Cerne Abbas
Cerne Abbas is a medium-sized cake for around 70 that can be expanded into one of two 'giant' versions by the addition of an extra base layer ...
Feeds: around 70 as the basic Cerne Abbas cake (pictured). Cerne Giant 1 feeds 140, Cerne Giant 2 is for 100.
Size: Diameter 25cm (30-33cm for Cerne Giant), height 32cm (37cm for Cerne Giant 1; 35cm for Cerne Giant 2)
Cerne Abbas is supplied as wrapped cheeses, undecorated. To order a Taster Box, go here; to look at Decoration Packs, go here.
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Cerne Abbas & Cerne GIants
A medium-sized cake of just over 7kg, Cerne Abbas would suit a gathering of 70-80 people (not enough? See 'Cerne Giant' below). Quicke's Mature Cheddar forms the base, then the cows' milk Devon Blue from Robin Congdon's Ticklemore Dairy. Up above that there's Woolsery, a fine goats' cheese from Dorset, and a small black-peppercorn studded organic brie: Black-Eyed Susan.
On the top: Dorstone, a beautiful soft ash-covered goats' cheese made by Neals Yard Dairy.
Once again, the brilliant Annie Howes has decorated this cake for us. You'll need someone to do the same job, but – as I hope this shows – if you have a creative person you can achieve a fabulous result with fairly inexpensive materials.
Cerne Giant
Maybe you like the sound of this but have more people to cater for? The Cerne Giant – with one of two extra bottom layers – might be the answer. Here's the choice:
Cerne Giant 1 adds 6.5kg of Ogleshield. Gary Rhodes and Michael Caines raved abou this when The Cheese Shed was featured on UKTV's Local Food Hero. This gorgeous golden-rinded cheese will add a continental touch and a cake to feed 140.
Cerne Giant 2 adds 3kg of good old Cornish Brie (or a different one if that's too soft) and would do for around 100.
plain or smoked cheddar?
The standard Cerne uses Quicke's excellent traditional cheddar, but for a few pounds extra we can use their Oak-Smoked Cheddar as the base instead: just select that option in the drop-down box.
low-goat Cerne
This takes replaces the Woolsery (hard goat) with a Sharpham Elmhirst (soft, cream-added brie).