A few weeks ago now my mother and I attended a charity bake event for Rowcroft Hospice in Devon with Glenn Cosby from GBBO (Great British Bake Off, if you're not a follower).
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| Excuse the awful selfie, but it had to be done! |
The event was held at Daisy Bakes, a fantastic new baking supply shop that has opened up in Torquay. Check out their fabulous decor! I love the mural.
Run by the lovely Kate and John the cake shop is the only of it's kind in the beautiful bay and I am sure will go on to do as well as their FANTASTIC cakery that is next door. (You must try the Hummingbird Cake)
So back to the night. Glenn started off proceedings by introducing his signature bake that he would be demonstrating for us. It is a one hour "start to serve" cake, perfect for all those times when you've forgotten that you had agreed to bake a birthday cake or similar.
It is a four tiered (quick to cook, quick to cool) chocolate sponge with an italian meringue butter cream icing. Glenn assured us that he would marry this type of icing if he could.
I will link the recipe up below. but one if the best parts about the evening was that everything didn't necessarily go to plan, and based on my own baking track record, seeing how Glenn rescues things and makes it appear as if that was how it was supposed to be all along was incredibly useful.
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| Photo Credit: glenncosby.co.uk |
So we chatted, ate cake, asked questions and established that while Kitchen Aid's are an expensive yet priceless investment (Glenn admitted his is worth more than his car), but most importantly the night raised money for a cause that is very close to my heart.
Glenn's recipe can be found here: http://glenncosby.co.uk/one-hour-chocolate-cake/
Click here for more information about the great work done by Rowcroft Hospice: http://www.rowcrofthospice.org.uk
Get tempted by AMAZING cakes: https://www.facebook.com/Daisycakesuk
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