I love baking

I can't believe I have been sat on the floor in the kitchen staring at my cake in the oven ... just like they do on the Great British Bake Off! Having said that it was worth it as I'm delighted with the result. I have just baked a chocolate and orange torte with white ganache, which I garnished with kiwi fruit and strawberries, and it is delicious!

It looks good enough to eat doesn't it? I'm going to sit back now and wait for the orders to come flooding in! I need to bake things that I haven't tried before which is why I tried the torte, and my next challenge is going to be chocolate truffles so watch this space!

The arty overhead view can be seen above ... although it doesn't look like this now because David and I have just had a slither, well, maybe it was a little bit more than a slither! By this time tomorrow I expect it to have disappeared and I have a feeling that some of my sisters may be calling around for a slice.

Cindy x

I'm back ... part 2!

I've spent the last 2 days giving my blog a complete make over and I'm starting the new year as I mean to go on ... on the couch watching soaps! Only joking, I'm going to blog, blog and blog some more, after all, I do enough interesting things so I may as well share them.

I hope you enjoy reading my diary, I will be telling you about some of the creative things that I do, including my baking, and also about some of the things that I do in my leisure time. My husband works for AGA Rangemaster so you will see some links on my blog to various AGA websites, including a blog that David writes about Point-to-Point racing.

You will also see Farmers Fayre mentioned quite a lot - this is where I work, and I will write about some of the events that take place there. We had a 3 oven electric AGA installed at Farmers Fayre just before Christmas so we will be cooking some delicious AGA meals for our customers.