flowerpot-cakes.

forget 'cup'cakes, following my visit to hampton court flower show i have been inspired by 'flowerpot'cakes! but before i get ahead of myself let's give a bit of background.

on friday i took my mum to hampton court flower show as her birthday present. as we got off the train i was greeted by a sight that immediately lit up my face - dozens of brightly decorated cupcakes! a cafe had set up a stall at the station and this included hand decorated cupcakes for only 99p - a complete bargain!

 so many cakes!

 all hand decorated in lovely colours and topped with flower decorations

 tower of cakes - some with wraps

my lovely mum bought me a cake so i chose a gorgeous pink one with a blue flower and a glitter finish. i polished it off after our fish and chips lunch and it was SO nice. i tend not to expect cupcakes that look good to actually taste good - often they are quite dry. but this was so moist and the icing was almost like mousse - so so scrummy!

 i love the glitter!

on the way back we just missed a train so we had a bit of a wait at the station so ended up back at the stall! i got one for myself (it's been an indulgent week!) and one for my sister. at this point they had started putting the plastic cases into little plastic flower pots which i thought was a really clever idea and very fitting for the whole event!

flowerpot-cake!

i love the simplicity of this one

 

for my sister i got a light blue one with two flowers and glitter (unfortunately it got slightly squashed on the way home!)

these cakes have really inspired me to try and master the art of icing with a piping bag!

love,

nen

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late lemon.

apologies for the recent lack of posting - it's been a busy few days! on saturday i went to watch the farnham carnival with my home friends which was really nice (especially the couple of cheeky cocktails afterwards!). then yesterday was my mum's birthday and we went to the harry potter studio tour which is absolutely AMAZING. words cannot describe! and today i started my temporary job of doing the admin for the charity which my mum is assistant coordinator of. so it was a day of lots of printing and editing documents. however i have now found a moment to return to my beloved blog! i have a lot to catch up on but let's start with a lemon cake.

a little memento from our harry potter day!

lemon drizzle cake is one of my absolute favourites and it is so easily to whip up! simple case of whisk all the ingredients together, bake and when it comes out of the over top with a mixture of sugar and lemon juice and zest. so easy but so delicious and it makes the house smell great! i made it a few days ago and it certainly did not last long! thankfully i managed to get some pictures before it all went!

like i said - just throw all the ingredients in and whisk!

i love the ripple effect you get when whisking!

this recipe was taken from 'Girl Talk: A Book of Cooking' - which according to the cover is a BBC publication. it's getting old now as it's (i think) my first cookbook! i also used to make flapjack using a recipe in it.

here is the finished product with the 'drizzle' soaking in. as it makes quite a lot i make a few slots in the cake with a teaspoon to let the mixture really seep into the sponge - this means certain slices have really juicy lemony bits!

the recipe doesn't say to line the loaf tine with baking paper but it makes removing the cake much easier. here the cake is minus my first slice - which was still warm - quite possibly heaven on earth!

well until next time, with more cake stands!

love,

nen

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