0 CCC no 20 - Strictly come baking at Cakes by Ruth in Chorley.

For our 20th event for South Lancashire Clandestine Cake Club we paid a visit to a newly opened celebration cake and cake decorating shop in Chorley town centre. Cakes by Ruth is the home of talented cake decorator Ruth Potts and her lovely shop is a colourful addition to Lancashire's favourite market town.

                               

Inspired by the new series of "Strictly" we had chosen the theme of "Strictly come baking !" for our evening event. Our bakers inspired as ever came up with a great selection of cakes.

Despite a few no shows on the night (I try not take this personally !), we had an enjoyable event enjoying a lovely range of cakes and chatting generally about cakes and baking with Ruth.

Our cake selection featured

• Waltzing mathilda cake - a gorgeous spicy bundt cake

• Dancing Dolly cake - lots of buttercream, sponge and jam topped off with a dolly

• Torta Mojada - Argentinian Wet cake - a moist decadent chocolate cake with citrus layers

• Lucious Lemon glitter ball cake - lemon sponge with lemon curd, meringue and fresh cream, topped off with Lemon and white chocolate silver cake pops.

• Tango'd cake - a freshy zesty orange layer cake

• You've been tango'd - a orange and chocolate confection, very moist and moreish.

You can find Cakes by Ruth on St Georges Street, in Chorley town centre, the shop stocks a great range of decorating materials and of course Ruth can supply any celebration cake needs you may have.

A massive thanks goes to Ruth for hosting our event and opening up specially on a cold November night for our meeting. 

  

Detail: CCC no 20 - Strictly come baking at Cakes by Ruth in Chorley.

0 Opportunity to help a new local business and win £25 voucher towards a bespoke cake or cake class.

I was recently approached by one of my fellow clandestine cake clubbers who is also Market researcher as to whether I would assist her in surveying the baking community of Lancashire about what they would like to see in a new cake shop that was opening in Chorley.

          

Given that I am local gal and like to support local businesses I said yes !

Ruth Potts from Cakes by Ruth www.cakesbyruth.co.uk in Chorley.  She is a professional baker of celebration cakes, she teaches amateur bakers how to decorate cakes and icing techniques and is opening a cake shop in Chorley in September this year.  The shop will be where she bakes and decorates her cakes as well as holding decorating classes and hosting children’s parties.  In order to help Ruth know what bakers (amateurs and professionals) want from a high quality local cake shop she has commissioned this survey to ask the bakers themselves.  There is a prize of a £25 voucher to go towards a cake decorating lesson or a cake.

                              

                                                      

So all you have to do to have a chance with winning this voucher is complete a short on line survey. Apologies to readers from outside Lancashire but I don't think survey would be of much interest to you.

http://www.snapsurveys.com/swh/surveylogin.asp?k=137234738720

The survey window is now open  will close on Friday 12th July at 5pm.  The winner of the free prize draw will take place on Monday 15th July.

Detail: Opportunity to help a new local business and win £25 voucher towards a bespoke cake or cake class.