So the competition final was on Friday lunch time.
I was super excited about it! I wore a Bambi print top for the occasion.
They put on a lovely lunch and everybody was super friendly :)
Well I am sure you want to know how the show went down so I shall not keep you in suspense any longer…
1) Kaffeination Ltd. – Matthias Schmid and his team (£4000)
2) Dukaan – Imtiaz Ul Haq (£750)
3) Beach Bacchanal – Alexandra Gibson (£250)
Just when we thought it was all over, Lynne announced that there was a special judges commendation this year…
Special commendation (£150 towards an industrial food mixer)
Bambi Bakery – Olivia Boston-Smith
Yey! I cried, big fat happy tears. This was to be expected, it is my natural response when I am overwhelmingly happy! Hells, I even cried when I found out I had a place in the competition final!
I get to buy my Kenwood! Yippee! Until December, the mixer I owned cost about £1 - a wooden spoon! Then my housemate got a Kenwood hand mixer as a Christmas present and she has kindly been letting me borrow that ever since. Don’t get me wrong, the Kitchenaid mixers are beautiful, however in business, function will always triumph over fashion. The Kenwood is a timeless classic though, the Elizabeth Taylor of the stand mixers!
Congratulations to everybody, there were some really amazing ideas and I wish you all the best of luck for the future :D
xoxox
P.s. I have another little project up my sleeve but for now it is a secret for now. I love secrets :)
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
This is a cake I made a couple of weeks ago for a friend’s mother’s birthday.
Everything you see is edible, the roses and leaves are made out of marzipan, yum yum!
The interior of the cake is an ombre which goes from white through to candyfloss, rose and cerise, I shall post photos of the interior soon :)
Live big and eat cake! xoxo
The Competition…
was today.
The filming for the promo video was this morning and the dragons den style presentation was in the afternoon.
I was so nervous this morning, but it actually turned out to be a really fun day!
I enjoy doing things that scare me to death a little bit, like presentations and public speaking!
Fingers crossed for Friday at the awards ceremony :)
Bambi xoxo
I got through to the final of a business competition at uni :D
Filming and presentation are on Monday. Scary!
What types of vegan cakes / cupcakes should I bake to wow the judges?!
Vegan rainbow cake??
Decisions, decisions!
Food or art?
This is a flower I made out of white chocolate, which has been spray painted with red cocoa butter and dusted with glitter ♥
There is nothing better than a friend. Unless that friend has chocolates of course.
Here is a selection of some of the chocolates I made during the Ultimate Chocolate Course at Slattery’s.
Flavours include;
- Banana and Peanut Butter
- Praline
- Sea salt caramel
- Lavender
- Passion fruit sea salt
- Lemon
- Beer
- Elderflower
We also made some curry and some gorgonzola and mango, which I thought were so gross and best not to inflict on unsuspecting friends!
♥
If there’s no chocolate in heaven, I’m not going!!
This is the dark chocolate peel effect cake I created at Slattery’s.
Chocolate cake with fudge filling, coated in velvety dark chocolate ganache, dark chocolate fans, dark chocolate baubles and dark chocolate ‘peel.’
Stunning.
♥
I’ve had the most amazing week at Slattery’s, doing the Ultimate Chocolate Course.
Here is a sneaky peak of what I have been upto, this is a white chocolate with passion fruit and sea salt ganache centre, with yellow cocoa butter, gold lustre and dark chocolate accents.
I have lots more to share with you later, including;
- A cake I made for a friend this week
- 2 cakes I made on the course
- Lots and lots of chocolates!
Watch this space over the next couple of days for these things :)
Bambi xoxo
