Pick Me Up! Special

Piece of cake

Heading to my local supermarket to pick up a baking potato and beans, it wasn’t long before I was tentatively waiting for the potato skin to crisp up at home.

And placing the comfort food on a plate, I didn’t need to grab a knife and fork – this wasn’t my dinner, it was a point of reference instead.

Moulding pieces of fondant icing into little baked bean shapes, trying my best to replicate the spud skin using different painting techniques and attempting to get a glossy orange bean juice out of the baking materials that I had at home, it was my own cake or fake moment.

I would replicate big bakes at home

Attempting to create a sweet treat disguised as a well-known meal for many – a

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