Sweet Revelations NZ

✨ Thank you, fakaaue lahi mahaki! Our Humelie Christmas Menu is now closed. Whoo, hoo! We did it! 🎊🎄

❤️ I wish to thank each and every one of you who have placed an order, I truly appreciate it. I hope you enjoy the sweet treats and I look forward to spoiling you all again next year! 🎉

We have a few more orders to get through to end the year off with; lots more baking and decorating, so I thank you again for keeping me busy! From cupcakes, cakes, brownies, cookies and dessert boxes; it has been a very productive couple of weeks and because I'm a workhorse, I revel in it!🥰 Special mention and gratitude to my husband and our 5 kids who have been such an amazing support system. They really are the back bone of SR... Taste testers, constructive criticism, gazebo helpers, coffee providers and pure honest entertainment with their 20million questions right at bed time.😆❤️

🥰 Thank you so much for all the support this year and for the messages and reviews. I will pop them into a highlight tab so you can read all about how much Sweet Revelations has provided sweet treats and island food, to satisfy hungry bellies all over Dunedin!😁🌺

Have a lovely Christmas and a joyful New Year. Monuina e aho Kilisimasi.
Peace and love,
Rachel, Kalani and Family.💕

✨ Kion, Fuli, and the gang are all here! The Lion Guard Cake is a show stopper... Don't you think? ☺️

Cake details: 2 tiered (4inch top, 6inch bottom) chocolate cake with Nutella filling, and decorated to the theme of the recipient's favourite movie/programme. The characters are all edible including the stones and leaves, including the number 5 cake topper 🙂

The client/Mum, sent an inspiration photo for me to draw ideas from. I managed to put my own creative touch to it by adding the sand (cookie crumb) on the bottom, and the grass fondant detail at the back of the cake, along with an number 5 so everyone, especially the ones behind the cake, can have something to look at.

🎂Happy Birthday little one! Hope you enjoyed your day! Thanks to your Mum for ordering this amazing cake.💕

✨ Barbie, pink and fun! Definitely one cake that I loved decorating because it brought out my inner-girly side.☺️

🎂 Cake details: 6-inch Chocolate Cake filled with Nutella goodness. The client wanted a Barbie themed cake so we went all out with this one.
Macarons, mini-choccys, love hearts & sprinkles. Cake topper made from card and sprinkled with edible pink dust for that magic touch.

🎉 A massive Hari Huritau to Jahliyah! Hope you had a wonderful day celebrating you. Big shout out to your Mumma. A beast in the boxing ring and just as enthusiastic to get a cake for her loving daughter. Thanks Ana for ordering another cake from Sweet Revelations.💕

🎄 Sweet Revelations will be hosting a stall at the Lee Stream Xmas Country Fete this Sunday from 10am til 4pm. Come out for a drive and join me in celebrating Christmas in the country.😎

A family friendly market with a variety of quality arts and crafts, food and drink. I will be bringing all your favourite sweet treats & more! Keep an eye on my stories for my market menu.🤤

So, come join me for a fun day out in the country! I hear Santa is going to make an appearance too.🎅🏽

📍2158 Clarks Junction Road -Lee Stream Road, Lee Stream. (15minutes from Outram).
Gold Coin Donation entry.

Thank you.

✨ 🎄Our Humelie Christmas collection is available now, until Sunday 17th December. Order your treats to beat that mad-dash to find that perfect last minute Christmas themed treat. Maybe you are celebrating Christmas early this year!? Well, we have the perfect offering for you. We also have catering and allergy* friendly options available, so nobody misses out!

📝To order, please send us your order selected from the menu below. We will confirm your order with payment details. Once you have paid that will be your confirmation of your order. Dates and times for pick-up or delivery will also be confirmed at this time. You can email [email protected] or PM via FB or Instagram .nz

❗Please also note we are closed for trade December 20, 2023 til mid January, 2024.

Thank you so much for your support this year. Fakaaue lahi💕

✨ Need catering for your next event? Graduation, birthdays, anniversaries, morning tea, corporate events? Or do you need a hand serving up delicious home comfort food to a deserving friend or family member?

Sweet Revelations - Bakery & Catering can help you with all of this and more!

We are a small family business owned by me- Rachel and with the help of my husband Kalani and family, we aim to provide a variety of delicious food, infused with Pacific Island flair; something that is inherently missing from our local food scene.

Operating out of our registered home kitchen in Dunedin, we pride ourselves in providing excellent quality food and service, and always with a smile! ☺️ We also offer a beautiful range of baked goods including celebration cakes, traditional Niuean bread and vegan cakes.

Catering for small, medium or large events can be daunting for some, yet we are able to do it with ease. With over 20 years of experience feeding friends and family, we wish to share our knowledge and food with you too.

So, get in touch today and we can help you achieve your catering needs.

For all enquiries please email: [email protected]

📍We will be at the Green Island Market this Saturday, 10am-1pm. Come grab a bite to eat. We would love to feed you! 🥰

Thank you.
Fakaaue lahi.💕

✨ Big or small birthdays, we cover them all!

💯 This cake is bold in colour and taste, perfect for this particular special occasion.🥰

🎂Cake details: 9inch Lemon Cake with whipped cream cheese filling and vanilla buttercream, Pacific island stencil, faux florals and paper palm leaves. To finish, a fault line painted with gold edible dust, with coconut flakes covering the cake like a warm blanket.

🎉 Happy 70th Birthday to your Mum, Amber. I hope you all had a great celebration! Thank you for supporting Sweet Revelations.💕

✨ That's right! We are at the Green Island Street Market, Saturday 2nd of December 2023, 10am til 1pm.

🎂🍪 I've got lots of baked goodies lined up including our triple choc brownies, paifala, chunky choc-chip cookies and a market special that you don't want to miss!.. Our delicious dessert pots! These were sold out the last time I had them for sale, so make sure you come early as these won't last! 🤤

🍽️ Or why not try our chop suey, coconut curry or raw fish?! These are served in takeaway containers so you can enjoy them then and there or in the comfort of your home, for lunch or dinner.

📌 For more information, see the photo or check out the Green Island Event page on Facebook. You can also follow, tag or share this post to keep up to date with more exciting things happening with Sweet Revelations at the market.

Thank you so much for your support and for coming out to my stall at the markets I've held this year. It has been lovely meeting lots of new and familiar faces.

See you all there! 💕

✨ Christmas is calling!🎄

🎁Yes! It's time to organise those Christmas gifts, end of year work shouts and social club events. Or are you looking to treat yourself or a loved one? Maybe your kids teacher would like to be spoiled?!

🎂We will have a delicious range of sweet treats available to pre-order soon! Our catering menu is also available now, for events up until Dec 19th.

👀 But, in the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for our fabulous range of cupcakes, brownies, cakes and Humelie treats boxes.

📩Enquiries are welcome now. Email [email protected] or DM details and I will be happy to discuss options and get you started with your Christmas planning!

📸 Photo of last year's Christmas menu. Cupcakes, brownie wreaths, cakes and Humelie boxes we sold at a Christmas market.💕

✨ Cookies galore! 🍪

A special way to thank your guests at any event is to spoil them with customised cookies!

🍪Cookie details: 120 Vanilla sugar cookies, covered with dusty pink fondant discs, stamped with a custom made design and cutter, and edible images. The message on the cookie is sentimental and special from the recipient to her guests. The plumeria is the recipient's favourite flower. This was such a lovely way to thank those who attended her birthday celebrations.🎉

❤️Such a joy to make these cookies for a big family
celebration on the weekend.
Happy 50th Lee! Blessings for many more joyful years to come.💕

Custom stamp & cookie cutter: Chickadee 3d Design
Edible images: Build-a-Birthday

✨ Nothing beats a fresh fruit cake! 🍓🍊🥝🍇🫐 Here is a double digit cake for a loving partner celebrating a milestone birthday!

Cake details: 14inch double digit celebration cake shaped into the number 40. The # 4 is a vanilla cake filled with strawberry jam and vanilla 'buttercream'. The # 0 is a salted caramel cake with Nutella filling and Vanilla 'buttercream'. Both cakes are vegan and adorned with seasonal fresh fruit and macarons.

Happy Birthday Dan! Wishing you all the best for many more happy days to come. Thank you Ngaone for choosing Sweet Revelations. Much appreciated.💕

✨ Have you checked your calendar lately? Well, here's mine! 👀 Take a look at the schedule for the rest of the season. As I mentioned in my previous post, the start of 2024 is busy, busy, busy!

🌞And, does anyone else feel like summer is meant to be here? Lately, it feels like we are at least a month behind!

🍀Luckily, food will always be a way to warm our bodies and give us nourishment.🤤 Cue Sweet Revelations Bakery & Catering.😎

✉️ DM or email [email protected] to make an enquiry or place an order. I'll reply with all the details to ensure your event is the best! 🎉 SR Christmas sweet treats menu will be available soon too!🎂

💖 Thank you so much for your support. I see the likes and post shares since I popped up our menu, which is fantastic! 💯 I'm looking forward to working with you and your tastebuds.💕

✨ Looking for a caterer for your next event? We have got you! 💯

Welcome to the Sweet Revelations (SR) Catering Menu.

🌺SR specialise in Pacific Island style cuisine & presentation, sweet & savoury comfort food, as well as small bakes and bespoke celebration cakes. 🎂

📥For all enquiries please have a good view of the menu, especially the important details needed to ensure we can offer you an amazing food experience. Then send through your message via DM or email [email protected].

❗A minimum 2 weeks notice is required to book, with a 50% deposit to confirm the booking, the remaining to be paid 3 days before the event starts*.

🗓️My availability is filling up fast with most of the New Year already booked out. 💖

So, if you are looking for delicious food with a Pacific island twist, get in touch today!🎉

*Terms and conditions can be found in our highlights tab on our Instagram/pages.

✨ Pink, bold and beautiful!

After much research and development, I have decided that if I wanted to be more visible to my customers and potential clients, I have to provide an eye-catching and thought provoking representation that speaks to my audience, who are able to see what I offer as a business.

That's the brief I gave myself when designing my new logo including the search for a distinctive font. I needed to make sure that going forward, I was able to stay relevant and relatable, especially in today's current market. It also helps that I have supportive family members, to give insightful tips, advice and constructive criticism.🥰

The hiapo plate design is an evolving concept and one day I will be able to come up with my own design. But for now, I will settle for an image that incorporates the essence of my Niue Island heritage. There are a few elements in this particular hiapo that I am drawn to and resonate with. Luckily there are a handful of Niue artists willing to share their art and I am always thankful for their craft. Fakaaue lahi

Here's to new and exciting times ahead!💕

✨ Another Spiderman creation!🕷️

Cake details: 14 inch #3 banana cake with Oreo cookie crumb filling and Vanilla frosting. Edible images, jellybeans and melted marshmallows to create that spiderweb effect.🕸️

🥰I am loving making these themed cakes for our tamaliki. This one went to a lovely return customer and had trusted me to make another cake for her son a few weeks ago.

Happy Birthday Isaiah! 🥳 I hope your day was filled with lots of fun and you enjoyed the cake! 💕
Edible image Build-a-Birthday

✨ Our twin boys turned the big 13 years old while on break from school. Their request for a birthday cake was very particular and had to include two of their favourite Roblox & One-Piece icons.

🎂Cake details: An 8-inch Red Velvet cake, whipped cream cheese filling, vanilla exterior frosting depicting the sea waves, their request from the manga series, One-Piece. If you are a fan of the games, then you would know these fondant toppers are the Magu-Magu from One-Piece and the Dough fruit from Roblox.

🫣Don't get me wrong, I have no idea what they do or what they represent, but it's ok, because it's something my children are interested in, and it's something they enjoy.

❤️But, as they get older, I am finding it hard to stay in-tune with what they are interested in and their hobbies. It wasn't long ago they loved singing and dancing along to Trolls or running up and down the hallway in their nappies. If they had the chance, I'm sure they would try and do that now! 😁 At least I know they still love our tradition of a birthday pancake breakfast!

🥳This post is dedicated to our sons, Niu & Vili. Happy 13th Birthday boys! We love you! Thank you to their friends and family for the birthday messages and for those who attended their celebration.💕

✨ "Do you still make your delicious Chocolate Brownies?" The answer will always be, YES!

My triple chocolate brownies have been my number one seller and it is proved by the number of orders it has yielded since I have started selling them. And even before then, these were my number one go-to sweet treat to gift, take to a potluck or to make anyone feel special, including myself! They are my pride and joy and I stand behind them; each and every moreish crumb.🤤

I had an order for gluten free brownies, using the delicious Whittaker's Hazella Chocolate (yes, nothing but the best!) and I jumped at the opportunity to also make some brownies for my family, because they also deserve the treats, after a 2week long 'holiday' from school.

My triple chocolate brownies can be ordered by slice, minimum of 3, or you can take a whole slab and enjoy it with your workmates, flatties or just keep it on hand for those sweet cravings. I ain't gonna lie, these are packed with a load of sweetness that will definitely keep those cravings satisfied.

Send a DM or email [email protected] with your order. Don't forget to check out my menu in the highlight section for prices and more information.

Thank you. Fakaaue lahi.
💕

✨ Soccer or Football? ⚽ Are you a fan or more of a side-line ref?🫣

Cake details: An 8-inch Lemon Cake, whipped cream cheese filling with Passionfruit Buttercream, a fondant cake topper in the shape of a soccer ball, and green sprinkles imitating lush green grass.

I really enjoy making themed cakes especially when it allows for creativity and inspiration. This fondant soccer ball was really fun to make. I made a smaller version and well, it being the school holidays at the time, it landed somewhere on their fuse-ball table.😁

🥳Hope you had a lovely 6th birthday, Nathan. Thank you Mum, Priya, for choosing Sweet Revelations.💕

✨ Do you love chocolate?!🍫 Yes? Well, you have come to the right place.

🎂Cake details: An 8-inch Chocolate Overload Cake, with Chocolate ganache filling, frosting and chocolate drip, adorned with more chocolate treats!

A decadent cake for a deserving young person, celebrating her birthday during the school holidays.

🥳Happy Belated Birthday Moana! Always a pleasure to make your cakes. Thank you so much to your Mum for the design inspo and ordering another one of my creations!💕

✨ Talofa! 🇹🇻 Tuvalu Language week was celebrated in NZ from the 1st til 7th of October 2023, and I was honoured to provide a showpiece cake for the Tuvaluan Community, here in Ōtepoti.

Cake details: 2 tiered, 6 & 8 inch cake, Lemon & Raspberry cake top tier, Chocolate cake bottom tier, fondant exterior with buttercream detailing, island theme stencil, Tuvalu flag as the cake topper.

🇹🇻 The Tuvalu Community gathered together a couple weekends ago, to celebrate its 45 years of independence with an event at Camp Tirohanga, Dunedin. Members from the Tuvalu communities in Ōtautahi & Tāmaki Makaurau were in attendance also. The day was extra special with 'His excellency Feue Tipu and the Tuvalu High Commissioner for NZ', joining in with the festivities.

🥳Fakamalo atu and fakafetai for choosing Sweet Revelations to be a part of your event.💕

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✨ Stencil cakes! They are becoming less of a stress and more fun to decorate with.😊

Cake details: an 8-inch Banana celebration cake, chocolate ganache filling, vanilla exterior frosting, macarons, faux flowers and hand-made cardstock palm leaves. A special message on the cake board is made from fondant. Sapphire was the colour palette with silver and white as complimentary colours.

🥳A special cake for a sis who celebrated her 30th birthday at the end of September.
Happy Birthday GG!
And thanks Ange for your order and support!😘

Fakaaue lahi.💕

P.s. my daughter gave the cake her thumbs up of approval.🥰

✨ Announcement! 📣
Te Waipounamu Māori Rugby Rakatahi Tournament 2023 is coming to Ōtepoti this weekend. Otago Māori Rugby are hosting and 'it will be the first time this kaupapa will be held in Ōtepoti, with over 18 teams participating across U17 & U15 Kōhine and Taiohi grades, the day is sure to impress'.

Sweet Revelations will be there selling all your favourite sweet treats and hot food, from 10am -3pm or til sold out. Sapasui and curry are on the menu, along with some special customised cookies to commemorate this event.

📍121 Victoria Road, Moana Rua Road, St Kilda, Dunedin. Dunedin Rugby Club. We will be in the carpark next to a few other local community groups, also selling hot food & beverages.🥰

☔Wrap up warm, the weather is predicting scattered showers.. but this hasn't stopped us from bringing you great tasting food to warm your bellies!❤️

Have a good weekend and maybe we will see you there!💕

✨ Who loves The Mario Bros?!
We have a Chocolate Cake in the shape of a T, for a special young person celebrating their birthday a few weeks ago.🥳

Cake details: Chocolate Double layered cake, shaped into the letter T, filled with vanilla buttercream and Biscoff cookie crumb, topped with more buttercream, macarons, confectionery and Mario & Luigi themed fondant toppers.

🎊Hope you had a good one celebrating your special day, Throne! And thanks to your devoted Mum for ordering yet another fun cake! 💕

✨ A Chocolate and Vanilla Celebration Cake for a deserving birthday boy.

Cake details: 10inch number 3 cake, chocolate bottom layer, vanilla American buttercream (VBC) filling, vanilla top layer, more delicious VBC and decorated in superhero theme: Spiderman and The Hulk. I included a custom birthday message made of fondant and jellybeans to finish it off.

🎊 A lovely way to celebrate a wee one's birthday. Thank you so much for your support and choosing Sweet Revelations. Happy Birthday to Talu and Dad. Mum, Emma, did an amazing job telling me all about how much her son loves superheroes and really appreciated the help providing a cake for her son!💕

✨ A vibrant cake representing a school that travelled all the way from Tauranga, to attend the Ngā Manu Kōrero Nationals 2023, held here in Dunedin.

Cake details: An 8inch chocolate cake, with chocolate ganache filling, vanilla American buttercream exterior, turquoise, red and white colour palette with the school emblem as an edible image.

🥰 The client was a beautiful Mum who organised a cake all the way from Tauranga, for her son and class, who participated in the Manu Kōrero Nationals held in Ōtepoti a couple weeks ago. She was able to explain in detail, how she wanted the cake to look and I was able to execute the colours and vision with inspo. She also sent a photo of the actual school uniform, to help with the colour palette. This is client goals!

❗I did make a mistake, and although the cake was near perfect, can you spot the boo-boo? Apologies to my client for this.❤️ My design work in the Cricut app, didn't allow me to use a macron, so I had to manually design the macron, and in the busy-ness of it all, I put it in the wrong place. I was thinking of leaving it out but a mistake was made and here I am acknowledging and learning from it. In the future, I'll be sure to check and recheck again and ultimately not to rush the process.😮‍💨

🎊 Congratulations on all your efforts Te Wharekura O Mauau at the Ngā Kōrero Nationals 2023. Thank you to the lovely Mum for choosing Sweet Revelations.💕

✨ Do you have a special event or birthday in October? I have a few days available this month, but it's filling up fast. Please get in touch as soon as possible! Don't forget to view our terms and conditions in our highlights above.

🥰 Thank you so much for your support and orders. This past week has been busy with school holidays and custom cake orders. It has been an incredible journey and the chance to be able to create and showcase my skills and experience I've learnt so far, has been challenging, humbling and enriching. Each cake has it's own unique story behind it and I look forward to sharing more of them with you all.

This month is also a great time to celebrate the many different Pacific island nations we have in our communities, through language and culture. This week is Tuvalu language week and next week it's Fiji. Then it's Niue Islands turn, (the best, in my own bias opinion) and then rounding off the month is Tokelau!

📍This weekend we will be at the Otago Māori Rugby Tournament, Saturday from 9am. We will have all your favourite baked goodies plus our hot food range!
12 Moana Rua Road, Dunedin Rugby Park Car Park, St Kilda, Dunedin.

🗓️ October is also a good time to start thinking about your Christmas plans, if you haven't already.🎄 I am now taking Christmas orders and catering bookings. Getting in early ensures you don't have to worry closer to the time and you won't miss out on all those sweet treats or Pacific Island island food you have been craving! I will pop a menu up very soon of our hot and cold food catering.

📩 If you have any questions or enquiries send me a DM or an email [email protected].
Have a good Monday!
Mafola e aho.
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✨ I love a half'n'half cake! And this is the perfect example.😍

🎉 Celebrating her 50th birthday, this special person was such a delight to work with. I had no trouble in making sure that each component of her requests were met.☺️

Cake details: 16inch number 50 cake. The number 5 was a chocolate and salted caramel cake, with a chocolate drip and salted caramel popcorn on top. The number 0 was a lemon and coconut cake, with a white chocolate drip and coconut flakes adoring the top. Yum!

I added a few fondant details depicting the customer's love of tramping. The icons are in reference to the tents and huts seen on the typography maps, used when tramping.🏔️

As mentioned before, I love the option of having more than one cake flavour and this special celebration cake is the perfect example. I personally love the lemon and coconut combo with the white chocolate drip! Dream cake! 🥰

🎊Happy 50th Birthday Debbie! It was great to see you again at the Otago Polyfest! 💕

✨ A beautiful cake to celebrate a Dad's 70th birthday and how special it was, as this event was held just before Father's Day!

Cake details: 14 inch number 70 Vanilla cake, with Vanilla filling, frosting, delicious assorted choccys and hand-painted macarons, silver, to represent the theme.

It was an absolute pleasure to make this cake and a really heartfelt way to show appreciation and love for your Dad. Thank you Shane and the Hammond family for choosing Sweet Revelations.💕

✨ Otago Polyfest 2023 Celebrates 30 years and what a wonderful way to celebrate! 🎊

Thank you Otago Polyfest Pip Laufiso and your amazing team, for the opportunity to be part of this Polyfest. The Village concept was a great starting point and I am excited to see how this pans out for future festivals. Special thanks to Fi and your kaimahi for ensuring we were well looked after.🥰

Reflecting on the days we were there, I can honestly say it was enchanting to see the smiles on people's faces as they talk about how proud they are of the festival and how much it has grown; in particular how excited they were to see their children, mokopuna, cousins or just to embrace the Pacific island spirit.

Thank you to everyone who came by the stall on Wednesday and Thursday. I appreciate the support and loved seeing familiar and new faces. Massive Fakaaue to Fane Tauevihi for coming down to hang and help out when I needed it.😍 Hey . Thanks for showing kindness to our children. We will keep you beautiful artwork as a keepsake momento. As always, thank you Kalani J Malaesilia for everything and supporting me. I love you. Special shout out to our children Niu, Vili, Lagi, Iese and Tiale.💕

⚜️I was part of the Cook Island dance group way back in the 90s for Dunedin North Intermediate, under the tutelage of the Henry family, with Carol Clarkson as the Cultural teacher back then. This Polyfest brought back the vibes, hype and memories from then, which are still very much prevalent today; hours of hard work and dedication we all had to endure, to perform at our best and showcase our tiny nations through song and dance. Happy 30th Anniversary, Otago Polyfest! Mauri Ora.💕