Paint & Crumb: Why We're Bringing Cake and Creativity Together This June

 

 

There's something a little magical about the moment someone realises they can make something beautiful — not just eat it.

It's a feeling I've been thinking about a lot lately, partly because it sits right at the heart of what Marisola Parlour has always been about. When I bake, I'm not just combining ingredients. I'm layering intention — choosing chamomile for its warmth, turmeric for its depth, an Ube for the way it shifts colour in the light. Every finished cake is a kind of considered making. And I've often wondered: what would it look like to open that up? To invite people into that same quiet, creative space?

That question is what led me to Paint & Crumb.

 

What it actually is

Paint & Crumb is a cake painting workshop — a hands-on, afternoon experience where you'll decorate a beautifully baked cake using edible paint, guided brushwork, and your own instincts. No artistic experience needed. No pressure to produce something "perfect." Just a few hours of focussed, joyful making, with something delicious at the end of it.

It's happening on Thursday 26th June at Crem Kitchen, a wonderful space just beside Raphael's Park in Romford — a venue I've been quietly excited about since we first spoke. Light-filled, relaxed, and with the kind of atmosphere that makes an afternoon feel genuinely set apart from the rest of the week.

Why Raphael's Park?

The collaboration with Raphael's Park matters to me. Romford has more creativity and community spirit than it's often given credit for, and working with spaces that reflect that — spaces embedded in the local landscape, quite literally — feels right for Marisola. Crem Kitchen has that quality. It's the kind of place you arrive at already feeling a little lighter.

 

On the cakes

The cakes you'll be painting are, of course, fully plant-based and gluten-free — made with the same care as everything that leaves my kitchen. The canvas matters as much as what goes on it. You won't be painting a supermarket sponge. The base is as considered as the decoration.

Edible paint has a quality I find genuinely fascinating: the way it sits on a surface, the transparency of certain shades, the way layering changes everything. Even for someone who doesn't think of themselves as "artistic," working with it tends to unlock something. There's very little that can go wrong and quite a lot that can go wonderfully right.

 

Who is this for?

Honestly? Almost anyone. It would make a quietly lovely evening for someone who needs a proper pause — not a passive one, but the kind where your hands are occupied and your mind follows. It would work beautifully as a date, a celebration, or something a little different to mark a birthday or a milestone. I've had people tell me they're coming with their mum. Others are treating themselves solo. All of that feels right.

Sessions are small and intentional — this isn't a large-group, production-line kind of event. The capacity is kept low so that everyone has space to actually settle in.

A note on bookings

 

Paint & Crumb is priced at £65 per person, and places are limited. If it's the sort of thing that's been sitting in the back of your mind — something creative, something calm, something with very good cake involved — the 26th June session is where it starts.

Booking details are available [here] — and if you have questions before committing, you're always welcome to get in touch directly.