Cake International 2011
So today Moochy and I have been to Cake International at the NEC in Birmingham. It was dead good and we saw loads of amazing things. ‘The irony was, the biggest stall that we bought from was Windsor Cake Craft, which is my local shop anyway!!!!
Anyway, here are some pictures of some of the competition cakes that we saw. AKA Cake Porn!
Discombobulated
Oo, I feel a bit out of sorts this morning. Not poorly or anything, just having a reaction to the 6:15 alarm call this morning. Having had a lovely 13 days off work, it is a complete shock to the system to resume dawn starts, hour long commutes and a full day in the office. But I guess it pays the bills….
In fact, I was SO sleepy this morning, that I left poor Peggy dog outside in the drizzly rain and went to work. Moochy had to come downstairs after his shower and let her in and dry her off. Poor dog… and to make matters worse, she had had a poorly belly whilst she had been outside so must have been feeling a bit rotten. 
This weekend is going to be a busyish one as on Saturday I have to take the lovey Moochy for his ears syringed, followed by a trip for a birthday present for his mum and then a trip the sorting office for his mum’s other present. Back home for a quick 40 winks and then off out for 18:30 to a restaurant in Tarporley for the birthday meal.Then Sunday sees me going out for the day to Huyton on a special 1 day Wedding cake decorating course and as much I am loving the cake decorating, I would LOVE a rest…. Why is that after 13 days off… am I just lazy beyond belief… ermmm yes.. sometimes I am.
Sugar Roses on Bank Holidays
Wow, loving being off work. Today is day 4 of 13 off and I/we are just loving it. We went out for tea last night to Moochy’s mums and I made Simnel Cakes which were lush!!!
Today, I also felt inspired to do a little baking, so currently cooling in the kitchen is a giant cupcake, made using this Wilton pan…
and I also made some lilac sugar flowers….
and would you believe that this is the VERY FIRST TIME I HAVE MADE THESE!!! It’s all thanks to the wonderful techniques of Mitch Turner from The Little Venice Cake Company. She is a legend and this is how I did it:
