Wendy's Blog

To embrace the nerves, or not to embrace them, ...

I love to feed people. There, I have said it, I openly admit to my feeder trait!  I enjoy the whole process. From inviting people to come to my home...

Guineapigs wanted...apply within.

Starting a bakery business requires a lot of trial baking. This may seem obvious, but the sheer volume has still surprised me!  For my favourite recipes which I have been...

She Inspires - Business Angels

Today I wrote an application for seed funding via 'She Inspires', which is a company that aims to empower women in business. It is an initial financial grant offered to...

What's in a name?

My name is Wendy, and my business is baking - so you might assume that coming up with the name Wendy Bakes was a simple, short and obvious process...but you...

I had a dream...and the various iterations of s...

For as long as I can remember (and it has probably felt even longer to my friends and family who have had to endure me banging on about it for...

You've got to start somewhere...

What is the perfect time to start a blog? January the 6th, obviously!  I thought it might be an interesting project (for myself, if not always for an audience) to...