LCO Trading Ltd

LCO Trading Ltd: cake decorating supplies from Staffordshire

LCO Trading Ltd is a cake decorating supplier based in Staffordshire, in the Midlands of the UK. The company sells a broad range of products for cake makers, from sugarpaste and icing to packaging, equipment and baking ingredients. Its catalogue is organised into sections including Packaging, Decorations, Equipment, Ingredients, Occasions, Clearance, Bulk Buys and Brands.

Packaging for cakes and catering

The packaging range covers cake drums, boards and cards, cake boxes, cupcake cases and boxes, and cake and cupcake stands. It also includes chocolate and doughnut boxes, bouquet boxes and accessories, bows, cardette holders and cards, cellophane wrap, kraft and tissue paper, and bouquet envelopes. For cake pops and cakesicles, the store lists moulds, packaging sticks and buttons.

Beyond cake-specific packaging, the catalogue includes eco packaging such as compostable paper cups, cold cups, soup containers, food trays and takeaway containers, as well as recyclable portion pots. There are takeaway coffee cups and holders, ripple coffee cups, white paper cups, cup collars, stirrers and carry trays, printed cups and disposable cutlery. Foil containers, foil pudding bowls, foil takeaway containers, flan dishes and mince pie or apple pie foils are also available, along with kitchen foil and cling film, microwave containers, food boxes, paper napkins and pizza boxes.

Paper bags are listed in several formats: brown kraft paper bags, greaseproof paper bags, white sulphite paper bags, carrier bags, block bottom paper carriers, film front paper bags and cookie bags. The packaging section also includes plastic drinking cups, baking parchment, greaseproof paper and acetate, hygiene and PPE items such as blue gloves and aprons, food prep wipes, clear disposable gloves, hair nets and mob caps, shoe covers and tamperproof containers. Other items include cake domes, cake tray, loaf trays and liners, sandwich wedges and sandwich platters, sauce pots, postable boxes, catering supplies, food labels, order pads and till rolls.

Decorations, colours and sprinkles

Under Decorations, the store lists sugarpaste and modelling paste, royal icing, and colouring gels, pastes and oil colours. Colour brands include Colour Mill, Colour Splash, Rainbow Dust, Magic Colours, Sugarflair, Fractal Colors, Jinny & Jo, FunCakes and Culpitt. The range covers Colour Mill 20ml and 100ml oil-based colours, Sugarflair Spectral Extra pastel tube gels, Sugarflair chocolate colours and Sugarflair oil-based colours, among others.

Sprinkles, flakes and pearls are grouped by brand, including Happy Sprinkles, Sprinkletti, Scrumptious, PME, Sugarflair, Purple Cupcake, Crystal Candy, Culpitt Select, Baked With Love, Funcakes and Super Streusel. The catalogue distinguishes strands, pearls, shapes and confetti. Edible paints and brushes are available from Rainbow Dust, Colour Splash, PME, Magic Colours, Sugarflair and Colour Mill. Shimmer and glitter sprays come from Coloursplash, House Of Cake, PME and others, while glitters, dusts and powders include lines from Magic Colours, Faye Cahill, Rainbow Dust, Sugarflair, Colour Splash, Fractal Colors and SuPearl Dust. Food pens are listed from Colour Splash, Sugarflair, Rainbow Dust, Fractal Colours and PME.

Cake drips are offered from PME, Funcakes, Coloursplash and Colour Mill. Cake toppers include card, gumpaste, diamante and plastic options, with licensed figures from Toy Story, The Jungle Book, Frozen, Frozen 2, Winnie The Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Disney Princesses, Moana and Marvel. Polystyrene shapes and sundry items such as glue, tylo powder, release spray, Meri White, glycerine, glucose syrup, glaze spray, rejuvenator, piping gel, whitener, sugartex and gum tragacanth are also part of the decorations section.

Equipment and tools for cake makers

The Equipment section includes edible printers and sheets, airbrushing equipment and airbrush machines and pens from Magic Colours, Rainbow Dust, Sugarflair, Fractal Colors and Spectrum Flow. Chocolate moulds are available from BWB and Sugar Craft. Tools include cutters for alphabet, numbers, flowers and leaves, shapes, animals and assorted designs, as well as moulds from Karen Davies, Katy Sue, Sweet Revolutions By Domy, Molly Robbins, Jinnys Collection and Marvelous Molds. Jem embossers, cookie and cupcake novelty sets, tools, mats, letter and number sets, piping equipment such as piping bags, nozzles, adapters and couplers, and cake dummies and separators in round, square and hexagon shapes with straight or chamfered edges are also listed.

Other equipment includes cake pillars, dowels and stands, ganache plates, sugar floristry supplies, posy picks, rolling pins and cake tins. Cake tins include PME round and square tins in various sizes, PME oblong tins, Invicta, Masterclass and number tins, novelty tins, topsy turvy tins and muffin tins, as well as PME baking belt sets. Sweet lace and mats, texture mats, workboards and foam pads, palette knives, stamens, tape and books are also part of the range, along with Frost Form products in round and square formats.

Baking ingredients and brands

The Ingredients section covers sugars such as caster, granulated, icing, demerara and brown, extra fine sugar and flavoured icing sugar. Flours and cereals include self-raising, plain, bread, cornflour, yeast, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda, and oats. Margarine, shortening and fats are listed alongside vegan cake mix, plain muffin mix, chocolate muffin mix, chocolate brownie mix, Madeira, lemon, carrot, toffee, fruit, ginger and red velvet mixes. Speciality mixes include gluten-free, cookie/biscuit, scone, doughnut, choux, flapjack and cheesecake, plus biscuit crumb and pieces.

Jams and curds include strawberry, raspberry, mixed fruit, curds, apple and apricot. Cake and pastry improvers and relaxers, baking powders, stabilisers and emulsifiers, marshmallow, cream alternatives, custards, ready-to-use toppings and fillings in caramel/toffee, chocolate, lemon/strawberry, vanilla, hazelnut, Biscoff/Nutella, cream cheese and buttercream substitutes are also available. Frostings come from LCO, Dawn Foods, Renshaw, Macphie, Craigmillar, Over The Top and Beau. Cocoa powder, marzipan, dried fruit and nuts, flavourings from Foodie, Nielsen Massey, Sugarflair, Lorann, Vanilla Guys, Simply, Dr Oetker, Culpitt and Isolmalt, and chocolate from Saracino, Callebaut and PME are listed. Miscellaneous items include Baking Brothers, Bako Select chunks, chips, cookie nibs and fudge, fruit cakes, confectionery such as sugared almonds, chocolate dragees, foiled chocolates, chocolate neapolitans and tiny sweets, and syrup and treacle.

Brands named in the catalogue include Dawn, Craigmillar, Macphie, Puratos, Bakels, Ireks, Bako, Bako Brights, BWL, Cake Creator, Cake Dutchess, Colour Mill, Couture, Culpitt, FunCakes, House of Cake, Jinnys, Kluman & Balter, LCO Trading, M&B, Magic Colours, Mona Lisa, Over The Top, PME, Renshaw, Saracino, Satinara, Select Ireland, Silver Spoon, Smartflex, Squires Kitchen, Sugarflair, The Sugar Paste and Wilton.

Occasions, clearance and own brand

The Occasions section is organised around weddings, parties, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, New Baby, Christening & Religion, Mothers Day, Fathers Day and Teachers & Graduation. Wedding items include cake decorations, cake toppers, foam flowers, confetti and petals, real flower confetti, paper rose petal, satin rose petals, table decorations, confectionery, favour boxes and bags, doves and rings, table planning, place cards, guest books, venue decorations, mail boxes, lace on a roll and deco web on a roll. Party items include drinks, crisps, character cake cases, cake stands, party boxes and themes such as Space, Football, Unicorn, Mermaid and Harry Potter. Seasonal ranges group boards and boxes, cake cases, sprinkles and toppers, cutters, ribbon, embossers, icing and colourings, and assortment boxes.

A Clearance section lists out-of-date or low-date sugarpaste, decorations, ingredients, cupcake cases, boxes and stands, boards, cracked or damaged items, cake figures and toppers, candles, cake tins, moulds, cutters, assortment, ingredients and toys. Bulk Buys are also offered. The company promotes its own LCO branded sugarpaste, icing sugar and caster sugar, described as lower cost with the same quality, and states that its cake boxes, liners, cases, boards and drums are manufactured in the UK.

Customer information

The site indicates free delivery on orders over £40 excluding VAT. The company is based at Northside Business Park, Hawkins Lane, Burton-on-Trent, and can be reached by phone on 01283 381692 or by email at sales@lcotrading.co.uk.