A strange looking Mixed Berry Cobbler - TWD

Sorry everyone, I just could not fit in anything else this week apart from my orders. We are seriously eating microwave meals just to stay alive but hope to be back on form next week (or maybe the week after!)

In the meantime a photo of what has been keeping me so busy...

Next week Tuesday with Dorie recipe - Apple Cheese Scones (Not great for a cheese hater like me!)

TWD - Bill's Big Carrot Cake - The Sequel!

A couple of weeks ago the Tuesdays with Dorie gang all set to and made a fabulous carrot cake recipe from Dorie Greenspan's book, Baking: From my home to yours...I too joined in with my fellow bakers and loved the recipe. This was quite timely as I had an order for a wedding cake that incorporated 3 tiers of carrot cake due in a fortnight. I had provided the couple with a sample cake but still was not quite sure about how successful my recipe would be...until I discovered Bill's Big Carrot Cake. The photograph shows the finished article with silk tulips - I have to admit this wasn't the easiest cake to get right and stack as carrot cake is not traditionally that neat and tidy but overall I am fairly pleased with the results. When I delivered the cake, the barn was being decorated with masses of bright tulips and the room looked fantstic. Each table was named after a mountain the couple had climbed together with the top table being named after the mountain where the groom proposed. The bride's Mum rang me yesterday to say thank you and how pleased she was with the cake. Phew!

Cornelli Wedding Cake

This must be a record for me! 3 posts in one day...I'm like a bus! This was one of the reasons that last week's Tuesdays with Dorie post was so late. I have never done Cornelli work before and was a teeny bit anxious as the bride was so lovely I really wanted to do a good job for her. Once I got started I was really pleased how I went - I used a Number 2 tube which gave me good control but my hand really hurt after a while. I made the bride and groom's bodies out of geletain paste which sets really hard so they can stand up and the rest was made out of marzipan or flowerpaste.

All in all... a cake I'm quite pleased with! Wow!