2011 was a year of experimenting and side tracks, I tried to do a lot of things and didn't achieve very much. Therefore I have decided that 2012 will be the year I go back to basics, focus on my long term goal and start taking baby steps towards it.
I want to open my own sweet shop in the long term so am going to start small and find the right people to work with in 2012.
I have a stall at a mother and baby sale the first weekend in February so I am going to use that as a starting point. I want to sell valentine themed sweets and chocolates, some I want to make myself and others I will buy in.
I want to revamp my website, my business cards and my logo so I have a lot of work to do! I will start by finding a proper graphic designer to come up with a logo for me, so if anyone knows one, please let me know!
Better crack on, I've got Nathan's first birthday cake to ice and some gluton free gingerbread to make for the birthday party this afternoon
Friday, 30 December 2011
Friday, 16 December 2011
Christmas cake
I thought I'd have a go at making my own marzipan this year for my Christmas cake. I used the James Martin recipie and am no overly happy with the outcome.
It tastes good but seems to be cracking and sliding off the cake. Will have to see how it looks in the morning but may have to have a quick trip to the supermarket and buy some shop made marzipan.
Hope to have it all finished tomorrow so will post a photo when I'm done.
It tastes good but seems to be cracking and sliding off the cake. Will have to see how it looks in the morning but may have to have a quick trip to the supermarket and buy some shop made marzipan.
Hope to have it all finished tomorrow so will post a photo when I'm done.
Monday, 5 December 2011
Christmas trees and a possible set back
This weekend we had the in laws down and I spent Saturday afternoon on the sofa getting very excited about biscuits with my mother in law. We were looking at the Biscuiteers website and sat there say we can do that!
They had a couple of you tube videos that we watched and I decided that I would give it a go on sunday morning as I had been given a bottle of green cookie icing, that I had not used before and after serveral practices I was happy with the outcome.
I decided that I would make these biscuits for the Christmas fayre I am doing on Friday afternoon along with some fudge but woke up this morning with a horrible stomach bug (as this is a blog about food, I won't go into details) this puts my plans for Friday into jeopardy I wil see how I feel tomorrow night and make a decision if I am going to go ahead with it.
They had a couple of you tube videos that we watched and I decided that I would give it a go on sunday morning as I had been given a bottle of green cookie icing, that I had not used before and after serveral practices I was happy with the outcome.
I decided that I would make these biscuits for the Christmas fayre I am doing on Friday afternoon along with some fudge but woke up this morning with a horrible stomach bug (as this is a blog about food, I won't go into details) this puts my plans for Friday into jeopardy I wil see how I feel tomorrow night and make a decision if I am going to go ahead with it.
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