An Epic In The Making

It would seem that my attempt to explain to you all what the Restoration really means to me, as we approach its 350th anniversary, is taking a great deal more out of me than I had anticipated.

This coupled with the Wedding Cake that I am working on for this weekend and the dayjob too has resulted in a slight delay. It is an epic. I apologise in advance.

Cx



Remove the diadem and take off the crown; this shall not be the same; exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: and it shall be no more until he come whose right it is...

Love Is In The Air

The new Wedding Cake gallery will be coming very soon. The most stylish girl I know came over on the first gloriously sunny Saturday of this year and set up some beautiful shots, snapping away with her camera and turning my garden into a pretty little tea party.

Of course, we all made time for a little taster of the new flavours.





New to the menu are Coffee & Baileys (a moist coffee cupcake, topped with Baileys ButterCream) and Lemon (a light lemon cupcake, topped with zesty Lemon Curd Buttercream). The fabulous news is that both of these flavours are available Dairy Free… after many hours of pretending to be Heston Blumenthal in my kitchen, I have perfected Dairy Free Irish Cream ButterCream frosting. I was thrilled with the result and slightly pissed by the end of the tasting *hic*. Oh and both flavours are available in cake form too, which is what we are chowing down on in the pics.

I have yet to decide upon suitably Restoration specific names for these newbies but there are a few ideas in the pipeline and the victors will be announced via Tweet.

If you are not yet following me on Twitter, I would urge you to come and find me in time for the big announcement, which will be made from the beach in Brighton on Oak Apple Day, Saturday 29th May 2010.

Cx

P.S. I am @restorationcake though you could have probably figured that one out!

It's Been A Long Time...

Oddsfish, you must have all forgotten about me!

I cannot even begin to tell you how busy I have been of late... somewhere between working 9 to 5 and then from 5 to 9* again, I have neglected my blogging duties.

So while I think of something clever and inspiring to say, I shall leave you with a little piece of nonsense that inspired a Christmas cake for a much beloved friend.

This is the MacArthur Park Christmas cake.



MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down...
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

*um... more like 11 or 12!