7 days to go…I’ve been thinking, and it may be my cake-addled brain speaking, but in some way I’d like to carry on with something like this. Not necessarily cakes, but some sort of food. I need to think about it a bit more. The fig, yoghurt and honey cake seemed to go down well […]
Monday morning, I’m writing this from my car in the car park at work. Got out of the swing of scheduling posts! So, I saw some baby figs reduced in Sainsburys yesterday so thought they would be a good ingredient for a cake. As it stood, I couldn’t find al the ingredients I wanted for […]
Some calculations this morning led me to discover I have so far used 58 eggs, and just over 4kg of sugar. 9 days to go to add to this total! London Marathon day today. I brought an orange and almond torte to the marathon supporters tea and cake day at my uncle’s house. The recipe […]
Day 20, what a lovely day. I can see blue sky with not a hint of cloud. Plants in the garden are starting to DO stuff. Yeah, it’s not boiling hot but it’s a start! Day 20 had me making green tea cupcakes. The recipe title included the word ‘mini’ but I’m not sure what […]
I very much wanted to eat the carrot cake I made yesterday. I was told it was good from a self proclaimed connoisseur of carrot cake. I’ll be making that one myself. I’m a dinner lady as well as my normal job at work. I love seeing what some of the kids have for lunch […]
Cake went down well at work on Day 17. The recipients of Day 16 and 17 decided to leave the cakes in the staffroom for people to have and to leave a little bit of money. I’m getting new sponsors too, which is great, plus donations on my justgiving page – http://www.justgiving.com/loorah1. The six layer […]
Going back to work is good. Going back to work and baking in the evening is tiring! I made a six layer cake for someone who doesn’t even really like cake. Is this girl (me) crazy in the coconuts?! Constitutionally I’m becoming more and more cake, and less flesh and blood. I have flour coursing […]
Back to work today! I do like my job. It’s not something I planned to do but it’s a lot of fun. If you haven’t already guessed from the fact I’ve just had 2 weeks off, I work in a school. Just 6 weeks until the next half term holidays… Lots of people have sponsored […]
I am typing this about to go to bed. Today has been so busy! Last day of the holidays and I am busier than all the days put together. I baked two lots of cakes, one lot of brioche rolls, went to the gym, went to a yoga class and made dinner. That’s a busy […]
I had lunch outside today! What a pleasant surprise the weather has been so far today. I made a coffee and hazelnut praline gateaux this morning. It looked like one of those showy cakes you see in pictures, and I thought why not give the fancy cake a go? I made the praline yesterday which […]
Last Night A Soufflé Saved My Life 