@Shelovescake

Founder of Rosey's Village Table, Leith's Diploma Student, small-event catering, cakes, desserts and nibbles for every occasion, recipes and dinner party ideas

Month: Jun 2026

  • Our last formal week of teaching and cooking from the curriculum. Starting the foundation term back in September feels like a lifetime ago and yet the course has gone by in a flash. I woke early on Saturday morning feeling reflective. What had I hoped to achieve from my nine months at Leith’s? My Leith’s…

  • This week was a tale of two halves: two days of assessment to start the week and two days of canapé prepping and partying to end. The assessment involved several new skills most of which we were attempting for the first time. Day one was a prep session but still required exam conditions of no…

  • The week of the Opera Gateau! As the name implies, this cake is one dramatic, decadent diva. No lowly cake status here, but a gateau, or more specifically an entremet. A complex, multi-layered dessert, the name of which literally refers to ‘between servings’. Wikipedia describes an entremet as an edible scenic display, always spectacular, often…

  • A slimmer’s portion of a week with just two days in school and the rest of the week half term fun in the (very hot) sun with the kids. The heat provided the perfect conditions for making a speedy focaccia. Rather than the usual two day process, I had delicious bubbly focaccia in just 12…