CAKE + TEA + LIVE MUSIC + NATURE + COMMUNITY
CAKE FEST is about bringing community together over a shared love of all things cake/keke. Matariki is a time to gather with whānau and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and plan for the future.
For this edition of Cake Fest, in celebrating Matariki, BRING A CAKE INSPIRED BY MEMORIES OF LOVED ONES WHO HAVE PASSED ~ nana’s famous sponge cake, a cheesecake inspired by koro’s favourite ginger kisses, a cake decorated like your mum’s favourite flowers... the sky’s the limit. As long as it’s a cake, we want to see it! Cake is love. Cake is life.
EVENT LOCATION:
Woodhaugh Gardens (on the grass near the paddling pool BBQ area)
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
One WHOLE Homemade Cake (as simple or extra as you have energy for)
WHAT TO BRING:
TEA PROVIDED - BYO thermos for hot water
BYO picnic blanket, vessel for tea (praying for a sunny day!!), and knife to cut your cake with
BYO plate/fork, teacup and container/box to take home cake leftovers in (there will be a lot of leftovers to take home, bring containers!)
LIVE MUSIC:
For the 2025 edition of Cake Fest, there will be live acoustic music from some talented local artists - details TBC (if you're a musician and would like to perform, please DM Alby Hailes!)
EVENT TIMELINE:
1pm ~ CAKE FEST metaphorical doors open
~ cakes will be labelled & displayed on a long trestle tables for adoration. If you have a picture of the loved one your cake is inspired by, bring this along too.
1.30pm ~ CAKE CUTTING CEREMONY
~ karakia kai, then opportunity for people to share the stories behind their cakes and the people whom inspired them.
All cakes then cut and eaten together in the gardens, cups of tea, music & good times, leftover cake will then be shared between cake fest goers to take home
Still confused as to how it works??
Show up with a homemade cake for entry (inspired by a loved one passed away). Cakes will then be sliced and shared. Make new friends with fellow cake lovers. Take home any leftover cake.
Piece of cake, right??
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