Meltdown Artisan

Okay, so this is why I’ve been such a stressed out crazy person over the last few months. This here is 311kg of chocolate, 2593 chocolate blocks, in preparation for Christmas. It all makes sense now-the tennis elbow in both arms, the anemia and the poor mental health 😓 Please don’t let my blood sweat and tears be for nothing-see you when doors re-open this week! I am also reaching MAX capacity for corporate Christmas orders so place your orders by end of week to ensure dispatch happens with enough time for festive joy!

Our Crack Koalas have had a revamp, now to permanently include white, milk and dark chocolate with lemon myrtle, Tasman sea salt and wattleseed caramels! No more guessing the flavours in these bad boys. Perfectly Australiana!

Tomorrow the 26th of October is the last day of trade for our little store until the 13th of November!! So make sure you get your last minute chocolate needs while you can-otherwise our online shop will be business as usual, and any pick ups will be by appointment only! We’ll be back with tons of energy, rejuvenated and stocked to the ceiling with Christmas goodies for the festive season. We’ll be open until 5pm tomorrow!

As many of you may know, the past four months have been a big ride for me. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been so lucky to have a growing business, one that has grown beyond anything I thought possible. Triggered by the passing of my dog, through to the sh*t storm with the space and the constant day-to-day struggle to keep up with admin, production, logistics, business development and a complete rebrand as a one woman army—my physical health and more importantly my men...tal health have taken an absolute beating. To the point that I have felt like a lesser version of myself, and one whose skin I am not currently comfortable in. I told myself at the very beginning that if it ever got to be too much that I would step back and reassess, hopefully with clearer eyes and for that reason I need to stay true to myself and my journey. It has reached a point for me where my emotional cup is overflowing and I’m not able to function as I otherwise would be able to; and as a result my capacity as a business owner has been limited. It’s because of this that I have decided to close the shop doors to passing trade from the 26th of October until the 13th of November to take some time to figure out my next move and decide where to take the business next. All standing orders will of course be honoured and online purchases can still be mailed and collected from store by pre-arranged appointment only. Look forward to seeing you all just before Christmas, and at Cake Bake Sweets Show with new products, refreshed and re-invigorated for the Season of Silly! 🎅
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How beautiful is this illustration by Typoflora? We’ve collaborated on this gorgeous festive bark printed on Ruby chocolate!!!! Available for pre-order very soon.

We're super excited to be taking part in Higher Tea by Paramount Recreation Club x Flour Market Sydney! New treats every week by some of the most indulgent makers in town—with vegan options weekly too!!

A big semi-naked for Isabelle and Tom! Hope you had a beautiful day celebrating your love, it’s been such a pleasure celebrating your milestones! 💕 I love fresh blooms on cakes!

So it’s been almost a year of me saying “I’m going to put together a signature range of bonbons so they stop changing all the time, so I can finally make a flavor card and people can actually understand what we’re all about and what they’re eating”. And today I have finally started putting those words into action...that’s not to say things won’t ever change, because that would be boring. But I want to express all of what we’re about in one neat little package! Stay tuned!

When the venue makes the cake look so at home. A two-tier for Ron and Tracy last night @betabarsydney 💕 Happy Wedding love birds!

Kiss me red! Celebrating 30 years of the Australia Sydney Drama Playhouse with luscious lips in the colour of their logo!

We’re gonna be at @cakebakesweets in Sydney on the 23-25th November with a whole ton of our products and some DIY chocolate gear!!! Make sure you book your tickets now and use the code BAKEDOWNCAKERY18 to get a discount on entry! 💥 Hope to see you there!!!

Ruby, cranberry and pistachio available in-store from Tuesday! Have a great Monday off!

So I debated putting these up online due to the warmer weather, but I figured even melted Ruby would still taste like Ruby! 😂 Plus you’ve just got to try it!! Order online this weekend for dispatch on Monday!

Here I am being a little less lazy about my photo taking today! Come in and grab some Ruby bark-promise you it’ll be the most interesting thing you eat today!

Tag us in your Ruby pics and let us know what you think! And if you didn’t manage to pop in to grab yours today, tomorrow is a new day!

Ruby has landed in St Leonards! Available from Tuesday. If you haven’t heard, it’s a new type of couverture with a natural pink colour and fruity berry flavour which is supposedly from the unfermented cocoa beans (usually chocolate is made by fermenting the beans which turns it that classic brown colour and gives it the super cocoa-y flavour that we are all so familiar with)! There have been lots of things said about Ruby, some good and some bad. We figure the best way to make a decision is to try it out for yourself! We’ll be running this as a limited edition over Spring and Summer (or while stocks last) so make sure you snap yours up before the leaves fall!

Every single order that we send out, whether it be online or custom, is made by two hands in this small space. Up until last month I was running around like a headless chicken doing retail and production but many of you would now have met Lisa who has come on board as my retail, packing and morale assistant! Even though packaging is one of my favourite things to do, it means (in theory) that I’ll have more time to work on new and exciting products. But for the moment I’m playing a bit of catch up so apologies for delays in emails and other enquiries! It’s been a very super hectic crazy upside down period and it’s only going to get crazier in the lead up to Christmas!! So get your orders in early folks to avoid disappointment!