It's absolutely freezing here in Leyland today! We keep having hail storms - so I'm glad today is a baking day and I get to hang around in a toasty kitchen! Fingers crossed the weather warms up a bit tomorrow as that's when I fill and crumb coat my cakes - chilly air is not good for crumb coating! The buttercream sets really quickly and tears chunks off the cake. Anyway - I'll worry about that tomorrow! Today I'm doing another batch of vanilla sponges! When I was setting up m

Well hello there! I thought it was about time I got to grips with my social media - I've been relying too heavily on Facebook up until now! So the plan is to use this blog to give you an insight into what goes on inside my little cake-y head! Firstly - I must apologise for my TERRIBLE laptop! Ever since I splased out on what I thought was a brilliant spec I have regretted it! The blummin' 'a' on the keyboard doesn't work properly! It's a sneaky little thing too! Sometimes whe