{"id":227,"date":"2015-01-28T19:46:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T19:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/?p=227"},"modified":"2015-03-03T19:15:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T19:15:20","slug":"the-quick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/the-quick\/","title":{"rendered":"How it all began&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Everything started here in Fitzbillies when I saw an advertisment on a website \u201cWe are looking for a cake decorator\u201d. So I said to myself \u201cAnna, I think you can do this\u201d. Without any experience of cake decorating at all, but with more than 15 years of experience working in fashion design I began my journey\u2026.Soon I was baking, decorating cakes and cupcakes and taking photos and after a week I had my cake portfolio. I was so pleased when I got the job!! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14-470x300.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/2-470x300.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My favourite cake from Fitzbillies \u00a0was the Sacher Torte. A delicious chocolate sponge cake with apricot jam and dark chocolate.\u00a0 It is one of the most famous Viennese culinary specialties and was invented by Frank Sacher in 1832 for Prince Wenzel Von Metternich in Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n<p>One day I would love to go to the Hotel Sacher in Vienna which Frank Sacher\u2019s son opened in 1876 and try the best Sacher Torte in the world. \u00a0Here is my version of Sacher Torte in honour of Frank Sacher with Franks splendid moustache added for fun!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-617\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/3.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/3.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/3-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/3-470x300.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-618\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/4-470x300.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was in Budapest for Christmas last year and on my list of places to visit was The Caf\u00e9 Gerbeaud. I still remember the delicious dessert I had \u00a0and I come back home with a Sacher Torte. I still keep the bag and the\u00a0serviette to remind me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-624\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5-470x300.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Little Princess Statue by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Marton\u00a0 in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-628\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/6.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/6.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/6-300x191.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/6-470x300.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Everything started here in Fitzbillies when I saw an advertisment on a website \u201cWe are looking for a cake decorator\u201d. So I said to myself \u201cAnna, I think you can do this\u201d. Without any experience of cake decorating at &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/the-quick\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-sacher-cake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227\/revisions\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.martinaann.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}