The Chimney Pot Bake.

I know that the sound of a Chimney Pot Bake evokes the notion of a charred bake.. in some small tagine style cookware., but what i'm talking about is something quite new and, for me, rather exciting.

Over the past few weeks, i'm positive that we've all been fully engrossed in watching The Great British Bake Off, and i know that for the likes of those CDWM and GBBO fans, we've all joked around with our friends and peers about a cook/bake off style event. Well fellow bloggers.. It's happening to me, this Sunday. 

It started off as a light-hearted conversation between me and my friend, Rickie.. He was adamant his housemate, Becca, was a better baker and could "do really good cakes". 

Pffffffffffftttttttt. I say! Those who have been reading this blog for a while, know i'm a good baker. So after meeting Becca it became apparent that the only way to truly settle this would be in a Bake-Off, a Blind Bake-Off. 

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

It's here, that the seemingly easy task of baking a cake becomes a little more interesting. Becca and Rickie are both final year Graphic Illustrators, looking to put on quite the show to showcase their work. After one too many Tiki-Style cocktails and whiskeys & cokes (i'm drinking 10year Yamazaki, and suggest you all do the same), the three of us became inspired to create a fundraising event for R&B's Degree Show*. 

So, we'll be doing a baking event. That will include the most amazing cakes, cooked by myself and Becca, a blind bake-off event, art, coffee, music and wine (there's always wine). The only thing that i need to contribute are my mad skillz and my mad coffee appliances. Sunday is more of a trial style event. None of us are really sure how it's all going to piece ('scuse the pun :p) together in the end, so that's why were doing on Sunday at R&B's amazing house in Chimney Pot Park, Salford. I will update with news as and when, but i think it would be cool to use PicnicPostcards as one of our media forums :)

This is logo piece that we'll be using, pretty cool, huh?

ALSO, GOOD NEWS: the first bake will be The Carrot Cake and Chocolate Cake. Yummy!

*Don't worry kids, i'm going to cut back on the art talk, i'm out of depth and will just be talking about cakes.