From Summer to Christmas in a blink of the eye (or should that be bite of the cake?)

Is it me or have we suddenly had the summer snatched away and replaced by chilly air? I have resorted to wearing a fleece and i'm sure it was only last week i was still in my Havaianas. The Cake residence has a new patio which is very exciting but my ideas of sun lounging will now have to wait until next summer. And i am finding my butter is not getting to room temperature like it should. Mr Cake will soon have to give in and allow me some central heating, i could blame it on the butter. So, when it gets colder and the evenings draw in and the supermarkets are flaunting 3 for 2 presents already what do i think of but Christmas! And of course another opportunity for more baking (and time to get excited about my good friends the K-Y's annual X Factor final/Christmas party with a feast better than Nigella's).

I have my fruit soaking in brandy ready for the first Christmas cake of the season and i am dreaming of white sparkly decorations. So, the conclusion to this story is that Miss Cake has started on the Christmas cakes and is ready for all of your orders! Personalised miniature cakes and festive cookies are what everyone will need this Christmas, i am telling you. Please get in touch for all of your Christmas baking needs!

The Focus party

I am very pleased to report the Focus cakes went swimmingly, as did the party. Myself and Mr Cake had a fab time making the most of the free bar and playing the casino with funny money with photos of the directors on (our good friend Chris looked scarily like the Queen). My kitchen is now getting back to normal after being a cupcake factory and has lost the mist of icing sugar created by the constant whirring of the Kitchen Aid.

I'm so excited that Miss Cake is taking off and the cake orders are flooding in. In the next few weeks i'll be cakecreating a shar pei dog, a boy on the drums, canoes and a train. Wish me luck!

The Focus 4 U Party and the neverending icing 'F's

This week has been full of cakepreparation (a word that may not be in the Oxford Dictionary but a term i think should be) for the exciting Focus 4 U party at Hotel du Vin in Brighton where i will be displaying a cakefeast! I am soooo excited as i am not only baking for it but will also be attending the party in all my finery. Focus are a local and very successful business so it will be a great opportunity for Miss Cake's goodies to be eaten by some business people and get the name out there.

So far the big cake is baked and iced and waiting to be adorned with its logo and i still have another 26 blue icing 'F's to make for the cupcakes, not to mention the '5's and the stars. Tomorrow will be fullcupcakesteam ahead and if anyone is in the vicinity of Norton Terrace you may smell the cupcake production line wafting out of my kitchen.

Right, better be getting on with those 'F's...........