First Job :)

This summer I got my first paid baking (ish) job…seriously seriously happy Liv.

I was hired to make chocolates, and I thought I would share the results. I had the best time mixing flavours and decorating, and am totally ready to do it again (hint). Here are some of the best pictures I took over the two months. ❤ Enjoy.

This is a stack of my creations ❤

This is a close up of my Hazlenut, Orange and Caramel drizzle slab 🙂 Crunchy

Here is Chocolate and Ginger Hearts, and a Marbled Mint Slab……pretty

These are salted chocolate with pretzel pieces- credit to my American for these ❤

Gold brushed salted caramel popcorn, trying some other designs 🙂

So there it is….should anyone feel the need to hire a chocolate maker…….you know where I am!

❤

Stay Unchained 🙂

P.S. Planning a big blog entry for the MINUTE my dissertation is in…..hang in there!

Cake Art

Being a MA student means being broke. Which means being creative when it comes to presents. However, seeing as no-one ever refuses free cake, I tried and tailor cakes to fit the person….which has lead to some pretty tricky creations. Here are my favourites!

1. Pensieve Cake.

This is for serious Harry Potter fans. A triple layer chocolate cake, hollowed out and filled with blue butter cream, covered with white chocolate mist. I used royal icing to make the mystic runes around the outside. And to finish? A small glass jar filled with cotton wool and glitter to make Snape’s final memory. A gift from a Harry Potter fan to a HARRY POTTER CRAZY LADY <3<3

 And just for some context-

2. Pokemon fairy cakes

For this, I picked the three greatest pokemon, used food colouring (oh so much food colouring) and royal icing to create them, and presented them to a truly wonderful chap….with a pokeball too. I asked him to pick one, he chose Charmander…

Gotta catch them all…

Be gentle with me pokemon fans- it’s been a while since I played!

3. Mother’s Day

With some homemade Hot Cross Buns, Daffodil cakes to show Mum how fricking awesome she is. Big love!

4.Wine and Cheese sophistication.

I don’t understand wine and cheese myself, so I put it on a cake instead. Blissful.

5. St Paddy’s Day

I have American friends now, as well as THE American, so I do the St. Patrick’s Day thing now. I celebrate with cake, so here they are…

That is enough for now…..but I’m sure there will be more soon, lots of birthdays coming up!