, apparently, standing on a stage demonstrating buttercream flowers in front of an audience! 😳😂

This weekend was a bit of a pinch-me moment. I demonstrated The Art of Buttercream Flowers at the Malvern Autumn Show AND came home with First Place in the Best in Business category. 🏆🌸

But despite all of that, Caption Catering is still a very small business.

Most of the time it’s me in my kitchen, shopping, prepping, baking, cooking, piping, washing up, packing boxes, answering messages and loading the car — usually with help from my lovely family when things get slightly bonkers!

Everything I make is about the same thing it has always been about: proper homemade food, good-quality ingredients, beautiful presentation and food that tastes every bit as good as it looks.

Over the next week I’m going to show you a little more of everything I do, because I know lots of you found me through cakes and cupcakes and don’t necessarily realise there is a whole catering business going on behind the flowers too!

So if you’re new here — hello and welcome. ❤️

And if you’ve been here since the beginning, thank you for still being here. I genuinely couldn’t have grown Caption Catering without you.

I’m Karen. This is Caption Catering.

For the love of food. ❤️

28/09/2026

Well… what a weekend that was! 🥹🌸🏆

From arriving at the Malvern Autumn Show with my cake, hoping I’d created something good enough… to finding out I’d WON Best in Business… and then standing on the Bake Off stage the next day demonstrating my buttercream flowers. 😭

I’m not going to pretend I wasn’t nervous — I was absolutely terrified! 😂

But once I got up there, started piping and talking about something I genuinely love, the nerves began to disappear.

A huge thank you to Chris Bavin for being such a brilliant host and making me feel so comfortable, and to David Atherton, winner of The Great British Bake Off 2019, who was so lovely backstage and gave me some incredibly helpful advice before I went on.

And thank you to everyone who came to watch, said hello, cheered me on, took photos and sent such lovely messages afterwards. ❤️

Six years ago Caption Catering began in my little home kitchen.

Yesterday I stood on a stage at the Malvern Autumn Show, with a microphone in my hand, demonstrating the buttercream flowers that have become such a huge part of my business.

And I’d won a trophy with my cake the day before. 🏆

I think that one might take a little while to sink in.

🌸 Caption Catering
For the love of food.



RHS Malvern Spring Festival / Malvern Autumn Show

28/09/2026

27/09/2026

Well… I DID IT!! 🥹🌸

The thing I have been absolutely terrified about for weeks is DONE… and I can honestly say I LOVED every single minute of it. ❤️

Today I stood on the stage at The Great Malvern Cake Off Theatre at the Malvern Autumn Show and demonstrated The Art of Buttercream Flowers to a packed audience.

Little old me. 😳😂

And somehow, once I got up there, the nerves disappeared and I just did what I love doing — talking about cake, piping flowers and hopefully showing people that with a bit of practice, you really can create something beautiful. 🌸🧁

A HUGE thank you has to go to Chris Bavin, who hosted the theatre. He was absolutely fabulous. He made me feel so comfortable from the minute I stepped onto that stage, kept everything flowing, made me laugh and gave me the confidence to just be myself and show what I do best.

And then there was David Atherton, winner of The Great British Bake Off 2019. ❤️

I met David behind the stage before I went on and he honestly could not have been lovelier. He could see how nervous I was, chatted to me, completely put me at ease and gave me some genuinely helpful tips about being on stage. Such a kind, down-to-earth man and exactly what I needed at that moment.

To then look out and see so many people sitting there watching was completely surreal. 😳

If you’d told the girl who started Caption Catering from her little home kitchen in 2020 that one day she’d be demonstrating buttercream flowers on a stage at Malvern, hosted by Chris Bavin, alongside people like David Atherton… I don’t think she’d have believed you.

And just to make this weekend even more ridiculous…

I WON FIRST PLACE in the Best in Business cake competition too. 🏆😭

What. A. Weekend.

Thank you so much to everyone who came along today, everyone who stopped to speak to me afterwards, everyone who has messaged, shared, commented and cheered me on — and especially my family and friends who have listened to me panic about this for weeks. 😂❤️

I very nearly talked myself out of doing this because I was convinced I wasn’t experienced enough, polished enough or “known” enough to be standing on that stage.

Turns out I just needed to be me.

And I am so, so glad I did it.

Caption Catering at The Great Malvern Cake Off Theatre.
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d write. 🥹🌸

For the love of food. ❤️

25/09/2026

🏆🌸 I ONLY WENT AND WON IT!!! 🌸🏆

I genuinely can’t quite believe I’m writing this…

🥇 1ST PLACE — BEST IN BUSINESS
at The Great Malvern Cake Off 2026!!

My “Bloomin’ Lovely Cakes” entry came FIRST! 😭🌸

After all the hours of baking, buttercream, piping flowers, changing my mind, worrying whether it was good enough and that very early trip to Malvern this morning to set it all up… I WON!!

And after spending the last few weeks absolutely TERRIFIED about Sunday’s live demonstration and wondering what on earth im doing amongst all those incredible bakers and chefs…

Maybe I’m allowed to feel just a tiny bit proud of myself today. 🥹🏆

Thank you so much to everyone who supports Caption Catering, books me, recommends me, shares my posts and cheers me on. This little business of mine has come such a long way.

Right… I think this calls for a celebration!! 🥂😂 (but first I've a few more cakes to make and an afternoon tea to prep 🤦🏽‍♀️)

And then I suppose I’d better practise for Sunday… because apparently I’ve got a reputation to live up to now! 😬😂🌸

Caption Catering — for the love of food

RHS Malvern Spring Festival / Malvern Autumn Show