Let the baking commence!

August 2, 2010 at 14:11 · Filed under General

Before I begin, I should probably let all of you know (well the one person reading this) that I do not profess to being a writer, in fact at times I can barely speak the queens English let alone able to write it in an articulate and creative manner. However, that said, with the aid of Microsoft Word’s grammar and spell checker I think I will be able to concoct blog entries that are readable and maybe even a little bit informative and witty. Now, I can’t promise this, but I will certainly give it my best shot!

Right, now that is out-of-the-way I should explain what this blog is all about. Now, I know the name of blog is cupcakes and sprinkles which indicates that the entire blog will be about cupcakes and what is sprinkled on top of them. Dear readers this is not the case. Even though I do have a penchant for cupcakes and indeed all the goodness that is sprinkled on top of them, the main reason I created this blog was to discuss and share recipes about all things sugary. For you see, desserts happen to be my favourite thing in the whole wide world (even more than shoes). If I could, I would start my meal with a dessert rather than a starter…actually if I had my way I would have a three-course dessert! I adore eating desserts, talking about desserts but most importantly I adore cooking desserts. Whether it be baking, boiling, frying or just bashing up bits of biscuits with a rolling-pin, there is no time I feel more at ease when I am attempting I make something for me or other people. Another thing I can’t profess to be actually good at dessert making as I’m not ashamed to admit that I do tend to rebel against recipes. That said though, I am I very good at eating which surely must balance it out?

My dessert making journey first began when I was in primary school, there was nothing more I enjoyed than making the endless supply of jam tarts and cheesy alphabet letters (sometimes without the cheese which I still don’t quite understand) and not to mention the mince pies at Christmas for the church service. The love of making mince pies is something I took home with me. Every year now I’ve made mince pies for my family, it’s become quite the tradition. A memory that also sticks in my mind is a young Rebecca reading through cookbooks and recipes in the Sunday supplements wishing she had the talent to make such tasty looking desserts, and more importantly daydreaming about whether one day if she could successfully make a sugar swirl that all chefs made look so easy! Something I still wonder about to this day (the idea of attempting it still feels me with fear).

I’d love to be able to write about my dessert eating epiphany but I’m not sure I can. In my short twenty years of life I have sampled some delights, from the very indulgent desserts in a three Michelin star restaurant to the very simple well made fruit cake that my grandmother and I made, and of course everything that came in between.  I’ve made everything from cheesecakes to pies but I still have so much to learn and this is the aim of the blog to document my delicious dessert discoveries and share them all with you.

Finally, I cannot end this blog entry without mentioning my talented other half (who also owns a successful food blog) who took the beautiful picture which I used for the blog logo. Without his raging compliments I’m not sure I’d have set this up, so all the thanks do have to go to him. Also, I will give him pre-emptive thanks for all the guidance and advice he is going to give me about maintaining a fresh and successful food blog!

On that note, I just want to say that I sincerely hope you enjoy joining me on my dessert journey and I hope you find my blog informative, tasty and even at times entertaining. Now everyone let’s get baking because afterall, life is what you bake it!

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