Written by Andrew on 20 March 2017 - 2:13pm
On Sunday 19th March 2017 I completed the 14 mile Marsden March along with my wife, Jemma, and her sister, Aislinn. I'm pleased to say that so far we've raised over £1,300 plus gift aid and there's more still to come in. All funds go towards The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity who have been doing an amazing job supporting my wife's other sister, Amanda. The full story is on our fundraising page https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/TeamPandaMarch.
Many thanks to everyone who sponsored us.
Written by Andrew on 11 January 2017 - 10:03pm
This is possibly my greatest success so far with my cake making. I needed to create a winter themed cake for my mums birthday. I had the basic idea of creating some pinecones with cereal and using a chocolate flake as a log. I also had ideas of adding some chocolate orange segments and some mini marshmallows for a bit of colour. I was also very keen on trying out wrapping the cake in chocolate that protruded over the top of the cake.
Written by Andrew on 3 January 2017 - 11:04pm
I decided to have a go at making some chocolates as Christmas presents this year. I made 3 fillings, chocolate fudge, white chocolate truffle and milk chocolate truffle. Each of these I then balled up and rolled in tempered melted chocolate.
Written by Andrew on 4 October 2016 - 11:24pm
My work was running a cake sale for the MacMillan Coffee morning last Friday, with a competition for the best cake. Having recently discovered an amazing chocolate cake recipe, I thought I'd have a go. I gave it my best shot, and I'm quite pleased with the outcome. It was the first time I had attempted the chocolate wrapped around the outside, and so made a few mistakes, but I feel confident I could do it again much better. I have managed to crack tempering chocolate though.
The design I went with was inspired by a pin I found on pinterest while looking for inspiration.