Coffee and Cakes hits the spot!

There is a good chance that there was a surge in demand for power in the Cheshire area the Sunday before last, as there was such a lot of baking going on.  Gillian and I, along with many of our work colleagues were preparing for the Cuban Wheels second cake sale fundraiser which took place in the Sports Cafe at Umbro head office on Monday.

We made £242.38 from the first sale back in May.  This was our target.

Gillian and Mandy setting out the cakes and preserves

We were overwhelmed with the number of donations - it took 4 of us (massive thanks to Mandy and Louise for all your help) an hour to set up the stall, lay out the cakes and label them all with prices.  Before we knew it, we had a queue of eager customers.  It took a while for the money to start changing hands though - there was so much choice, people couldn't decide what to have!

Sultana scones, biscuits, choc chip cookies, gingerbread, coffee cake, lemon cake, banana loaf, crispy cakes, cupcakes, chocolate lollipops, rocky road, battenburg, macaroons and much more.  A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO BAKED FOR US.

Thanks also to our colleagues in The Sports Cafe for their support.  50% of all tea and coffee sales for the morning were donated to our fundraising.

It was a lot of fun with people coming up in groups for coffee and cake throughout the morning, holding informal meetings, or just catching up with colleagues over a cuppa whilst raising money for Women v Cancer.

Yet again, it was practically a sell out, with Gillian's preserves flying off the shelf, and a desperate shortage of lemon drizzle cake (must make at least 2 next time!).

A tally up of the takings revealed that out target was well an truly smashed, with a final total of £414.00.  Fantastic!

Thank you again to everyone who supported the sale and helped to make it such a success.