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Laura chats to Helen Haskell from The Wallace & Gromit Children's Charity & The Grand Appeal to find out how customer's donations help improve the lives of poorly children and their families across the country. Stay tuned to discover Gromit's favourite cake! Donate to win a sackful of small business goodies Shop Gromit Unleashed Shop Bakeful Play 10% of net profits from Bakeful Play orders placed before the end of 29th November 2021 will be donated to the charity.   * The Surprise Sackful Draw ends Sunday 5th December 2021 at 7pm Donations made after this time will not include entry into the prize draw.             * Enter the draw for free by emailing [email protected]

This week Laura talks to international conductor (and her former pupil) Ben Glassberg. They discuss the challenges of parenting when navigating a burgeoning international career, the emotional nourishment of a good risotto and a fabulous lady called Jackie who delivers cake by van in the English countryside. Hurrah for Jackie!

A funny, little minisode where Laura muses on the complicated feeling of parental guilt and rescues a particularly manic Monday with an old school jam sponge and tinned custard. Use your discount code to shop Bakeful Play Jam Sponge

This week, Laura talks to the wonderful artist Sam Marshall. The chat is wide ranging, nourishing and inspiring. A really important episode in many ways.  Sam's Instagram Sam's Website Bakeful Play  

In this episode Laura invites you into a noisier than usual kitchen. The Smalls are making gingerbread and answering your questions. At the same time, Laura reflects on how it feels to have your smallest (and final) baby turn three and muses on a contemplative half term.   Letter to Smallest on his 3rd Birthday Go To Chocolate Birthday Cake Recipe Shop Bakeful Play Winter & Christmas Collection The Bakeful Way

Laura talks to Natalie Tallisman, co-founder of the brilliant 'Tales of Me' book collection. They chat about baking memories, the important of a Mason Cash mixing bowl, juggling motherhood and running a business and much, much more.   Use Bakeful15 for a discount at Tales of Me Find recipes mentioned in this episode below: Garibaldi Biscuits Top tips for pavlova making Last few Monday Club bundles available here. 

In today's minisode Laura talks about adjusting to life with two under two and the happiness that can be found in the ordinary, extraordinary things. Join The Monday Club Contented orange marmalade cake    

This week Laura is joined in the Bakeful Play kitchen for an uplifting chat with lovely illustrators Leah Riley and Nora Wright for chat covering everything from life changing moments, virtual colleagues and shocking revelations about birthday cakes and digestive biscuits. Put the kettle on and enjoy.   https://www.instagram.com/itsmadebyleah/ norawright https://www.bakefulplay.com/post/sprinkle-cake    

In this week's minisode Laura talks about losing her Grandfather at the end of August and an epiphany moment on the M6 about the important of food, baking and beef stew with dumplings.   Get Baking E Book https://www.bakefulplay.com/product-page/get-baking-ebook Patreon Packages https://www.patreon.com/join/bakefulplay

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Laura chats with he legendary Daisy Upton (aka Five Minute Mum) about all things motherhood, birthday cakes and the supremacy of the mighty Terry's Chocolate Orange. Support Macmillan https://donation.macmillan.org.uk/wbcm/one-off Recipe for Chocolate Orange Loaf Cake https://www.bakefulplay.com/post/five-minute-mum-s-macmillan-masterpiece Support 'It's So Much More Than Cake' and get exclusive content. https://www.patreon.com/join/bakefulplay      

A minisode week. Laura reads an emotional letter to her daughter who is starting school and explains how baking tends to run through all big life moments in the Bakeful Play family. Fail-safe Yorkshire Pud Recipe https://www.bakefulplay.com/post/always-enormous-orkshire-puddings Exclusive Content via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/user