Baking Today

Just been busy baking for 2 birthdays: a 40th, and a slightly younger one (37, if you must know). 37 seemed a bit of an odd number to put on a cake, not so landmarky as 40, so the ever-popular lions are back (with ears this time!). The 37 year-old is a leo, you see.






I also made 2 batches of Banana and Chocolate Chip cakes with Chocolate buttercream icing. The first batch are here: 6 cakes for a housewarming present. The next batch I'll post later, they're for a friend's birthday, and I think she'd like to see them in real life before she sees them on the blog.

Lions, and pirates, and fairs! Oh, my!

May 2010. Made these for Ruby’s school spring fair. There should, of course, have been 12 of each, but we were having such a heat wave and all the cakes felt so soft, that I had to check they were fully baked!

A morning’s worth of experiments

April 2010. I had a fun morning baking and trying out some of the ideas I had for designs, with my sister. Some worked, some didn’t… here are some of the more successful ones, and a shot of the very messy kitchen table.