Once bitten … forever smitten … Janet from Delicakes hosts a cupcake tasting session

and I went along to try some new flavours! These included: chocolate and beetroot, courgette, carrot and coconut, vanilla sponge, gluten free lemon, and gluten free Red Velvet (which is known as Devil’s Food in the States). There were also a variety of toppings, including chocolate fudge, raspberry buttercream, lemon buttercream, lower fat vanilla and Janet also provided a selection of homemade chocolates in Saffron, Lavender and Mint …

Janet is a personal friend of mine but I have to say that her cupcakes are sublime … really! She has provided me and my family with beautiful celebration cakes and I am sure will continue to do so long into the future. Janet threw open her doors and welcomed a huge contingent of cupcake conoisseurs and newbies to try out some different flavours (judging by the children’s faces, the chocolate cupcakes were popular). We all had a detailed feedback sheet, and I think Janet was pleased to see the constructive comments that we made. “Yummy” … “Wouldn’t change a thing” were a couple of the notations that I saw …

Janet asked if I could take some promotional photographs for her site … of course! Here she is in her whites:

And some gorgeous smileyness …

Check out Janet’s website here: www.weddingdelicakes.co.uk). Her tagline is “Once bitten … forever smitten” and she has certainly got me hooked!

And the final results on the tasting were: courgette cupcake with lemon buttercream was the favourite of most people, gluten-free lemon was a surprise hit and Saffron was the favourite chocolate … mmmm!

An unusual {baby} photo session

Last week I met up with Janet from Delicakes (visit DeliCakes blog here for lots of lovely cakes). We had arranged a session to shoot her {baby}, who is 18 years old and 6′ 2″ tall (and yes, I did take my stepladder with me!). El unfortunately has to sell his own baby, a Kawasaki motorbike, and Janet asked me to get some shots of him before the bike is sold … so I did!

I was so tempted to take with me the basket and sheepskin rug that I often use in portraits …

… but decided not to embarrass El any more. So pleased with how these images turned out and both Janet and El are happy with them too. But I didn’t get to ride the bike …