About: The girl with the cupcake tattoo

Welcome to my blog, my name is Michelle but you can call me Shel.

I graduated from university with a law degree in 2005 so I always thought that was the career path I was going to take; but as I have worked in my legal job I realised that baking is what I really want to do.

I daydream a lot that I could buy a shop and open a bakery or tea room but unfortunately it’s too risky to do with two young children at the moment… so I decided to become a dedicated home baker. I usually bake at least once a week so I hope to be able to update my blog at least once a week to. This blog has been resurected after a 5 year hiatus so you may notice a huge gap before 2019.

I don’t have any qualifications in baking or cookery although I would be quite happy to go to catering college if I had the time and money.

I gain my recipes from cookbooks, internet, blogs and also some of my own inventions. My go to recipe is a simple cupcake but I have also taken a short course in cake decorating, so now I am trying to make my decorations more elaborate. I have also discovered how much I love to bake bread, even though my first disaster is still a talking point.

I have created this blog to share my recipes, trials and errors with you. I am always happy for feedback and comments if you have tried a recipe or want me to try it out for you then let me know.

I am in a settled relationship with my boyfriend and I’m a mom to two wonderful and crazy children.

Finally – I love baking so much that I actually have a tattoo of 2 cupcakes on my back.

Facts about my baking:

• I love cookbooks although I often just look at the pictures for inspiration
• I use Stork margarine for my baking, unless it is something that really does need butter
• I always use free range eggs – sometimes the eggs come from my parents pet chickens which are very happy and free
• I use normal granulated sugar instead of castor because it is cheap and we always have it in
• I don’t measure essences and extracts, I just pour a little in

• I have a fan assisted electric oven and a Kenwood mixer

Random facts about me:

• I don’t have a favourite colour but if I had to choose it would be green
• I have a love of lemon, chocolate and cinnamon flavours
• I don’t really drink alcohol though if I do then I like a dry cider
• I’m not a tidy person, especially whilst baking though I am working on this
• I go to the same place in Italy for my holidays every year, and have done since I was 2 years old! I also love Amsterdam
• I’m not a morning person though my early rising children have forced me to be
• My favourite type of chocolate is milk chocolate
• I love Mars Bars and especially Mars Easter Eggs
• My favourite time of year is Christmas as I love spending time with my family
• I love Italian food, but don’t eat seafood

If you want to contact me, I now have an email address for you to use:
shel.happylittlebaker @ gmail.com (please note that you need to remove the spaces!)