A thousand apologies!

Small cake or really large hands? you decide.

Hello all,

I'm sooooo sorry I've not been about for a while, it's been a little hectic here at cake towers. I shall try to summerise the past few weeks in one (incredibly long) blog post...

(As a slight aside, it's not all cake related but it does get there in the end)

Start of the month saw me and the Husband going 'darn sarf' to the 24th Annual Squires Kitchen Cake decorating exhibition. It was in Farnham and we decided to make a bit of a weekend of it, travelling down on the Friday and staying here for 2 nights. We were both in need of a bit of relaxation and after a looooooong drive (Via Bicester - don't worry! I was good, no purchases!), we kicked back with possibly the nicest pint of Fullers London Pride I have ever had...

...and then a couple more for good measure, just to make sure they were as nice as the first ones! ;-)

Saturday was the cake exhibition, which was AMAZING (but very serious). I got loads of new ideas and hope to try them out soon. One thing I would like to try, but thing I would be useless at, is proper sugarcraft flowers. They are unbelievable. Some of them were completely undistinguisable from real flowers, absolutely amazing!

Saturday night we had planned to live it up in full with a bottle of prosecco procured from Sainos prior to the trip accompanied by some chips and dips. This went by the wayside however when we got back to the hotel at 8pm and were only fit for a cup of tea and then sleep. Rock and Roll, you understand. This cake business is tiring!

Sunday saw us go to relatives for dinner in Kent and then home. (Sorry, thats a bit short and non descriptive isn't it?). It was brilliant, and we only got lost once!

I (stupidly) took hardly any photos of this entire weekend, but to be honest I did spend a large proportion of it either in jamas or on the motorway. Not at the same time you understand, but it was one or the other for the most part.

I do feel that I need to mention this though. It was a room devoted to a chap called Ildo Nicolello and he blew Sugar. I was absolutely mesmerised for about an hour and a half. He was both hilariously batty and talented. I'm quite tempted to go on a sugar blowing course but I can only see it ending in danger, and a trip to A&E.

Now, I know I said this was going to be one post but I'm going to split it down into a few as this really is quite long...