Clandestine Cake Club Bolton - All Rise... The Diamond Jubilee

Today was the fourth meeting of Clandestine Cake Club Bolton, and we had a great turnout! Our theme was 'All Rise... The Diamond Jubilee'. We had about a 50/50 split of existing members and new bakers at this meeting, so it's nice to see that more people wanted to get involved. We also had more young bakers, the youngest being eight year old Amelia who made a beautiful marble cake. The effort that everyone put into their cakes was phenomenal!

This time we ventured into the Bolton suburb of Westhoughton, and held our meeting at Cherry's on Wigan Road. The owner, Stephanie was so excited about holding the event! All the staff at the venue were fantastic, and said the club had brought a really good vibe to the shop. They were super helpful, and didn't even mind that we redecorated their nice clean floor with cake crumbs and the odd raspberry! I really can't recommend this place enough! Go!

We had about 26 cakes in total (at last count!), all with their own special twist on the brief. The range included:

• Four Nations of the Republic
• Marvellous Marble Cake
• Best of British Rhubarb Cake with Orange and Almond
• Union Jack Battenberg
• Royal Red Velvet Cake
• Strawberry Layer Cake
• Summer Berry Drizzle Cake
• Jubilee Victoria Sponge
• English Cherry Cake
• Not So Red Velvet Layer Cake with Strawberry Frosting
• Gilded Strawberries and Cream Castle Bundt Cake (you guessed it...)
• Queen Elizabeth Cake
• White Chocolate Celebration Cake
• Lemon Crowning Glory Cake
• Coronation Chicken Inspired Cake (no, there was no chicken in it...)
• Jewelled Madeira Cake
• Strawberry Celebration Cake
• Triple Chocolate and Raspberry Cake
• Ganache Marble Cake
• Apple and Calvados Caramelised Pageant Cake
• Berry and Coconut Iced Battenberg
• Duchess of Cornwall Clotted Cream Cake

And some I can't remember (or didn't steal the tags from)!

Here are some pictures of the ones I managed to snap before the pack got them!

We all had an absolutely brilliant time! Great people, fabulous cakes and a wonderful venue happy to accomodate our every need. There wasn't much left when we had finished...

Thank you to everyone who came, and especially to Stephanie and everyone at Cherry's who were almost as excited as I was...

It all got a bit much for H though... Poor girl didn't move off this sofa for about half an hour after everyone else had gone! It's a bad do when holding your phone is a chore...

The next Bolton meeting is on 21st July, is in a very spacious venue and the theme is Sweets for my Sweet. Click here for more details and email me at dollybakes@gmail.com to book.

Interested in joining your local Clandestine Cake Club? Click here for details...

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