Recent baking buys

This past week I've been stocking up on little pieces here and there so fill my baking cupboard. With the Jubilee just around the corner the shops are filled with loads of wonderful goodies! (Although I must admit on a recent trip to the supermarket the baking isles were looking a little empty, everyone seems to have the baking bug at the moment!)

Starting at the top left, I found this little stand that holds nine cakes for a mere £1.50 in a local charity shop. I already have the medium and large ones so it's a nice addition to the collection. Underneath it, (sorry hard to see I know!) is a cake turntable which I paid £1.00 for on Sunday at a car boot sale. The Dr. Oetker decorations and shimmer sprays also came from a lovely lady at the same car boot sale who has small stocks of cake decorating things plus a few food and drink items. I usually pick up these kinds of things from her as she only charges 50p each for them so the lot cost me £3.50, and I know the sprays cost £3.99 each in Tesco's! (I love the gold sprayed over chocolate cakes!) I also picked up the English Provender Co. Orange Essence Water from her, it was her last bottle and she gave it to me for free.

On the Far right is some super cute baking cups I purchased from my local garden centre, ten of them are black and white stripes, the other polka dots. I also got the icing bag on the far left along with the six single cardboard cupcake stands. I think each item was around £1.99, great value! The shelves were nearly empty when I was there so can't wait to see what else they have when they get more stock in.

The twelve little tartlet tins and the two next to it also came from another charity shop, both together cost 50p, bargain! Finally the cake toppers of Queen Elizabeth II were purchased off eBay, thought they were a little different compared to the usual union jack flags and they should look great with my red, white and blue striped cake cases!

And finally I just couldn't resist this beautiful tin from Marks & Spencers. They did a couple of other designs but I snatched this up straight away with no hesitation, it's just so damn pretty!. (That's not to say the other ones weren't nice!) It's filled with Scottish shortbread petticoat tails but I only really wanted the tin to be honest.

This cake stand came from Tesco's, thought it was a bit of fun to stand the cakes on this weekend! They also do mugs, side places and cups and saucers, all rather lovely and really, I thought, why not?!

I'm going to a relatives house for a big old party this weekend with all the family for the celebrations, so I hope everyone has a lovely Jubilee weekend!

XOXO