Jane Asher

Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me-I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the read more

Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me-I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the fun of it anymore. But it's an extremely happy and pleasureable business to run because people are generally buying cakes for celebrations.

Having done lifestyle books and being an actress, I suppose it made sense to bring the two together. I think read more

Having done lifestyle books and being an actress, I suppose it made sense to bring the two together. I think that's what happened.

Acting has been very useful to me.

Acting has been very useful to me.

I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes read more

I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes not looking as good as the ones in the shops.

There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a read more

There's also something of an illusion in that, you can perhaps record a TV thing one month and complete a book the next and then be in a play. Then, if they all come out at once, it looks as if you're actually juggling a million things.