Sheep birthday cake

Here is a post I've been meaning to put up for a while, but have only just got around to doing! Over Easter I made my sister's birthday cake and thought I would share the photo with you. I was inspired by one which I saw in a shop, although it wasn't quite as easy as I thought it would be! I bought a hemisphere shaped cake tin to make the chocolate cake. It was filled and covered with chocolate butter cream and covered in mini marshmallows, with fondant icing for the face and feet.

After a few hours of work this was the result:

Scones, rock cakes and bread

I have been busy baking over the last couple of weeks, so thought I would share with you some of the items I have made.

Wensleydale cheese scones

These scones came out fairly well, although next time I would probably use a stronger cheese, like cheddar.

Date rock cakes

These cakes, which are a cross between a cake and a cookie, were delicious and the dates worked really well in them.

Plaited loaf of bread

This is the first time that I've tried a plaited loaf and I was pleased with the result!