Wendy's Blog

"Glam, Sparkle, Prosecco and 50"

When I first started out with WendyBakes, I distinctly remember have a conversation with my husband where I vehemently declared that I DID NOT want to focus on doing celebration...

Skittles on The Green

We are very lucky to live in a small rural village where there is a strong community spirit and a full calendar of local events to raise money for various good...

Grandma's Cherry and Marzipan Cake

Cherry and Marzipan Cake...just writing those words makes my mouth water... My paternal grandma used to make this cake...it was kind of like a madeira sponge, fairly dense and deliciously...

Duck, Duck, Goose - actually, just more ducks.

The White Horse Public House in Birstall (one of my favourite stockists of WendyBakes) holds an annual Charity Duck Race on May Bank Holiday every year. Essentially it is a...

Guineapig son - it is what he would have wanted!

This week is my eldest son's birthday. In previous years I have been lucky enough to spend some time with him close to his special date, so have been able...

My biggest commission to date...and other confe...

I really hope the person who commissioned this cake never reads this blog, because this post is not about to shower me in glory!  So, the one good thing to...