It doesn't matter if you're black AND white!

..especially when you are a pair of shoes.


I recently fell head over heals in love with a pair of shoes.  Well in fact, it was with pretty much everything that Burberry has produced for this season.  As I roamed the streets of London all I could think about was how I could raise the £395 to buy the shoes, I walked into Topman filled with the same dread I have every time I walk into the store, but was somewhat distracted by the various customer eyeing over my outfit for a second when I thought they were selling the very shoes I had been dreaming of.. as I got closer I realised they weren't Burberry but pretty damn close..


10 minutes later


..I walked out with the shoes.  I can't describe how happy I am to have them (even if every now and again they whisper "we're not Burberry") especially as they seem to be trending in S/S 2012 collections.  I'm not great with advertising, in that if I see an advert for Lemonade I can't rest until until I've downed a bottle or two, and so as I slowly became surrounded with black and white on the street, I would most likely come to resent the lack on monochromatic style in my other pairs of shoes.  But that's not gonna happen.. and so here we are the inspiration for my next cakes..

Above; My Shoes, Burberry, DKNY SS12, Y-3 SS12.

Sailing Home Cupcakes

London is my home.  But so is Guernsey in the Channel Islands... The downside of living in a great city like London is that I miss my family and friends terribly.. So these cakes are inspired by that feeling of longing I get whenever I look at the Thames.. The feeling I wish I could just jump in a boat and sail home.

The cakes are made of my favourite things, vanilla sponge, blueberry centre and strawberry icing..

I have always been obsessed with origami, I think it's cause whenever I am bored there is always paper around and as I can't draw, I fold.. This paper was part of the inspiration for the cakes, only I loved some of the designs so much I couldn't fold them.. so they are now stuck on my bedroom wall...

Sound Test 1: Sad Cakes

I love sad music, and making people happy with cakes.. So I want to create sad cakes that make people happy.. how do you make a sad cake?.. I have no idea but this image and playlist illustrates where my head is at the moment.. I'm just going to start and see what happens..

Cupcake Fruit Basket

So the previous post became part of a leaving gift for someone I've been working with, by adding  Blueberry Cupcakes and Zesty Lemon Cakes I created this alternative fruit basket.  The lemons are made with icing sugar, but if anyone knows where I could get lemons that size... well I would be very excited!

Strawberry Cheesecakes

I love Strawberry Cheesecake..!  But for reason making a cheescake never seems like something I want to do.. So Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes?!  I know they are not overly original but I have given them my own stamp and own recipe.. so of course better then anything that has come before..!!

Britney Spears Hold it Against Me Cake!!

A bit of an odd post for me, but there is a reason for this Britney Spears Cake... One of my best friends 24th Birthday.  He is a massive Britney Spears fan and while I'm not usually a fan of bespoke cakes I will always make an exception for a friend.  As it's Britney, the cake is vanilla of course!  Six layers of vanilla sponge with vanilla icing.  Based on The Hold it Against Me video above.. it turned out.. well pretty darn good!