Iced Gem Cakes

I became interested in cakes from an early age watching my gran make birthday cakes for all the family. Blue icing for the boys and pink icing for the girls. I trained and worked as a chef for 12 years. Starting as a commis chef in a private hospital, I went on to work as head cook in a home for children and young adults with severe learning difficulties. Finding my main culinary interest in Pastry and all things sweet, I went to work as a confectioner in a bakery in Cornwall where I discovered Saffron Buns! Missing home I moved back to Brighton to work as Head Pastry Chef at the University of Sussex.

I made many celebration cakes at work and enjoyed it so much I enrolled evening classes and completed a City and Guilds in Sugarcraft.