Don't worry, be happy...there's cake!

We are afraid that it is official as we are declaring it, there is always time for cake. And doesn't it make you feel better? Yesterday we handed out 100 cupcakes to some hard-working people, everyone accepted one and every person took it with a smile on their face, you see cake makes us happy!

Here's a lovely bit of carrot cake that we whipped up for a birthday recently...and how brilliant it is too as it's got one of your five-a-day in it! We always said cake was good for you didn't we? We also believe that baking a cake can make you feel happy too...have a look at one of our favourite books "Saved by Cake" proof that baking really can banish the blues. This book is full of quirky recipes with some interesting flavours too who knew coca cola was delicious in a cake or even beetroot!

http://www.mariankeyes.com/books/Saved-by-Cake

No longer do we worry about the calories, if it brings a smile to your face then it's worth having. Even better if you whip a cake up yourself you can burn a whole load of calories that justify eating it! Did you know that squatting in front of the oven can burn between 200-300 calories? And you can burn up to 100 calories just from rolling pastry? We found this amazing article "Great British Bake Off: The Workout" on the Radio Times website...we're so impressed we're thinking of putting this article on the kitchen wall!

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-09-03/great-british-bake-off-the-workout

From now we shouldn't pass on cake as we've found some health benefits right here, it makes us happy and we can burn calories whilst making it and after doing a bit of googling we can burn 29 calories eating it! Woo hoo...happy cake days everybody!