This weekend has been all about baking, I write this as if
every weekend isn’t about baking, well, in all embarrassing honesty - 70% of my
weekends revolve around baking. But this weekend I had the treasurable honour
of assisting a brilliant pirates & mermaids cupcake class, making cakes for
my boyfriend’s work colleagues (pictures to follow) AND AND AND attending the
Cake and Bake Show! A weekend of 100% baking, wouldn’t you say?
As I’m sure many of you baking Brits were aware, this
weekend saw the UK’s first ever baking exhibition! But it weren’t like one of
those wedding shows you get at the event halls in a big shopping complex where
another name you might have for it is an inside market. Oh no, it was much more than
that, not only was there an inside market of some proper groovy sprinkles,
props, embossing rolling pins, fabulous books… but ticket holders also got to
enjoy cake demonstrations by the likes of Mary Bezza & Paul Hollywood! Queues
(literally) of people were taught (from a-far) how to bake the perfect bread,
chocolate cake, roulade… the list was endless, as was the sheer amount of
people at the event. The fact that so many people booked tickets to
C&B
really showed the vast increase in budding bakers out there in big (small) old England,
it showed that thousands of people have reverted back to simple home traditions
that over time and advances, we slowly started to forget about. So what if the
queues to eat were an hour long? My hunger was cured by each and every stall,
demonstration, classroom and edible visitors book (near the life-size chair –
what were you doing there?) I laid my eyes on.
Sponsored by
Baking Mad, held at Earls Court (and
Manchester) and roughly 20 hours of cake and bake. I have no qualms that there
will be another show next year, the year after that and possibly the ten years
after that. Next year however, the show will no doubt be much much bigger,
because if it's not then I don’t think there will be a show the
following year, unless ‘Bring your own packed lunch’ is stated on the tickets
and some other stuff too.
Here’s what I got up to in
pictures…
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| Sausage Roll cake by BSGUK |
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| Fish and chips cake - cake and bake show competition |
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| Piece of cake anyone? C&B |
So there you have it! If you went, what did you think? I'd love to know your thoughts!
Love Em xx
Now that sounds like my kind of weekend! I'd love to be able to attend a show like that, lucky you!
ReplyDeleteyou wouldnt have enjoyed the crowds though jo! there is one coming up in manchester as well x
ReplyDeletePhotos are fab! Can't wait to go to the next one!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Same, I was pleasantly surprised xx
DeleteLooks like you had a fantastic time. I must go next year x
ReplyDeleteYes go next but make sure you're prepared!! Loads of fantastic baking bits there x
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