So this weekend I went to the Cake and Bake show in Manchester and it was brilliant! Free testers at every stand, amazing sugar craft, masses of different baking equipment, celebrity speakers etc. The main thing I got from the show was inspiration – all the different kind of cakes, pastries, breads, pies etc. were wonderful and they all looked yummy! It’s given me ideas for what kind of baking I want to do in the future and how it can be presented (it wasn’t a very good day for my healthy eating programme!)
I attended a ‘Perfect Piping’ masterclass with Harpeet Baura who owns Crumbs Couture in London – It was really informative and she explained the techniques of piping really well. I took a lot away from that class and if you do go to the Cake and Bake Show then attend this class, it was only £5 which seems nothing compared to how much I’ve personally taken out of it. One thing I will share that she told us about is how to get your buttercream ‘Brilliant White’ and that was to add a TINY drop of blue food colouring as this takes the yellow tint off the buttercream from the butter and makes it perfectly white.
If you do get a chance to go to the Cake and Bake show then I would definitely recommend it! It’s made me think about the path I want to go down in life and it definitely involves baking!
Here’s some pictures from the show – Some of the creations were incredible, my favourite is the Cookie Monster Cupcake 🙂
Wedding Dress Cake!
Jimmy Choo Cupcakes – What more could a girl want?!
Beautiful decoration work
Cookie Monster Cupcake – OM NOM NOM!
Ruffle Wedding Cake
Hannah xx
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