18/07/2024
Official last cake from the cake place
hey hope your all well !
Back in February we made the decision to close down our business.
After the s**t show that was covid we never financially recovered and then cost of living crisis. We were just trying to power through and catch up but all we were doing was working ourselves into the ground and having no quality of life.
We wanted to keep creating, we wanted to honour our bookings .... and then it got quieter
From June last year even though we had cakes booked in, we were busy and we worked hard .....we didn't get a wage , simply the money all went on bounce back loan from covid and ingredients. I was working myself to death and I can only see it now since I have been out of the game.
We have over 4k each of wages we havnt been able to pay ourselves (and still havnt . We both had to look for secondary jobs because we could pay personal bills either.
Anyhoo enough of the doom and gloom
I (Jo) accidentally found the job of my dreams! I work on a farm , for a charity , I look after animals and teach children nature studies, farming, animal care and life skills, it truly is amazing !
Moira is enjoying retirement and with another grandchild here she has plenty to do! and she still enjoys baking , we had coconut cake yesterday 🤤
Do we miss cakes .... hell no, we do not miss the stress , the anxiety the pressure ..... but we do miss our lovely customers
We are lucky to have met our lovely customers who also became friends we love you so much
So if you see us about, ( I pretty much live at Jarrow Hall now) , please say hi !
Thank you everyone for an amazing almost 10 years and 🤬 covid for messing up our business !
