Pick Me Up! Special

Cake conquers all

During your darkest days, it can be really hard to find light at the end of the tunnel. Believe me, I have been there myself.

As a suddenly unemployed, single mum of two young children, I didn’t think life would ever get any easier.

But just as you hit rock bottom, you somehow manage to find a way out.

Everyone has their own coping mechanisms to survive the hard and lonely times.

For me, it was baking cakes…

That might sound a little crazy at first, but baking has always been in my blood.

I was brought up in a family where everything was homemade.

I lost my job

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