This is a question I get asked a lot and my answer is early November. Yes this seems early, but there are two key things that make a Christmas cake extra tasty and that is… It is made too close to Christmas and your cake could be crumbly when its cut You want time for […]
I can’t deny I do love a baking and cooking class, at one point you could say I was a little addicted as I just kept attending them. The attraction for me comprised mainly of three things, I loved to see what delights I could learn to bake in the kitchen; I loved meeting new […]
Being chosen to create a couple’s wedding cake is such a privilege and one that I never take for granted, but where do you start when looking for a wedding cake? There are lots of tips for couples as to when you should book your wedding cake but since our first lockdown and so many […]
You could be saying what is a baking belt or even why would you want to use one anyway, well here’s my why… Baking belts come in various shapes and sizes and I own a fair few. If you don’t know what they are, they are material belts that you ‘wet’ and then put them […]
I recently saw a quote. DREAM, PLAN, DO… and it got me thinking where am I going in life, and how do I make that dream a reality? So when I wanted to start my business I had a dream, a dream to host baking classes and that dream seemed so possible because I had […]
I definitely have shiny object syndrome when it comes to baking, and I have cupboards and boxes full of equipment, some that are used all the time and some are still waiting patiently for their turn. I guess it’s the same with everything in life really and when we moved house my brother-in-law did ask […]
A couple of weeks ago I was hosting a macaron class for a wonderful corporate group, and whilst the macarons were baking we were all chatting about what we like to make and one of the bakers asked me what do I love to bake? As silly as it may sound I found it really hard […]
You may have seen people listening to their cakes on the Great British Bake Off and wondered why? Listening to my cakes was a wonderful tip I got from the amazing John Whaite on one of his baking classes and I went through a stage of doing it, but why? Testing to see if your cake […]
From wedding cake designer to a hostess of online baking classes, how on earth did that happen so fast??? Baking classes have always been in my long term plan, I have been on countless in person classes over the past 15 years and could always visualise myself hosting my own; mainly because I adore being […]
