Cooking for the School Fête

There comes a certain time in your life when you are suddenly required to be a provider of cakes, biscuits and assorted sweetmeats for whatever fund-raising event or fair your children’s school goes in for; and there will be many. Of course, you don’t need to make anything – many parents bring along bought stuff – but it’s strange how one batch of home-made cupcakes can assuage a term’s guilt at being late for parents’ evening.