"CAKES by LILY"

 My interest in "BAKING" started when I first saw my Mum baking cakes in a wood stove in the early 60's. Then I was about 11 or 12. At the age of 12, my  1st attempt at baking was  near successful , and realized that I was blessed with this talent.  I went on baking all sorts of cakes and all other baked goods and improved my skills on my own.  My  Dad was my biggest fan , who loved to sample all my baked cakes, pies, breads  and cookies and gave it two thumbs up all the time. 

 I actually bought books and magazines, with money I saved from my school pocket money. My Dad used go grocery shopping once a fortnight, driving out of the Plantation where we  lived  and I used to always volunteer to go with him, as I could pop into the "Book Shop" that was located next to the grocery store. 

  When I was 22 and a new mother, I decorated my first cake for my daughter's 1st Birthday.  I got the idea from a Wilton Year Book. I invested in a  some of the Wilton cake decorating tools too,  that were available  to us then. I used to substitute some tools with whatever I could use. My friends started to give me as gifts, stuff that I could use for my cake decorating.