Never too young for cake

This little celebration cake was made for 8 hour old Sophie Grace, who was born on Wednesday 27 July.  Welcome to the world little lady.

Some cakes look too good!

Maybe it's just because I don't have the patience or because I'm secretly jealous of people who can ice like Pierre Herme or Eric Lanard, but as long as my cakes taste amazing and look nice enough, I'm happy.

Don't get me wrong, I like a nice looking cake. No one wants to eat something that looks like a dogs dinner but I've eaten too many cakes (mainly cupcakes and merigues) that looked stunning but, frankly, were really disappointing. So, I'm on a mission to bake top quality, honest, tasty treats that you can enjoy with a cuppa.

As we baking addicts know, baking is back but lets do it without too many frills.