Lez Get Baking!

I'm still here! I haven't stopped baking, but my challenge bakes haven't been going too well recently. My celebration cake caused two meltdowns (first the cake and then me) and my quiche turned out to be more of a squiche (is that funny? It's funny in my head). Because of this, I have decided to make a few changes to my blog plan:  First, I have decided to relax the challenge timings. Since I don't allow myself time to practice any of my bakes, I want to remove the added pressure of the time limit. This will hopefully make the bakes more enjoyable right to the end. Second, I am going to slow down my posting rate. I haven't been feeling much motivation to write blog posts recently and I'm not sure if it's because I'm not as proud of my results or if I'm running out of steam, but I'm hoping that by giving myself more time to write each post, I will be more excited about writing, rather than seeing it as an obligation. I'm doing this for fun...

Finally, it's a savoury bake again. This week's signature challenge is quiche, which is great because it means that I can use up all the leftover egg whites in my fridge!

For the second time this week, my bake is commissioned. I have been asked to bake a cake for a bridal shower! 

This week's technical challenge is another classic: the Battenberg cake! 

It's time for season two, and it's cake week again! I am so overwhelmed by the immense support I have received over over the past week, and I am so excited to say that today's bake was actually commissioned! This week I received not one, but two  requests for commissioned bakes, and it just so happens that they both fit within the criteria of my challenge: cupcakes today, and a cake at the end of the week. If someone wants to buy my technical bake as well (Battenberg Cake), let me know! 

And here it is! Bake number 17, and the last bake of season one! I am so excited that I've made it this far. I have learned so much and my obsession has done nothing but grow! 

I made it to the final! The showstopper for the first season finale is so extreme that there is no technical challenge this week.