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Welcome to my web site! My name is Trish Orton. I am married to David and we have one son, Aaron, who lives
with his partner and 3 children in North Norfolk. David and I have lived in Potter Heigham, Norfolk, England for
22 years. I started to make novelty
cakes in March 2006 when I was asked by a colleague at work if I could make a fairy castle cake for her daughter's
5th birthday from a picture she had taken on her mobile phone. That was indeed a challenge, as I don't seem to be
able to say "no", and as I have always enjoyed baking, more particularly gateaux, I thought "why not?".
However, it didn't take me long to become hooked on sugarcraft, especially after I had bought my first book on the subject,
Magical Cakes by Debbie Brown. I was completely taken by the sort of thing that can be
achieved with a little imagination and lots of patience and I have made quite a lot of cakes since then, some of which
you can see on these pages. My mother is from Germany, and my german grandmother was a superb cook having learned her skills whilst in service during the 1920s as a cook to a large English family in the Rhineland (she never learned English, though!). She taught my mother her skills, and she in turn taught my sister and me. David and I decided we would like to try running a pub in Norfolk during the
1980s when we returned from a spell in Saudi Arabia. I think the fact that Saudi is a "dry" country may have
influenced us slightly! We took on a tenancy in Potter Heigham in 1987, and stayed the course for about 4
years, when we decided we had had enough of being tied down. I spent most of the 4 years in the kitchen, so
didn't really get to know many of the local people! I have made up for it now, as we liked it so much here we decided
to stay in Potter Heigham. Hope you enjoy these pages. Come back again soon. 
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