So, as it transpires, we don't like fruit cake. And you can't have a wedding without wedding cake - so we've been on the prowl for a good wedding cake that is decadent enough for a wedding, and decidedly fruitless and lacking in marzipan. Who better to turn to than the Women's Weekly? Now, I know it sounds a bit like I'm promoting...
When I first moved to the UK, on my second day here, I discovered British book stores. They're beautiful and big, and filled from top to bottom with glossy covers. There are hundreds of different book stores - from the amazing £2 store (The Last Bookshop) in Oxford to the big brands of the market like Foyles, Waterstone's and W.H.Smith. And lo - it...
Now, I know I said I'd bake a cake for the sugar roses and share photographs with you but I was a little distracted (forgivably, I think) by these: Can you handle your excitement at my teapot shortbread biscuits? Maybe it's just me, but there's something so very satisfying about the pastel shades of royal icing on shortbready goodness. I made teapots and...
So - it's official. The wedding countdown has begun. There are only 49 days until we get married. Eek! I've decided to make my own cake. It's just one of those things that I want to do, and that I can do, so why not? I originally wanted a cake from the gurus at Choccywoccydoodah (a sort of tea party cake, with a teapot...
I've been zooting around London these last few weeks covering some interesting stories and reviewing restaurants (ah the life of a freelance journalist!), and I thought I'd share this one with you. I had to head down to Battersea this week to review Cake Boy - Eric Lanlard's patisserie and cake emporium. Now, Battersea is not exactly close. In fact, it took me about...
