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Hello dark nights...!

...so that was summer then! So I'm guessing we bid farewell to Summer, short-lived as it was. That said, we have had a beautiful September and I did think that I would have packed the kitchen fan away by now. As I write this there is a definite chill in the air this evening though and I have been part-tempted to put the heating on. However, given recent headlines about energy costs this winter I think the thermostat will be locked away with instructions to the kids of 'put a jumper on' if anyone complains of being cold...even if we are already wearing three jumpers, a vest and a dressing gown!! It has been a very busy summer period with lots of wonderful cakes, cupcakes and cookies made for birthdays, thank you gifts, anniversaries and weddings. So as we say farewell to summer I would like to thank all my customers for their continued custom and cake ideas and here is a poem I found by Stanley Kunitz which I'll leave right here. Mel xx End of Summer An agitation of the air, A perturbation of the light Admonished me the unloved year Would turn on its hinge that night. I stood in the disenchanted field Amid the stubble and the stones Amaded, while a small worm lisped to me The song of my marrow-bones. Blue poured into summer blue, A hawk broke from his cloudless tower, The roof of the silo blazed, and I knew That part of my life was forever over. Already the iron door of the North Clangs open: birds,leaves,snows Order their populations forth, And a cruel wind blows.

Weddings are back ! It has been fabulous to finally get to create wedding cakes this year after 16 months of planning headaches for all concerned ! There is something amazing about being able to design, create and set up a wedding cake and then stand back and admire. I offer consultations either via telephone, Zoom or face to face over coffee at the Upside Down Cafe in Blackpool, sketches of the design and the best part, cake samples from a current choice of 11 different flavours from traditional brandy fruit cake to more modern flavours such as salted caramel or white chocolate Baileys mud cake.

A simple meringue recipe to try at home.