Busy on Holiday

Well I hope you have all had a great Easter and have made the most of the wonderful weather we have had, especially here in Warrington. Hubby and i are off at the moment until after the May bank Holiday we took advantage of taking the three days off just after Easter and before the big wedding, so all in all it has made a nice long break. Although we are on holiday we are both mad busy. Kevin's parents wanted a new kitchen but what they were going to be charged was ridiculous so we said we would do it for them, well, why not, those of you who know what we have done in our own home should not be surprised. They did some shopping and decided on the look they wanted. Kevin priced it all up worked out all the measurements and ordered it and got it delivered to their home last Thursday (21st April) a skip was delivered as well. We arrived on Good Friday and commenced work. His Mum and Dad had already made a start by taking all the cupboard doors off and emptying the kitchen and taking up the old floor. I don't think they realised what work was involved but despite all the disruption I think they are enjoying it. Here are some pictures of the first couple of days.

Something Pink

Well, I hope everyone is well, I have been so busy of late have not had time to post anything on my blog. Kevin and I are currently putting in a new kitchen for his mum and dad, its an easier space to work with so hopefully it should not be as messy as I have been through recently. Not that I am complaining though as I am enjoying my new kitchen. I recently had a request from a friend at work who wanted a cake for her daughters birthday (the daughter is 24) the request was for a chocolate sponge then covered in pink fondant and the decoration was left up to me. I decided to go with pink and brouwn theme and I think it worked well. In fact I was really pleased with the finished result even if I say so myself. My friend thought it was so her daughters sort of thing so I hope it went down well. Here is a photo for you to see. I cut largish circles with my Cricut cake then used a very small circular cutter to cut the centres out but I did this slightly off center to give a more interesting shape. I am hoping I can be a bit more creative with my decorating in future after seeing the result of my latest creation.

Old Cookery Books

As a lot of my friends know I have a passion for baking and cooking in general, and I especially love spending an afternoon browsing through my collection of cookery books and planning something nice. Amongst my collection I have a couple of really old books, one used to be in my Nan's cupboard and when we went to stay I would always look at it. It is called "Domestic Cookery" The Household Manual, it is a fab book full of old recipe's and I would imagine would have been very useful back in my Nan's younger days. It is so old now I have to be careful with it as some of the pages are now coming out. Another book I have belonged to my Gran and this is called "Radiation" Cookery Book this was published for use with the Regulo Gas cookers and finally also belonging to Gran I have a "How to Ice a Cake" she went to evening classes to learn Royal Icing and such and I forgot I had this book, all be it is very old it still has some useful tips in it. I have only taken a photo of the fronts of them as I am not sure if I am allowed to post photo;s of the inside.

Just had to share

I have been rather busy of late with work and trying to finish of jobs at home, but just wanted to share this moment with you. We recently had our 26th wedding Anniversary and I had a surprise at work in that my husband had arrange for a bunch of flowers to be delivered to me. It's not something he normally does as he doesn't believe in fuss, however they were wonderful to receive and it made the date special, her is a photo, they are truly wonderful.

Birthday Cake Completed

Well I haven't been around much as I have been doing some researching to help me with my cake decorating. Its hard work coming up with ideas but thanks to friends at work I am getting a few requests coming in for cakes to make for them. Here is a couple of pictures to share. I am not as pleased as the others I have done, must have had an off day today.

However on another note, I have just come in from the garden having spent 10 minutes out in the freezing with my darling husband as the space station was due to come over, although it was a bright spot moving very quickly it is quite amazing to think that somwething like that has people on it, I wonder how they feel looking down on us. Anyway this is just a quick post for now I need to get around visiting everyone that I have neglected. See you all soon. Take care.

Completed for Valentines Day

Well, how have you been this wet and windy weekend. We bobbed out a couple of times but didn't stay out long, so I spent the day in my kitchen today and worked on a couple of valentines cakes that I had been asked to do, I hope my customers like their orders.

I have been catching up!

Hello again just another quick post, I have been catching up with my blogger friends and been nominated by Andie for two awards. Thank you so much Andie I am chuffed to bits, here they are everyone I hope I have done this right! Well i now need to nominate someone but it is so hard so I would like to nominate all my friends from blog land, I hope you accept and enjoy the awards.