Showing posts with label cake trips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cake trips. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Like it or Lump it Goes Live!

This has been in the pipeline for a wee while now. Lots of slithering, thinking and backtracking. BUT today has been take the plunge day, see how it goes and bite the bullet!

I have been asked to bake for one of the local coffee shops. It is a big step. So far all I have done is potter about and bake for friends and family but this is a whole new ball game.




Environmental health
Hygiene courses.... yes I know.. I'm a nurse and know when to wash my hands and that it's better to keep the cat out of the baking. I am supposed to know not to sneeze into the food and not to just scrape off the mould but now it has to be all official!

The tax man ... keeping the books will all be a challenge in itself. No more .... well it'll be about £20... no no I have to work it all out and look at profit margins and still being friends with people I do business with and having a good time as well....

I am very excited! And my first proper order isn't even due until next week. Now what kind of cupcakes will it be this time? ...


... And as for Cake of the Week well that is a whole world waiting to be explored....





Thought you might like to see the sea coming over the harbour wall at Wick in Caithness last week when I was up visiting with my mum. a stark contrast to the wind turbine picture (above) that was taken the very next day... The croft cottage in the last picture was  the house that was lived in by the crofter and family as well as the animals in many cases at the beginning of the last century..


I will be back soon to let you know about my first proper baking advent. (hopefully I will remember the pictures too).

Monday, 12 September 2011

It's been a Long Time.

I'm sorry that I haven't posted for ages. I did try the other night but couldn't get my pictures to upload and so gave up. So now to try again...
I was in hospital again... nothing serious, only a change of prosthesis but I was a bit fed up and then have been incredibly busy at work and at home....
So what does all this busy entail?
We'll.. there was the visit to the rare breeds sale with my parents.... We saw lots of rare and special animals but I was really taken with the display of horns... How do these grab you?


Curly Ones....


Neat, ready to be made into a crook ones...


When only more is better....


Don't mess with me ones...
Perhaps you're more of a cuddly wooly type...


Loose flowing locks or...


Tight just been permed ones. 
Anyway enough of that... At the weekend I was back on the cake trail and thought you might like to see the effort for Saturday night...


120 tiny cakes. Do you fancy Coconut, Red Velvet, vanilla and Rose or perhaps Lavender?
As always there were a few extras (and rejects) but this lot soon put paid to them...


15 Bikers and not so hairy either all on a stormy trip off to Scotland after calling in for tea and cake.
Hope you are all ok. I will try to pop over to visit but am supposed to be writing an essay and studying for my physics exam and it is very easy to get distracted by all your interesting posts. x