I’ve always believed the best things to come out of a kitchen aren’t just the cakes. they’re the ideas, the conversations, the confidence we slowly build by trying, failing, trying again and trusting ourselves a little more each time.

perhaps that’s why self-rising felt like the right name.

cnce or twice a month, I’ll write to you from my kitchen table. sometimes about recipes or cake design, sometimes about building alice+rosa as a solo mum, sometimes about creativity, business, or simply something that made me stop and think. whatever the subject, I hope each letter leaves you feeling a little inspired to make something beautiful – or simply to keep rising.