Available daily, 11:30–4 | £32.50pp | Veggie & vegan options available Afternoon tea at the Ashmolean feels like the most Oxford thing you can do: cake, culture, and a pot of something fancy surrounded by art and history. For £32.50 you get a selection of sandwiches, scones, sweet bits, and a pot of tea. Vegetarian and vegan versions are available, and the … [Read more...]
Creating a Showstopper – Jemma’s Cake Guide.
My baby is 16 months old - so far in his lifetime he has been to 12 parties (2 of them were his!) so children’s birthdays are now a monthly affair for us. I tried to make his first birthday cake and whilst it was definitely cute, it was also clearly homemade. With bake off starting again for its 16th series, my birthday on the horizon, and in an attempt to get better at baking, … [Read more...]
Patisserie Box, Circencester
Tucked away in the doorway of Bishop's Walk in Cirencester, a charming new cake hatch is quietly making waves in the world of French patisserie. Xavier Pelloux and his wife Bee have been sharing their exquisite creations with wholesale customers since 2016, but two weeks ago, they opened their very first shop – and if our visit is anything to go by, it won’t be the … [Read more...]
Review: Cloud Cake
I don't know about you, but I don't think you can go wrong with a good bit of cheesecake. Bad day? Cheescake. Good day? Cheesecake. Celebrating? Cheesecake. You get the gist... So you can imagine my delight when Yuli from CloudCakes got in touch to say she'd like me to try some of her Basque style cheesecakes. What an offer! Li Yu (friends call her Yuli) moved to … [Read more...]
