Who loves Red Velvet!? Me!

Well i promised some photos so here they are! My Red Velvet cake went down very well, who can deny themselves the pleasure of deep red sponge and lashings of cream cheese frosting! Now, please excuse the writing, my weakness, i will get better! Also did a batch of brownies, one of my favourites, fudgy, nutty and full of chocolate!

HAPPY NEW YEAR - 2010!

Hello and a Happy New Year to my faithful followers!

It’s been a chaotic and fun-filled Christmas, made wonderful by the snow (that which puts the rest of the country into chaos is a field day for us non-drivers!). I have to be honest, my commitment to baking this holiday has been mediocre at best so I have little bit of catching up to do. I will, however, post some photos of the projects I did get around to and a collection of cupcakes and cakes that I have baked since the summer.

I am now starting to plan my beautiful daughter’s 1st birthday party and am unnaturally excited! I have some wonderful ideas for her cake, including some new techniques I am hoping to perfect

Leisure baking aside, I have made it my New Year’s resolution to get my business up and running this year. I have almost decided on a name for the business, i will reveal that very soon and i also have a couple of kind friends working on a logo for me. Besides those technicalities I need to get registered and, frighteningly, hold my first farmers market!

As we speak I am in the kitchen (with the kids in bed) baking a three layer red velvet cake (one of my favourites I must confess, a delight to the eyes and taste buds!). It is my first attempt at it in cake form, rather than cupcake, and I am just preparing the cream cheese frosting. For my sins, I am also baking brownies at the moment which are my family’s favourite so they won’t be around for long! (It may sound idyllic to live in such an environment but trust me, if you value your waistline you would disagree!)

I have more photos on my flickr account under mandylp1, accessible here: www.flickr.com/mandylp1. This will be updated in the next few days so watch this space!
Thanks for visiting!

Mandy