Half a review of the Cake and Bake show... and a cake!

Well firstly I can really only give half a review of the Cake and Bake show, because admittedly, I didn't actually watch any of the shows/seminars or attend any of the classroom sessions. I can only comment on the walking around bit and the stalls - overall I give the event 2/5... here's why.

Firstly, if you are going up there at the time of day when it might be very busy (as it opens), good advice to take a buggy (preferably with a child in it). I took mine and whizzed past the really long queue of i'm not quite sure (only upset one woman on the way who thought i was queue jumping. In a way i guess she was right, clever lady!) and up the disabled ramp straight into the building and through the gate into the lift et voila!!

Everyone in front of me immediately went to collect their goody bags and programme (I'm not sure why you need a programme of a day where everything is advertised on boards all around you) and i went to collect mine only to see LOTS of money changing hands. £5 for a bag with a programme in it? No ta, i'll guess. So Lucy and I guessed our way around looking for freebies as you would do at these events. We got a small morsal of marzipan from Renshaws, who were possibly the only company actually offering a discount on their products - and a decent one at that. Ready roll icing for £1. Its £2 in Hobbycraft!
We did also get to try little bits of bread with oils to dip it in too. That was IT for freebies!!

It was busy there, and this was first thing on the friday morning, full of bored housewifes really looking for the freebies too and getting annoyed when they didn't get any! A handful of competition slips to fill in and some big displays from the likes of Dr. Oetker, Neff, Renshaws etc. the rest of the stalls were hundreds of little independant cupcake constructors, fudge fabricators, muffin makers... all with the same looking product at some ridiculous prices.

Lucy and I left after 2 hours and drove home to bake a cake.. not going to make this a profession because there are just too many would be cake makers out there :(. Having said that, if anyone does want me to make them a cake for  a special occasion (or just a night of gluttony), do please get in touch!

This is my latest creation - its a chocolate mint cake with chocolate icing and hopefully you can tell its a $100 bill! This is for my American director who like money a lot!!