WARNING contains nuts

                           

                    

Whats the fun of baking if you can't share your treats with others?

I am a strong believer that baking is a science, a chemical reaction that occurs from combining the exact amount of each specified ingredient in order to achieve the desired outcome. However it seems this mundane, regimented being is finally loosening up. Well to the extent that for once i made a cake following my own recipe rather than meticulously studying the wise words of Mary Berry. 

Since it was one of my best friends 17th birthday on the horizon i decided to spice up my baking repertoire and create a cake from my imagination. Despite this cake actually lacking quite a lot of innovativeness, as i received mass inspiration from attempts I'd found online, I was somewhat pleased with my inventiveness. 

The idea was to create a giant Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, as my friend is understandably obsessed with the delicious american chocolate candy. For the sponge i made a chocolate fudge cake and shaped it using the bottom half to a giant cupcake came tin, I thought this formed the fluted edges quite nicely. I then sandwiched the sponge with the best tasting frosting I have yet to come across, I urge you now to try peanut butter frosting, you will not regret it.....unless you posses the common allergy to nuts.....then you should probably steer clear. I was reminded of this risk when my mother came home and was appalled that I found it wise to concoct such a murderous cake in the same kitchen my younger brother has to eat from (my brother's allergic to nuts). In hindsight she may have been right. I then proceeded to lavish the cake in chocolate fudge icing however as I am new to this strange concept of documenting my baking process, I managed to miss out a few vital photos such as the end product. So apologise to all who are lost in despair at the lack of evidence of what the cake actually looked at, I promise I will get better at it! Then again I doubt you actually care...that is if you have even made it this far...and that is if there is even a YOU to address. 

Well personally it looked alright and my friends devoured it so I'll take that as a hopeful sign that it tasted alright too, my friends aren't polite enough to eat it for any other reason. 

Introductions

So... I have never done anything like this before, in fact I have no clue as to how you are even supposed to start something like this. Hence why it has literally taken me far to long to even write that opening sentence, the product being a pretty mundane opening. Never the less i shall continue to possibly humiliate myself and compose my first blog. 

The concept of a blog seems alien to me, however the theory in practise is to create a space for my thoughts. Initially a tiny corner of the internet just for me, but possibly also a way to share my life with whoever may stumble across this, which I guess is you!

It's clear to say I have an unhealthy obsession with baking. Unhealthy a) It's pretty much all i do with my life...don't worry I am exaggerating for effect slightly here.....slightly mwaha b) It's a known (sad) fact cake makes you fat. But who cares about that! For me baking is a fun, stress release which I plan to use my blog to share, so i hope you look forward to my baking adventures/catastrophes.

I also want to share another side of my life. Currently i'm 17 years old, living in England and i'm a Christian. I've been brought up in a Christian household and so I have been going to church my whole life... pretty much. But it's been only recently that I feel i'm truly starting to have faith through my own decision. I feel i've come to a point now that I can say i'm a Christian by choice, not by convenience of following my family. Now being the age that I am, being a Christian can be really challenging since, you're constantly being associated with stereotypes. For example a Christian doesn't drink, doesn't have sex, doesn't swear, never breaks the rules of anything, never argues, the list goes on. I want to start out by saying I'm sorry if I offend anyone with anything said on here. I am definitely not at all saying I am some perfect Christian, or that this is how to be a Christian, I am simply just sharing my personal experiences and opinions. Now i promise you, it is not my intention to be preaching God left, right and centre. I am not going to just natter on and shove Christianity down your throat, my aim is just to share occasionally (more likely rarely) my thoughts on trying to be a Christian while combating the impossible task of being a teenager. And perhaps help others who are just like me. 

They say write what you know and what you're passionate about. So, here you have it, the weirdest combination all in one place. My love for baking cakes, and my faith in Christ. I give you Faith in Cake!