The icing on the cake; We love an excuse to eat cake in the Family Life office, so National Cupcake Week gets a thumbs up from us. Today SARAH DALE talks to one Teesside mum about her new passion for.IT'LL be another couple of months before 12-week-old Dexter can have a little taste of his mum's delicious cupcakes. All he can do for now is watch wide-eyed as his big brother, Wilson, three-and-a-half, devours a tasty creation. But it was Dexter's Christening last month that inspired Jane-Anne Hooton to turn her creative talents to making unique cakes for her son's special day. "I looked about for people who made cakes but they were either booked up or too expensive," says Jane-Anne, 24, from Hardwick Green, Stockton. "My friend said she'd make the big cake and suggested I make the cupcakes. I spent a week practising and made a six-tier display. They were decorated with little ginger babies - like mini Dexters!" National Cupcake Week - which runs until Sunday - aims to celebrate the creativity and passion for baking. Jane-Anne has only been whipping up cup cakes for two months, but "loves it". "My mum jokes that she doesn't know where I get it from as she hates baking," she adds. "Wilson loves baking with me. He will bring his chair and climb up so he can reach." And husband Marc, 25, an events manager, relishes his role as chief tester. "When I'm trying out new flavours they get shipped out to all the family," laughs Jane-Anne, who also makes wedding stationery and cards and has a degree in textiles and surface design. She's now hoping to expand her business Jane-Anne Teacake - her parents' childhood pet name for her. "I am always on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout different toppers. I think it's this attention to detail that's proving popular," adds Jane-Anne, who juggles working for a greetings card shop, making cards, writing a blog (www.janeanneteacake.wordpress.com) and is also about to start teaching. Fill up on these sweet buys Best buy of the week FOX Own grown Savoy cabbage Noun 1. savoy cabbage - cabbage plant with a compact head of crinkled leaves Brassica oleracea capitata, head cabbage, head cabbage plant - any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves 65p each CO-OP The Co-operative Stonebaked Margherita Pizza, 295g pounds 2.99 each, buy one get one free MORRISONS Cadbury Twirl Bites, 165g was pounds 1.99, now 99p CAPTION(S): YUMMY: The cupcakes that Jane-Anne produced for Dexter's christening, top, and some of her latest creations, above KEEP your car smelling lovely with a cupcake air freshener air freshener n → ambientador m air freshener air n → désodorisant m air freshener air n → , pounds 2 at Accessorize ac·ces·sor·ize v. ac·ces·sor·ized, ac·ces·sor·iz·ing, ac·ces·sor·iz·es v.tr. To furnish with accessories: accessorized my outfit with a matching watch. v. . GIVE a warm welcome to guests with a cupcakes doormat, pounds 12 at Next. COOK up a sweet treat with a Cupcakes Recipe File, pounds 15.99, Ktwo at House of Fraser House of Fraser is a British department store group with 61 stores (July 2007) across the country. The group was founded in Glasgow in 1849. The flagship London store is now the House of Fraser on Oxford Street whilst the largest is in Birmingham. . GIRLS will adore wearing this green cotton long sleeve T-shirt with cupcake design, priced pounds 8-pounds 9 at Marks and Spencer. BE proud and put up this pink Keep Calm and Eat a Cupcake poster (20x16ins), pounds 1.05 at Amazon. SWEET FAMILY: Jane-Anne Hooton with her husband Marc and children Wilson and Dexter, right, and Wilson tucking into one of the cupcakes, above |
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