Who ate all the cake's?

What better way to display yummy homemade cupcakes than on a brightly decorated cake stand. I wanted a 'proper' tiered cake stand fro yonks, but all I kept finding were single tier glass one's. Then I spotted this in an antique shop and it had got my name on!!  Well, maybe not..... but it was fate and therefore I just HAD to buy it.
And now of course, I have to keep baking cakes to use it becasue its too pretty to just sit and gather dust.

over the weekend I baked the first Christmas Cake of the year, noramlly I do two, one for me and one for my friend. Its still naked but I tarted it up for the photo, now its gone to sleep wrapped up tightly in greaseproof paper and silver foil, ready for its big day....

Its a 'Bero' Christmas Cake, with the fruit soaked in brandy for two days, occasionally stirred. One year I tried the fruit soaked in warm cider but din't like the result, its much more moist with brandy, even though most of the alcohol gets baked away.