I love any excuse to bake, and coupled with raising money for a great cause, the Macmillan Coffee morning seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up! This is an annual event, held on September 25th, where the charity Macmillan Cancer Support suggest that people arrange to host a coffee morning, invite some friends and ask for donations in return for coffee and cake. I liked the idea in theory, but having recently moved back home after graduating from university and with a lot of friends still away, I wasn't sure how many people would realistically come or donate. With a little persuasion, we solved the problem by deciding I could bake instead for the school my mum works at - 50+ people very enthusiastic about cake would hopefully mean more money for Macmillan, and lots of cakes to be made.
I spent most of Thursday happily baking, having planned what I would make for about 3 days beforehand. In the end, I decided 8 cakes would suffice, and in an attempt to account for all tastes chose to make lemon, coffee, cherry, apple, chocolate, ginger, banana and a Victoria sponge (recipe details to follow shortly...). They were all duly packed up and transported to school in something of a mass-operation on Friday morning, where they appeared to be much appreciated. Only 4 slices returned at the end of the day, despite concerns I had made far too much, and almost £35 raised. Great fun for all involved, and well worth the effort to raise money for such a good cause.
(Apologies for the terrible photograph, it was rather dark by the time I had finished decorating/slicing everything, and the light's not good in my kitchen at the best of times!)
