Happy 60th Birthday Mum

Orange syrup cake with candied oranges and marscapone cream was my contribution to Mum's 60th high tea, which we held at Must Love Dogs B&B in Rutherglen. Chris and Charles were wonderful hosts, Chris made biscuits, cupcakes and her famous scones and Charles made us some yummy sandwiches. Ruff, Millie and Some of Mum's closest friends joined us to wash it all down with some freshly brewed coffee and tea.

Everyone learnt a bit about the house's history, from being a pub, to a place of worship, and even a brothel. Chris decorated one of the guest rooms with a lovely red Murano glass pendant light before finding out about it's sordid history!

I hope everyone had a pleasant afternoon, especially Mum! Happy birthday!

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Inspiration

I often stumble across beautiful cakes, whether on the internet or in magazines - not to mention talented cake designers and decorators, but I have just discovered Maggie Austin. I had never heard of her before I read that she made the cake for Ryan Reynolds and Blake lively's wedding, which was then driven 8 hours from Maryland to Boone Hall Plantation in Mt Pleasant, where The Notebook was filmed.

I haven't been able to find any pictures of the actual cake yet, but Maggie Austin cakes are known for their elegance and touch of Haute Couture. Below is a portrait of Maggie with one of her designs, but check out her whole gallery yourself here

I can see myself using her cakes for inspiration and ideas in the future, even her logo is divine!

Wood Fired Oven Awesomeness

I ventured down to the Community Wood Fired Oven at Hovell Tree Park to see Tobie Puttock cook today. He was here as part of the Write around the Murray festival. I'm really glad I went. The food he cooked was beautiful, he was a great speaker and I even picked up a couple of tips. I can't wait to cook something out of his cookbook, 'Cook like an Italian' which he kindly autographed for me!

We enjoyed some chickpea pancakes, roasted capsicum, ricotta and of course the filetto di manzo arrosto in crosta di sale e erbe - beef fillet roasted in herbed salt, which I can't wait to try at home.

It's a girl!

Thanks for asking me to do your baby shower cake Casey, I hope you had a wonderful day.

I just love these gift box cakes! This one is white chocolate mudcake with vanilla buttercream - yummy!

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