So, it seems a long time ago now (over 2 weeks now) that I went to the Cake and Bake show in London, with one of my friends.
It was at Earl’s Court, and we managed to get into to London pretty early. We each bought one of the programmes which came with a goody bag, although I am not sure it was that good value- I like the bag though and use my one from last year a lot.
We were greeted by this cake:
Mary Berry atop a unicorn, with Paul Hollywood in the mud.
There were loads of amazingly decorated cakes as there were competitions going on, but I only took a few photos.
This was one of my favourites- no idea why but it seemed to rebel against the cutsey pink cakes, plus who doesn’t love afternoon tea?
We browsed the stalls for a bit (choosing which brownie stall to go for at lunch). A few times we queued up for a Dr Oetker goody bag, but each time we got near the front they ran out, ah well.
How do people manage to take photos of themselves in the mirror without posing in such an awkward way??
I bought myself a new apron (from the messy baker if anyone is interested)- they had loads of cute styles and when I went last year two friends bought them and I didn’t. It came with a free badge, so I chose this one:
It must be true if my badge says it!
After eating a brownie for lunch (while we were sitting down we saw Chetna and the beard guy from the bakeoff), we headed to our workshop. We watched a demo of piping different buttercreams which was really good. We could have had a try but it was a bit busy.
We had a final visit around the stalls where I came across the Ms Cupcake stall (and I remembered I had bought something delicious from there last year- a nanaimo bar)- so I had to visit and get something. Then it was time to get the train home, and unpack my goodies.
My apron (the link with white spots thing), some flavoured icing sugars for buttercream (I bought salted caramel, pistachio and black cherry- by Sugar and Crumbs), and some tea. The sugar was in the goody bag.
I also bought Andy a red velvet cookie sandwich from Ms Cupcake, but we ended up sharing it as it was huge.
Another lovely day out- there were so many stalls with freshly bakes breads and cakes (stalls from Borough market etc) and of course plenty of baking paraphernalia.
Now I am off to look at the Ms Cupcake book again and decide if I should treat myself…
A mountain of breakfast- French toast with maple butter and chocolate pb, strawberries and apples cooked with spices, plus coconut water and chocolate flake tea.