Ania Wawrzkowicz

Welcome to Friday Feature. This week I am sharing with you the beautiful photography of Polish born Ania Wawrzkowicz. Ania currently resides in London and is completing her MA in photography.

To see more of Ania's work check out her site and lovely blog.

Happy Friday, sweets!

Hey Yo Yo

This week on "Wonderful World of Etsy" I bring you one of my favourite Etsy stores for cake decorations, Hey Yo Yo. Hey Yo Yo was started in June 2008 by Amanda Graff, cupcake baker and glitter duster. She has a diploma from The Culinary Institute of America in pastry but her love of all things crafty was born out of working on the Martha Stewart television show.

• Pink zebra cupcake liners
• Aqua divine twine
• Teal and green polka dot straws
• Bakery stickers

Have a sweet day!

Pretty baking supply stores

Planet Bake

Cake Decorating Company

Bake it Pretty

Fancy Flours

Today on "shops I love", I am featuring four online boutiques that are full of a baker's dream goodies.

The UK based Planet Bake has a wide variety of creative baking and partyware supplies, from pretty cupcake boxes to sugar craft equipment.

The Cake Decorating Company has an enormous catalogue of delights. For the cake pop enthusiasts there are sticks and wrappers, candy melts and cake pop stands for displaying your latest creations. They also sell the trendy new cake push-up containers and can print your photos and designs onto edible paper! Oh, and they also sell edible shimmery ribbon - how neat is that?

Across the pond there is Bake it Pretty, which was started by blogger Amanda who struggled to find stylish, unique, and retro baking supplies. Her store started out as an Etsy store in 2006 and now she has her very own brick and mortar boutique in downtown Asheville, North Carolina.

Also in the US is Fancy Flours, a site dedicated to edible art and they are passionate about all things related to sugar crafting. They sell over fifty shades of glitter and edible dust, along with cake, cookie and candy moulds, and the prettiest packaging supplies from treat boxes, bakers twine to cake stands and cupcake holders.

Have a sweet day!

My Winter Wonderland baking supplies

I had a rummage around my baking cupboard and pulled together silicone cupcake cases that matched my Winter Wonderland colour palette as well as some flavoured sugars I want to sprinkle on home-made cookies and the prettiest of sprinkles for more sweet treats. All of which I will serve on my dessert table...

Have a sweet day!

Winter Wonderland dessert table ideas

Last year I created a Winter Woodland dessert table with a snowy white gingerbread bird house, reindeer decorated Christmas cake and a cookie tree as centre pieces, and glass Christmas tree jars full of woodland inspired candy like coconut mushrooms and chocolate twigs.

This year I want to create a Winter Wonderland dessert table with a pretty gingerbread bird house, with a bird cage shaped Christmas cake and an ornate Christmas cookie tree as the centre pieces. Flanked with candy filled jars, decorated cookies, cake pops and macarons in pretty pinks and aquas and a host of chocolate shaped lollipops. All of which I will be sharing here on Torie Jayne.

• Snowflake cookie cutters
• Vintage pastel Christmas dessert table
• Pretty owl cake via Style Me Gorgeous
• Bubble cakes by Kreavie
• Snowflake brownie cake pops
• Winter Wonderland cupcakes by Bakingdom
• Christmas cookies galore by Glorious Treats
• Snowflake cookies by Rolling Pin Productions

Have a sweet day!

Birdcage inspired sweet treats

This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some inspiring Birdcage sweet treats. I can't wait to have a go at making my own Birdcage cake for Christmas.

Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):

• The ever so pretty cake in vintage birdcage by Cakes by Tessa
• The adorable gold stencilled Birdcage cookies by Cakes by Tessa
• The creative cake with a Birdcage on a necklace close-up.. by Nadine's Cakes
• The delightful rose adorned cookies in vintage birdcage cupcakes en cookies by Cakes by Tessa

Have a sweet day!

The Vintage Tea Party by Angel Adoree

This week I'm reviewing The Vintage Tea Party by Angel Adoree, the complete guide to hosting your perfect tea party which was sent to me by Tesco books.

I chose to review this book as it sounded fun! Angel Adoree started her career in Accountancy but her pink hair and piercings became a problem so she swiftly left and started freelancing as a management accountant for alternative London-based companies. At this time she also started an event entitled 'Angel - A Vintage Experience', a new shopping experience where she wined and dined her guests and sold them vintage treasures. Hailed as a huge success, from here she opened her 'Vintage Patisserie' and has never looked back.

The book is a culmination of all things Vintage and Tea Party split into five chapters, starting with an introduction into hosting the perfect tea party with location suggestions, invitation ideas, sourcing props and tying the perfect headscarf. The second chapter, Brunch, is full of both sweet and savoury recipes from chocolate coconut granola to potato and bacon pancakes, and contains features on flower arranging, decorating china and making an apron. The third chapter, Afternoon, is full of cute recipes like lollipop jam sandwiches, bunting butties and, to my delight, a decadent gluten-free chocolate cake. Features in this section include making a bird mobile and how to dry edible flowers.

The fourth chapter is all about the Evening and has recipes for British favourites like beef pie, crown of lamb and fish pie. For dessert there are countless recipes, from a strawberry and raspberry Charlotte russe to pear dumplings with a caramel glaze. Features on candle making and parlour games to encourage laughter and keep your guests amused for hours! The last chapter, entitled Style, gives tips on buying the perfect vintage dress, creating classic hairstyles like the roll and the poodle and how to apply fake eyelashes. Each chapter is accompanied by fabulously British styled photos and delightful illustrations.

The Vintage Tea Party by Angel Adoree is a bumper packed book full of recipes and ideas to creating the perfect tea party. At a recommended price of £20, I think this hardback book is a great buy as there is so much content to pour over! Some of my favourite shots:

Hair and make-up

Earl grey truffle hearts

Bunting butties

Cherry and dark chocolate trifle shots

To summarize, The Vintage Tea Party by Angel Adoree is a wonderful book full of yummy sounding recipes with great tips and advice.

Please note that my opinions are my own and I am not paid for these reviews (apart from receiving a free book, of course!).

Have a sweet day!