The Bakers Community has begun!

I thought I would let you know a bit about myself and my cake journey!

I am horsey through and through and in 2011 I lost my riding school and livery yard so I needed to find another source of income.

One of the other things I enjoyed was baking cakes for birthdays. Now I'm talking about two layers of chocolate sponge with melted choc in and on top and then finished off with smarties, nothing more adventurous!

The first time Peter and I decorated a cupcake his was amazing and mine was awful!! After lots of you tubing and googling I did improve!!

I didn't know how to make buttercream or anything back then so I taught myself bit by bit. I started with cupcakes and Jeni's Cupcakes was born. We did some fairs, learnt which were worth it and which weren't!! Then I added some giant cupcakes and my first was for one of my best friends with a horse on the top.

My first decorated cakes were a guitar for Peter and a car for another good friend. Starting off simple I will try and find pics of these for you.

Then I began making cakes for real people and did some weddings too.

I got bored in 2016 and Jeni's Brownies came along. It took a few attempts to find a recipe that I liked. I built my own website and started selling online.

Since moving house my kitchen is not big enough to decorate cakes and bake brownies so the brownies won and that's what I concentrate on now. We do food festivals from April until Christmas and the online side keeps me busy too.

So know I would like to give something back and help others with their bakes and advice if wanting to start up in business.

I will be putting together some files on things but please feel free to ask advice and post all your bakes on here.

Pic of one of the last cakes I did for my brothers wedding just as Covid began!