If you are looking for something tasty to do whilst in lock down why not try making my chocolate chip cookies. I made them gluten and dairy free so I can eat them but you can use wheat flour and butter if you dont need them to be gluten or dairy free.

Ingredients
125g Stock Block (V) (use normal butter/stock if you can eat dairy)
175g Soft Brown Sugar
1 Egg
175g Gluten Free Self Raising Flour (or wheat SR Flour if you can eat gluten)
100g Chocolate chips (I used Sainsburys free from chips)
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You could used 125g Crunchy Peanut Butter instead of chocolate chips, or smarties, butterscotch chunks or chopped up chocolate bar. Whatever you have in your cupboard let me know what you use! 

These are quick and easy to make, and with a little help from an adult they are great for children to make. 
​Enjoy!

If you are looking for a wedding that is bright and bold and not your traditional white wedding then here is some colourful wedding inspiration for you!

The decadent yellow 'Morning' room at Tawstock Court is where the inspiration came from, and fits in perfectly with the colourful wedding styling! 

Wedding suppliers from North Devon have collaborated together to bring you this colour pop wedding shoot. 
Its full to the brim with ideas of wedding stationery, hot air balloon at your wedding or even alpacas at your wedding! 
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The shoot took place at the beautiful Tawstock Court and all the stunning photos are from Freeformimages Photography.  
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Enjoy the inspiration for your wedding day. 

Full list of suppliers at the bottom.

Welcome back to part 5 of my series on 'What style wedding cake do I want?'

If you haven't already head over and check out the other four parts where I will talk about other styles of wedding cake.

This blog however will look at fondant cakes and all the possibilities available. 
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What is fondant? Fondant or sugar paste is soft unlike royal icing but you are able to do so much more with it than buttercream. Along with flower paste the possibilities are pretty much endless!

The fourth part of the what style wedding cake do I want series looks at buttercream or ganached wedding cakes.

Most know what buttercream is but what is ganache? Ganache is a mixture of cream and chocolate. Ganache is what I mainly use on my wedding cakes unless otherwise asked. You can have white, milk or dark chocolate ganache. I find that it is less sweet than the traditional buttercream.
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The third part of the what style wedding cake do I want series looks at semi naked wedding cakes.

​So what is a semi naked cake? Unlike the naked cakes where you can see the sponge fully, these have a scraping of buttercream on the sides, so the sponge is slightly hidden but you can still see some parts. 

Following on from part one, what style wedding cake do I want?

This blog will look in more depth at naked cakes. So what is a naked cake, don't worry it has nothing to do with being naked! 

​Simply put it is a cake where you can see the layers of sponge and filling of each tier. 

With so many styles to choose from nowadays, which wedding cake design should you go for?

I'm going to break this down in to naked, semi-naked, buttercream and finally fondant covered cakes.

​This blog however will cover them all slightly then I will go in to further detail over the next few blogs. 

It probably doesn't come as a surprise to you that I have been baking from a small child. I can remember baking with my gran and in fact on my 5th birthday she gave me a recipe book, which I still have today and still even use some of the recipes from it! However growing up it was my love of numbers that saw me wanting to work in a bank or be an accountant unfortunately (or is that fortunately?!) with a few failed interviews I got a job in a petrol forecourt in 2012 alongside my barmaiding job in the local pub. 

Looking for inspiration for your wedding? Looking for something more unique and fun? This is the blog for you! Wedding suppliers from North Devon and North Cornwall came together to produce some amazing neon wedding inspiration for you. The shoot took place at the funky Anmor Hotel. The stunning photos were taken by Laura from Freeform Images.

VENUE - Anmor Hotel, Bude
A breathtakingly Britsh boutique hotel nestled in north Cornwall in Bude situated by the sea. With 28 lovely rooms and the Atlantic Ocean as the back drop to your wedding day it is the perfect place for a fun quirky wedding.  It also has its very own gin bar which inspired me when it came to the catering. 

Enjoy getting inspired for your wedding day! 

On new years eve 2018, I had my first experience of Beaconside House, North Devon. Georgie and Mark themed their wedding rose gold and royal blue. Take a look at the photos below for more inspiration!