Cancer Research Charity Cake Bake Off
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This week guys I haven't got a new recipe, we're revisiting an old recipe I did that's one of my very favourites, my Scrummy Carrot Cake, plus I have some little news! Last Sunday I attended a local Cancer Research Charity Cake Bake Off at the local High School. I entered my own Carrot Cake, it was truly amazing when I last made it for my site so I thought I'd make it again! :)
The organizers arrange the Bake off every year to help raise more money for the Relay for Life which is in two weeks time.
My cake complete with bunting :)
This is my cake taking pride of place, albeit on a slightly empty table as it was pretty early on when I took this pic! I made my own cake bunting and cake stand- got a bit carried away! The category I entered was 'Celebratory/Novelty Cakes' so I tried to make my cake look quite english- tieing in with the Jubilee. I also chose pink themed bunting material from my material selection so it also tied in with the Cancer Research logo. I had a little bit of checked material left so I improvised and tied a bow on to the base of my stand :)
The stand was really easy to make, I think I'll make some more as I'm so very happy with this one! I'll do a seperate blog post showing how I made this one step by step so if you fancy it you can try it yourself! :)
The really friendly orgaizers had put on refreshments and a small raffle to also raise more money for Cancer Research.
Mini Victoria Sponge cake
My boyfriend and I bought a cup of tea each and he had a mini victoria sponge in the shape of a very tiny loaf- it was so cute I had to take a photo! It looked completely plain but once you bit into it you found the strawberry jam and the cream, looked lovely! All of the cakes and muffins were kindly donated by a local company.
This is indeed my little news! To my amazment we'd been sat chatting and eating cake for over an hour and it was time for the winners to be announced from the judging. There was 4 categories, Traybakes, Cupcakes, Children's Cakes and Celebratory/Novelty Cakes. Incredibly I was annouced first and there was a small roar and lots of clapping... wow. I won.. me! I sat beaming like a fool staring at my certificate. The woman who won the Best Tasting certificate decided to share her cupcakes and she started passing them round. My Boyfriend and I had one each and they really did deserve to win, they were so beautifully sweet and fluffy (they are in the photo). They were plain Cupcakes with pink sugar icing and lilac sprinkles, very girly and beautiful.
So to review my lovely Sunday afternoon, if you fancy a warm drink, a relaxed chat, and a little baking the day before I urge you to enter a cake into a charity Bake Off or a charity sale. It was a very enjoyable way to spend a sunday afternoon and warmed my heart that I was helping to raise money for such a good cause! :)
