I am very happy that The Great British Bake Off is back on BBC2 this Autumn.
I love baking – cakes especially, but I have long since stopped watching the show with the belief that I could do as well as the contestants.
It has become highly competitive and professional. Last week I actually empathised with the stress of not knowing how to make a creme caramel with no instructions. No doubt at all; I would have failed… spectacularly!
In the first week someone iced a cake in beautiful swirly rosettes and I gave that a go at the weekend. Suffice to say that I am not showing it here as it looks like a pink breeze block – one that got eaten pretty quickly though!
I do love though to make proper afternoon tea and get out the vintage china and cutlery, the strainer and tea leaves and the lace work or embroidered tablecloths.
There always has to be egg and cress sandwiches and a big cake. The crisps are my own modernisation!
So I shall continue to watch happy in the knowledge that shopping for vintage tea time artefacts and making any kind of cake with sugar in are my forte, and someone else can provide the entertainment!
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September 12, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Scrapiana
Strikes me you might enjoy the Clandestine Cake Club, Claire. It’s like a book club, but with cake. The founder stresses that it isn’t a competition; it’s just about eating, tasting, sharing, talking about and enjoying cake. Everyone brings a cake on a given theme and gets to take cake home. What’s not to like? Do google them if you’re curious.
September 12, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Abs
I think it must be my birthday incredibly soon!! Love the crockery combinations, quirky and beautiful
September 12, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Betsy
Your cake looks SO yummy! Well, all of that food does, actually! 🙂
September 12, 2012 at 11:33 pm
highland monkeys
well, I will come to tea with you any time if you lay a spread on like that!
September 13, 2012 at 6:00 am
annamaria potamiti
Afternoon feast my dear Claire of many talents!
September 13, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Anna
I wish you lived near me, I would pay you to make teas and suppers.
It all looks so delicious x
September 16, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Stephanie
Claire,
It has been an absolute delight to dip back into your blog: an aesthetic corner of heaven in my humble opinion. I’m so glad things are going well for you.
September 18, 2012 at 1:39 am
Lauren Burdette
Yum yum yum! Wish I was there to sample myself…
October 9, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Carlo
Sweet blog! I found it while browsing on Yahoo News.
Do you have any suggestions on how to get listed in
Yahoo News? I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Thank you
October 10, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Claire
Hi Carlo
thanks for the nice words 🙂
Had no idea I was in Yahoo listing. I have the option in my blog settings to link to Yahoo – so maybe look for that and switch it on. Only other advice is to just keep adding content (well tagged) and the internet does the rest eventually!
Good luck,
Best wishes,
Claire
BTW – Tried to email you but it bounced back…