Let there be cake - A BakerDays review

I love cake. Everyone I know loves cake. Cake is the greatest so when I was approached by the lovely people over at Baker Days to do a review, how could I resist?

I live in Australia, all of my husband's family are in the UK. It's always hard trying to find Christmas presents over here then have them posted over to England. Sometimes the postage is more than what the present is worth.

I had created Jonathan's Christmas photo a few days before being asked to do a review so I decided to have that photo used to customise my cake. There are endless options to choose from and a delivered cake starts from just £14.95.
The cake arrived at my sister in law's house just a few days before Christmas and we were both left speechless. It looked amazing. I wish I could have teleported myself over to cut into it.

My sister in law took it to my Mother in law's for Christmas lunch. It was to be a surprise and a surprise it was.

The entire family loved it. I could not have asked for a better Christmas present for them, besides us being there of course.
Sometimes it's the smallest of surprises and thoughts that touch people in the biggest way. It's always hard not being with family at Christmas and BakerDays allowed the thought to be there, it meant that our presence was felt at that dinner table and as the cake was cut into, we were thought of.

I'd recommend this product to everyone. I only wish there was something this good here in Australia.

YOU HAVE TASTY MAIL...

What could it be?

What a lovely tin...

SURPRISE!

Happy Holidays everyone...

May love and kindness feel all your hearts. Enjoy your time together and most importantly, eat cake. Yummy yummy cake.

BakerDays... Take a look at them. 

Marcelle x

Silent Sunday 28.12.2014

Let there be light

It's been quiet the week here in Sydney but despite it all, as a city, we stand united.

My absolute favourite time of the year here is Christmas and my absolute favorite place is St. Mary's Cathedral. 

It's a must see. I could sit there and watch it for hours, all night long. It captivates you. 

I've never seen anything better. There probably is but for me, it makes Christmas... Christmas.

For those of you who are in Sydney and can't make it and for those far away, here is the magic...

Merry Christmas everyone 🎅❤️🎅

Silent Sunday 21.12.2015

They don't even look like Christmas biscuits

Out of total frustration, I think I've tweeted a gazillion times times that my oven does not work.

All my dinners needs to be cool too based, I can't do the Cristmas ham and the landlord is taking his sweet ass time to get it fixed.

I had all the ingrediants for the biscuit icing so I thought 'why not?' 

Wait, I had everything except red food coloring so I had to use blue. Blue and green with pastel sugar balls. It wasn't Christmas themed at all.

I made the icing mixtures. The green was too runny and the blue was too thick.

Never the less we started decorating.

 

When I say we I mean me. Jonathan ate the sugar balls, licked obscene amounts of icing mixture and retreated into a sugar rush just before bed time.

Oh, I didnt mention that I just used plain milk arrow biscuits.

All in all, like most things, preperation is key. I wasn't prepared and they don't really look like Christmas biscuits.

Maybe Jonathan can have one in the morning, before daycare... Perhaps I'll drop him off before the sugar sets in.

Wicked Wednesday 17.12.2014

Yesterday I did a clear out of Jonathan's toys. You know, all the toys that are fantastic but never used and sit at the bottom of the toy chest?

He got home from daycare and never realised that I had strategically placed all the toys at the bottom of the chest on top in hope he would 'play' with them.

He did realise this morning and my super tidy lounge room turned into this within 5  minutes...

Wicked Wednesdays

Do you think he could keep still for just one photo?