About The Cake Lady Blog
Hello! I’m Seren. I’m a Food Writer, Food Historian, Chef and Blogger from Wales. Not only am I busy in the world of food, but I am a busy mum to six children.
The Name of the Blog
When I became a mum, I realised that people stopped calling me by my name; I became someone’s mum. Once my children grew to nursery and school age, I became known to many of my little ones’ peers as “the cake lady.” So, after many years in the ideas stage, this blog has finally been born.
My goal with this blog is to give you an insight into the wonderfully chaotic world of my busy and whimsical life of baking, cooking and raising creative children. I aim to share the fun, laughter and joy of baking and inspire you to bake and cook whatever your mood dictates. I hope you will join me as I share my baking and cooking adventures alongside my daily parenting musings and escapades.
I’ve written books on food and food history, and I am always thinking about food, but I must admit I have shied away from blogging in recent years as I kept thinking what have I got to share and how will I find the time? I’m a busy mum, with a micro-business and a passion for food and the idea of having enough glossy content and Instagram worthy photos was a real sticking point for me. So, on a whim I decided to embrace the idea of a blog that is real. My children are not always little angels, my home does not look like a page from Country Living and sometimes even my baking goes a bit wonky, but this is real life. I am sometimes a bit overwhelmed by my ‘to do’ list and my entourage of noisy children. I am a 40-something year old woman, that is sometimes a bit cranky, crazily busy and also one that cannot remember the luxury of going to the loo unaccompanied by a small child. Whilst sometimes I fantasise about having a secret garden shed to hide in, my survival guide to mothering a large brood is to bake and be creative. My photos may not be perfect, but they are real and my life may not be the stuff of dreams, but my recipes work and I hope some of the accounts of my daily disorder make you smile and embrace the reality of imperfectly perfect life!
Baking cakes and my children is my life. This blog is a peek into my wonderful baking and child-led life! I bake every day I can – I bake for my family and my business. If I’m not cooking food, I am writing about it or developing recipes, I fit everything around my growing family and as you’ll discover in my musings sometimes it is all a little crazy. I have an ever-growing collection of cookery books and household manuals, and I love to delve into these and try out recipes, but I also like to play in the kitchen, exploring new ideas, experimenting and testing, so I hope you like the results!
