When the pandemic put British wedding cake baker Lucy Burton’s catering business on hold and the restaurants she represented as a PR director closed indefinitely, she realized that if people couldn’t go out to eat cake, she needed to get the cake to them. Working out of her home kitchen, she offered a weekly changing menu of three or four different items — including cakes, brownies, cookies and confectionery. Her customers ordered boxes for themselves but most ordered boxes for others, with Lucy’s handwritten notes saying things like I love you, I miss you, I’m here for you, We will be together again enclosed. Her business grew into something unexpectedly successful and one she plans to continue indefinitely. Says Lucy: “There are so many times in life where work, study, relationship, travel, illness or clashing diaries separate us from those who we love. I hope the recipes and packaging instructions that follow will inspire you to bake and send treats to the loved ones that you can’t see as often as you would like. I think it might surprise you how much it means to them.”
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Click on the images below to try six gorgeous recipes from Lucy’s new cookbook Sweet Deliveries that she kindly agreed to share with with readers of Taste&Travel.
![image Rye and Apricot Biscotti](https://3f2f02.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Rye-apricot-biscotti-Postal-Bakes.jpg)
![image Florentine Bars](https://3f2f02.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Florentine-Bars-credit-nassima-Rothacker.jpg)
![image Dark Chocolate Ganache & Almond Butter Cookie Slab](https://3f2f02.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Almond-butter-and-ganache-cookie-slab-Postal-Bakes-846x1024.jpg)
![image Raspberry Fruit Pastilles](https://3f2f02.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Raspberry-fruit-pastilles-Postal-Bakes.jpg)
![image Salted Caramel Brownies](https://3f2f02.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/07.26.21_WB_PostalBakes045_Brownie2__main-846x1024.jpg)
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