Feeling Patriotic!

So this Saturday sees the town that was announced as the most patriotic in England hold it’s own St George’s Day Celebrations.  The town is of course Morley in Leeds and we will of course be attending with our usual supply of sweet treats, and a few new savoury flavours too!

Obvioulsy the Jubilee is not too far away now too, so I have been tasting, baking, icing, decorating, drinking cups of tea and also organising a photoshoot to show off our selection of celebratory cakes and cupcakes!

Our order book is already open, and already has a few forward thinking party planners details inside it. So don’t hold back on placing your order now. We will be confirming delivery slots closer to the time, or you can always collect from Be Happy Bakery HQ or your local farmer’s market for our regular customers!

Here is a sneak peek of what is in store for the big bank holiday celebratory event!

contact marion@behappybakery.com to discuss what we can do to make your tea party/garden party/street party/charity party/*insert any other reason to eat cake here* as patriotic and celebratory as you want it to be!

If you are on twitter, follow the hashtag #celebratewithcake to find out how to be in with a chance of winning a selection of jubilee themed goodies!!

Clandestine Cake Club

I had a lovely afternoon at the Clandestine Cake Club on Saturday. There was a fantastic variety of cake on offer all enjoyed with good company, washed down with a nice cup of tea. Many thanks to Lynn for organising the event and for guiding us in !!! Also thanks to our host for her hospitality.

I took along an English Spring Garden Cake. This was a double chocolate cake layered and covered with a dark, rich chocolate ganache. A final layer of white fondant icing was covered with spring flowers.  Oooh it did look pretty.

To balance out the ‘sugar rush’ a really nice gooey Brie and crackers were supplied. A perfect balance to the sweetness of the cakes.

Looking forward to the next CCC event later in the month.

In the meantime remember. Be Happy & remember it’s cake time any time.

Hibernation Over ?

Golly where does the time go ??? One minute we are all go go goooooooooooo for Christmas and before you know it we are at the end of January and it is light again at 5 o’clock.

January is always a quiet month as several of the markets do not start again until February so I have had a few weekends off. Would you believe it though — I stood outside at the markets all last year and didn’t have so much as a sniffle. Now I am lanquishing at home with a coldy fluey bug that is going around and can I shift it Noooooooooooo.

To make sure I completely get rid of it I am going to give Otley Farmers Market a miss this weekend

At least it gives me a chance to fill in all the application forms for this years Shows and Festivals and to keep up to date with other foodies on Twitter.

Thinking of Twitter I had a great “Tweetup” last week with several tweeps. We all met up  at 11 i’sh and I thought well if it is really bad I can always say “I need to take my goldfish to the dentist” and leave. I fully expected to be home by 1 but noooo it was almost 4 when I got in. I had  fabulous day. there were 9 foodies all together ranging apart from myself, No Fishy Business — street food with a twist on Fish and chips, The Yummy Yank –an irrepressible American whose business is dedicated to the baking of homemade American desserts and other yummies, Harrogate Preserves and the Jam Smith Club – a monthly subscription Jam Club which we all agreed was a novel idea. The remaining members of the Group were involved in PR Media and Training. It was so invigorating to be with other people who are so passionate about what they do. It was all organised by a wonderful lady Irene Myers a PR GURU.

In answer to my question When will I see you again ? I will be at Cornucopia at the Leeds Corn Exchange on 4th February. It is an opportunity to sample and buy some of the finest produce from the region, all under one, very beautiful, roof! You can find more info about the producers at http://cornucopia-leeds.co.uk/meet-the-producers.php Several of the members of the ‘Tweetup’ are also going to be there

We would love to see you so please come and say hello. If you cannot make it to Cornucopia Leeds I will be at Skipton Farmers Market on Sunday 5th Feb.

Eat Cake — Be Happy

@behappybakery

Skipton Christmas Farmers Market

Skipton Christmas Farmers Market was held today. Although it was cold wet & windy there were lots of people about. The Skipton Victorian Fair was also on in the High Street which always attracts bus loads of visitors.

Customers I spoke to had come from as far away as Nottingham or Tyneside and the top end of the Coach Street car park was used as a dropping off point. At times there were throngs of people going over the canal bridge in Coach Street making their way into town.

Trade was reasonable with most of the regular traders there. There is a good mix of stalls ranging from Danielle’s sour dough bread, Granola from Yockenthwaite, Malcolm with his giant scotch eggs and sticky toffee pudding, honey, organic veg and a choice of butchers selling their own meat. The belly pork from the ‘Blue Pig Company’ is to die for and the Organic chickens from the Trough of Bowland remind you of how chickens should taste. There is also a venison and game butcher, who this morning took delivery of some rabbits. You cannot get much fresher than that !! To go with this fantastic selection of meats there are organic veg. Today, amongst other veg were beetroot, celeriac and red cabbage, which of course goes fantastcally with pork !!!! Tto finish off the meal there is always Be Happy Cupcakes or Malcolm’s sticky toffee pudding.

Hopefully this will give you a ‘flavour’ of the Market and we hope to see you on the first Sunday in February. No Market in January as it would fall on New Years Day.

As this was the last Skipton Farmers Market of the year it seemed strange wishing our regulars a ‘Merry Christmas’ and see you next year.

A big thank you has to go to Nigel & co who tow all the stalls from Stokesley to Skipton, set them up for us and then take them down and trailer them home again. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Christmas is a coming

We are now into December and Christmas is a coming. Eeeeek

The first of the Christmas Markets was last weekend at Thirsk. The organisers did a fantastic job and snatched success from the jaws of disaster. On the Friday afternoon the wind was so strong the marquee company couldn’t put up the tent up. The organisers managed at the 11th hour to get the use of a hall at the Racecourse so a message went out to Santa and the reindeer to re programme their sat navs!!!

It clearly worked as they appeared on time much to the pleasure of the awaiting children.

Overall a very pleasant weekend, friendly people and a dry warm hall to trade in. Always a bonus.

Knaresborough Farmers Market

The market was busy as you would expect on such a beautiful crisp morning. The number of stalls is increasing month by month so there is a good selection of foods to choose from. 

I had some fun making spiders, along with other ghoulish cupcakes for Halloween. I know it is a bit early but it’s fun coming up with ideas !!!

One of my customers send me a really amusing email during the week telling me “the buns were terrific; the chocolate orange particularly wonderful but don’t come back too soon, my waistline won’t stand it”. I will be back next month with some plain brown paper bags — it can be our little secret. As for the expanding waistline I will have to work harder using up the calories making the cakes so there are none left for you all to eat !!!!

I now have a Twitter account so have started to tweet. So if any of you would like to follow me please do.

 

Burley Farmers Market Sunday 9th October

Today was Burley Farmers Market and in typical British weather. Very windy and damp.

As you would expect not many people ventured out. For all the Burley folk who read this please encourage your friends, family and neighbours to come along for the next Market which is on Sunday 13th November. There is an array of produce on sale. You can get everthing you need for your Sunday roast including dessrts from the Be Happy Bakery range of CupCakes. You can choose, for example, from Sticky Toffee Pudding or White Chocolate and Raspberry. If you are feeling peckish you can buy from sour dough bread, along with a whole range of loaves from Danielle at Partons Bakery, cheese from the Yorkshire Cheese Company and to accompany it some chilli jam.  

The Christmas Market will be on Sunday 4th December with Otley Brass Band there to entertain you.

So where am I next. Oh yes - Knaresborough next Sunday. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for good weather.

I will have my usual medley of CupCakes along with some ghoulish ones for Halloween. Yes I know it is a bit early but it’s fun !!!

Hope to see you soon. In the meantime

Be Happy

Hello from the bakery

Good day,

With this being our first post, we thought it would be a good idea to tell you a little bit about our selves and what we do… As you can see from our name we bake stuff. But not just any old stuff… We specialize in tantalizing taste bud treats in the form of cupcakes.

The magic happens in our bakery here in Bingley. All orders are baked using the freshest local produce possible, hand crafted by our head baker Mrs D. (Yes, it does stand for Delicious, Delightful, Decadent. The cakes are pretty awesome too…. but we would say that.)

To share this wealth of baked love and happiness we have decided to hit the road and get out and about, meet new people and make new friends. There is an exciting summer ahead, with food  festivals, agricultural shows and all our local farmer’s markets!

We’d love to see your smiling faces at our stall of yummy baked goods.. But if you can’t make it to one of these events below don’t worry, you can still take a look at the menu and order with us. We’ll happily come deliver to your door / workplace / wedding / birthday party / firework extravaganza…

 Check out the list of show’s and markets below and come say hello.

Until then… be happy!

Summer Show’s

June

19th June – North Yorkshire County Show

25th June – Broughton Game Fair

July

3rd July – Arthington Show

8th – 10 th July – Sheffield Food Festival

17th July – Malton Show

20th July – Driffield Show

23rd July – Bingley Show

26th July – Ryedale Show

August

6th August – Emley Show

13th August – Halifax Show

20th August – Gargrave Show

27th August – Malham Show

September

3rd September – Keighley Show

Farmer’s Market’s 

Each Sunday of the month

1st – Skipton / 2nd - Burley / 3rd – Knaserborugh / 4th – Otley