High Peak baker makes official Call of Duty cake

Kim Neequaye delivered a console, bullets and a helmet all made out of cake to the UK office of Call of Duty in Manchester.

The 44-year-old was first contacted to make a cake for the twentieth anniversary of the game two years ago.

She said: “I had a phone call from California and I didn’t answer it as I thought it was a scam then I had an email from Active Vision part of the COD team saying they had seen my work and would like me to make a cake.

“I didn’t believe it and I kept questioning it right until I dropped it off.”

Then two years later Kim, from Cakes by Kimberley, was contacted again.

She said: “They got back in touch and I couldn’t believe they kept my contact details.

“I must have done something right to get a repeat order for such a prestigious client.”

The most recent cake was to celebrate the launch of the new game and she described it as ‘pretty mental’ to be baking for the team again.

“It’s such an honour, it’s just me baking at home and this is a great opportunity for me and my business.”

Kim graduated as a teacher but she could not see herself doing the job for the rest of her working life.

She said the shop where she used to be a Saturday girl went up for sale and it stirred something inside her.

She said: “I didn’t know how to bake and I didn’t know how to run a business but I wouldn’t be talked out of it.”

Kim no longer works at the Hadfield shop but instead bakes from her converted garage at her house.

She said: “I am completely self taught so my first customers got me when I didn’t really know what I was doing.

“But now I’ve improved and I’m so proud of myself and how far I have come.

"I’ve gone from making first birthday cakes for clients to making the same client’s 18th birthday cakes which is wonderful to become part of so many people’s lives.

"I really do love my job and I love the people I have met along the way and I love new challenges too.” She said the prep for the Call of Duty cake for Active Vision headquarters in Manchester took several days as she had to make all the fondant bullets in advance but she said her pricing did not change due to the customer.

After dropping the cake off and publishing it on her social media she said she had another order from a gaming shop who also wanted a cake for its official game party launch of Grand Theft Auto which is later this month.

She added: “It’s been a great opportunity to be involved with and I just want more people to know I’m here and I’m available for all types of cakes and occasions.”

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