Last weekend I travelled through to Edinburgh with Sarah for the first joint meeting of Glasgow Baking Club with the Edinburgh Cake Ladies! The theme this time was 'Showstoppers' and there were quite a few stunners! All the cakes were amazing and clearly had a lot of effort put in to each one.
Kirsteen made this amazing representation of Option 7 to restore George Square...
Sarah made a chocolate cake with berries and brought an amazing sparkler - truly show-stopping!
There was also a very creative trifle within a cake made by Barry. I don't have any more individual photos but you can see more over on the Edinburgh Cake Ladies blog. [Mine is still listed there as having been made by Sarah, but I swear I made it! ;)]
I managed to try 10 (yes, 10, but I had tiny pieces OK people!) different cakes and they were all delicious, I honestly couldn't choose a favourite. It was lovely to meet so many more keen bakers, I couldn't believe how many cakes there were!!
I'll post the recipe soon for anyone who wants it :)
I decided to make a cake from my new book, Tea with Bea: Recipes from Bea's of Bloomsbury
(a Christmas gift from Roz) and picked the Gingerbread Guinness cake with poached pears and cream cheese icing.
(a Christmas gift from Roz) and picked the Gingerbread Guinness cake with poached pears and cream cheese icing.
Kirsteen made this amazing representation of Option 7 to restore George Square...
Sarah made a chocolate cake with berries and brought an amazing sparkler - truly show-stopping!
And there was a stunning Rainbow ruffle cake with multi-coloured insides as well!
There was also a very creative trifle within a cake made by Barry. I don't have any more individual photos but you can see more over on the Edinburgh Cake Ladies blog. [Mine is still listed there as having been made by Sarah, but I swear I made it! ;)]
I managed to try 10 (yes, 10, but I had tiny pieces OK people!) different cakes and they were all delicious, I honestly couldn't choose a favourite. It was lovely to meet so many more keen bakers, I couldn't believe how many cakes there were!!
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| Sarah and I, utterly stuffed - we should have got a picture BEFORE eating all the cake!! |
I'll post the recipe soon for anyone who wants it :)
3 comments:
This looks like an awesome event and your cake is amazing-the poached pears look delicious! I really enjoy reading your blog (I have been lurking for some time!) but this post and seeing this dress (link below) on the oasis website (which I thought you might like due to the appropriate pattern!) compelled me to comment :) Have a lovely Sunday x
http://www.oasis-stores.com/dragonfly-viscose-skater-dress/dresses/oasis/fcp-product/3770028661
Thanks Liz! So glad you like the blog and thanks for taking the time to comment :)
I love that dress! I've already seen a few dragonfly items in the shops this year (It seems to be the new 'in' print) and was going to look for a few more items to do a post on them all but think I might have to actually buy this one, the dragonflies even look green against the blue! :D
Wow - just wow! I'd love to get involved in something like that, but actually I think I might be a wee bit intimidated by the quality! Yours looks just yummy. Thanks for sharing the photos - I love your blog :-)
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