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If you’re looking for the perfect cake for any occasion, several titles and podium positions after the sport
give yours a personal touch with the award-winning gave him a confidence boost, including the 2017
Brown’s Cakes. Autism Hero awards for Outstanding Achievement in
Sport. He was presented with the helmet by his own
Natasha Brown, who has around a decade of expe- ‘autism hero’, Austin Riley.
rience, crafts each cake with the recipient in mind,
and it shows. From baking each cake individually to Sandro’s dad, Antonio said: “The cake was fabulous; it
intricate attention to detail, a Brown’s cake is truly was a shame to cut it up. We were first recommended
like no other. Brown’s by a friend. We were very impressed with
the quality, and the price, considering the time that
Catering for birthdays, christenings, anniversaries, Natasha must put into them.
baby showers, hen parties, weddings, engagements
and more, Brown’s has won prestigious awards “Since Sandro got the custom helmet – along with his
such as Cake International and the Baking Industry Autism Hero Award – it has been his favourite pos-
Awards. session of all, and he really treasures it, so it was very
easy for us to decide what to have as a novelty cake.
Natasha’s creative sugar creation of the Royal Family
graced the cover of Cake Masters, and she presented “When he saw it, he thought it was amazing. He
celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli with an couldn’t stop admiring the detail and comparing it to
incredible sugar-paste likeness at the Rochdale Food his racing helmet that it was modelled after. It was
and Drink Festival. pretty close to the real thing to say it was copied from
a series of photographs.
Natasha created a bespoke jam-and-cream sponge
replica of a custom racing helmet for an 11-year-old “Brown’s did a fantastic job, and the cake was cer-
go-karting protégé, Sandro Ballesteros. tainly the talking piece of the party.”
Sandro, who began karting when he was six, has won