Back for Good

Where has the time gone!? Now in September, all the talk is about Christmas.  It's been a crazy couple of months.  The London Riots in August was the most heartbreaking thing for me, especially as I spent my early years (15 of them) growing up in Tottenham.  The whole thing was and still is surreal to me.  A benefit gig was organised to help those affected by the riots and I played my part by selling cakes.  All the proceeds went towards the fund set up to help those affected by the riots.  In total over £1500 was raised.

So what's happening with me?  I've still been looking for full time work-yes 15 months since being made redundant.  I had 2 interviews last week, didn't get either of the jobs.  I'm also finding now that many employers are only offering 3-6 month contracts with not guarantee that it will be extended...

I'm still going on with DBC, the officially launch now is looking like February 2012-my birthday month.  I'm working towards that date.  In the meantime, I am testing different recipes on my taste testing panel.  Each month they get a selection of cakes/biscuits from my and give me their feedback. I shall be blogging about them each month.

My latest cake was for a good friend of mine.  She always makes me laugh and it was so nice seeing her as we don't get to see her that often.  I made a simple sponge cake filled with lemon buttercream and lemon curd.  I covered it in lemon buttercream with some sugarpaste accidents.  I also added some Vanilla Premier cupcakes which will form part of my range.