My 1st wedding fayre.

Hi to all my followers i went to a wedding fayre on saturady the 23rd of febuary 2013 in leicester and these are 2 of the cakes out of  5 i wanted to show you .
I was really expecting a lot from this wedding fayre and the set up when i got there was a room on its own like an office but with a big glass sliding door at the front and a big large white table for me to put my wedding cakes on  i have got to admit i was disapointed there were all split rooms with people showing differn't items wedding dresses ,photography,etc i had got my tasters all ready my cards and everything looked so pretty but i think the room was a let down but to top it there was no one really who came to this wedding fayre i had a few customers who i talked too and loved my cakes and took some cards and cake but the lady who was the organiser didnt seem that bothered she made her appologies and she said she had done loads of advertising but she said she found this market very hard one to takle it hasn't put me of wedding fayres but it has made me more cautious of where i go next time ! i am wanting to take my cakes to a wedding cake internantional show in london or birmingham where you know you will have plenty of people coming through those doors and who will see your cakes and you are guranteed some customers who want to follow you and make orders ,i have only been making cakes seriously from the start of 2012 and i love my job cakes is my world .
Advice on wedding fayres ,make sure you take some tasters for customers to taste ,have a banner displaying your work and name,and all your details of your website ,phone number ,blog,twitter,etc
make sure you dont sit behind a desk and hide stand up and always greet people,don't put yourself on people your cakes should say it all,have cards at hand for people to take them so they can stay in touch.and i think talking and listening to your customers is so important especially when it is there big day .

Good afternoon to all my followers i have been very busy with orders and i am trying to get back into my blog as you can see i am moving things around and i am now going to be adding single seperate pages to show you in more depth of how to make cakes and some of my recipes that i use to make cakes there is alot of work still to be done on here so plz bare with me.x

Hi to my followers sorry it has been soooo long been really busy i do miss writing on here !! i will be showing you alot more recipes and my favorite books,just bare with me and i will be back on my saddle and show you all of the new stuff i have been doing in my kitchen !!.

Hi i hope you are all enjoying my blog me telling and showing you the things i love and some books that i think have some good idea's and great recipes in !!! This blog at the start was about showing you sweet creations work the cakes but now the months have gone by now i want to show to you all that its not just about looking at something pretty it's about how you make it and having down to earth recipes that work and show you home baked cooking !! i love making desserts for the family at home it relax's me so much even after a long day at work .
I am going to keep showing you more and more of what i like and more interesting recipes and i hope i keep you all interested have a good week !.

Hi my followers well what a week i have been tied to my bed been poorly and not been able to get out of bed !!,plus my 9yr old daughter went away to france with her grandad so i was really missing her and i have a treat for you all , i told her to take some pici's of any of the cakes,macarons out there so if you scroll down you will see the pici's i have posted i hope you like .xxx

Hi i hope you are liking some of my favorites which i have added further down the page !! these are things that i wanted to post on here to my followers to show you  what i like and who inspires me as a pastry chef and a home baker !!i will be adding some more of my favorite cook books and yes show you how i am getting along with my new recipe for madelines i hope i am keeping you interested it would be great to get some feed back and if you want to know how to join on  here scroll down and press join the site thanks post more news soon .xxx

Strawberry champagne gateaux

Hi i hope you luv my champagne and strawberry gateaux ,it was great fun making it and before you say where is the champagne it is not in the step by step on the pici's below because i was making this one for my family where my kids will be eating this one !! in the reicepe it will have the champagne ,because this is a real treat for adults it really is a show stopper at anyones dinner party!!.With the strawberries try to get fresh not frozen ,the frozen strawberries the quality is not very good at all !!and they are very watery !,i used a rugby,sugar flair for the sponge colour to get that cherry colour and a good quality butter goes along way aswell ,i always make sure all my ingrediants are fresh and good quality so what ever your making will turn out good.Some time this week when i can fit it in i am going back to the drawing board on my madelines and i have some great flavours to show you and what you can do with madelines i am hoping to do a site on facebook just madelines so watch out !!!.

RECIPE

CHAMPAGNE STRAWBERRY GATEAUX

400g soft butter
400g caster sugar
8 eggs
seeds of vanilla pods
4 drops of vanilla extract
4tsp baking powder
400g plain flour

FILLING
1 punnet of fresh strawberries
half a wine glass of champagne
500g soft butter
strawberry jam to glaze and layer through the cake.
icing sugar.

Mix your soft butter and caster sugar together in a mixing bowl with a whisk and blend untill it becomes light and fluffy and pale in colour !!,then add half the eggs and half the flour with the baking powder in ,and mix again  then when all mixed add the last of the eggs and flour to the mix and blend untill all the mixture comes together to a nice smooth paste .pour cake mixture into your prepared tins and bake at 180c.

Strawberrys need to be washed and drained then hurled into the champagne say just for 30mins to 1hour max ,then bring them out and start slicing them nice and thin for decorating your gateaux and layering them in your cake!!.
Butter cream ,place your soft butter in a mixing bowl and for about 5 to 10
mins whisk the butter so it becomes soft and pale then add your rugby sugar flair paste to it and about 2oog of icing sugar and see what that is like to your sweetness once your buttercream is done your ready to go to start layering your cake.