When orders flow, they come in droves! Christmas 2012 has been a bit hectic but a lot of fun! Over the last 5 days, we have created 20 gingerbread trees, 2 macaron trees, over 30 gingerbread men, 100 macarons, 2000 fondant cookies, 4 large fruit cakes, 48 cupcakes and toppings, fillings, decorations to match!! It's...
To finish off the week, had a midweek order for a Tiramisu. The very first cake I ever made. Still popular I see. Rather simplistic in comparison to the other things I have made recently but its kind of hard to dress up a cake that's basically cream, cheese and coffee dipped sponge. Smells delicious though. Hard...
The secret is to plan. And to plan well! And to plan for the unknowns. Truffle mixture. Macarons. Cookies. Icing. Fondant. Cupcakes. Easy right? Not a walk in the park by any means and definitely tested one's time management but I am quite pleased (and relieved) at the way everything has turned out! Macaron...
It was something along the lines of 37 degrees outside. It wasn't much better in the kitchen... reaching 32 on the thermometer, furthest away from the oven!!! We sweated through a whole day of baking for charity and whilst there were some downs (re: macarons don't work in extremely hot, humid conditions), we were able...
