New hobby...baking!

Well, I seem to have found a new hobby....baking! I used to love baking with my Mum when I was younger. I have recently been watching The Great British Bake Off and it has inspired me to spend some time baking! I made just a few simple fairy cakes for my friend's little boy's birthday party....nothing special! Then I branched out and had a go at a Christmas cake...it seems to have gone well! Smells delicious and I think I'm going to get my friend to test it...she doesn't know it yet! Half will hopefully be going in a hamper of food that we have been preparing for the in-laws and the other half will be for Christmas for my Mum and Nan. Apologies about the quality of the pictures... Please give me your opinions as to how it looks! It is my Gran's recipe and a cake my Mum makes every year so I am hoping it tastes as nice as her cake does! (I can't test it though as I don't like fruit cake...the irony! Lol!)

I have been finding some fabulous baking blogs out there and I have found a baking challenge I might have a go at....might inspire me to get going! It will take a while to get back into it all but I'm really excited about starting again! We have also just finished decorating our living room so I feel like a proper little wifey at the moment!

Really looking forward to Christmas too so am thinking of combining my craftiness with baking and making some homemade treats. I have been eyeing up some Christmas chocolate moulds and cake tins today so watch this space! I also found out that you can create something called cake-pops (a lollipop but cakes!) Never heard of them before....has anyone ever had a go at them?

Anyway peeps...thanks for looking and watch this space for any treats I may have a go at!

xx