Chop's Cakes SNAPPED!

These are two photos taken of my cakes at a recent Wedding Fair I did at Craft Central. It was hard work but I thoroughly enjoyed it in the end!

 

Above is taken by Sarah at Craft Central of my Cake Shots.

 

 This is a beautiful picture of my Wedding cake display (yes that's me in the background) taken by Manashi Kashyap

My Top 3 books of 2011...so far

 

1. Eating for England by Nigel Slater - He describes food in a way no other can and eloquently takes you back to the first time you damaged the roof of your mouth with a piece of toblerone or the warm feeling you get when you sink your spoon into a treacle sponge.

This is how he describes cake, I think I want this on my grave...

"British cakes have a certain wobbly charm to them, and what might be missing in terms of finesse is there in lick-your-fingers stickiness...they are something you tuck into with the enthusiasm of a labrador at a water bowl."

 

2. Cakes & Bakes, From my Mother's Kitchen by Linda Collister -  The cakes in this book are both special and comfortingly familiar. I made the pistachio and carrot cake for the other half for his birthday as it's shards of green pistachio make it look celebratory enough to give as a gift.

 

3. Weekend Baking by Sarah Randell - Fabulously easy recipes but massive crowd pleasers. I  recently adapted the chocolate and raspberry bars to sell at a fair and they were gone in under an hour!