Say Hello to The Dream Team!

Marian isn’t a fan of tea and would choose coffee (with milk) every time. She prefers savoury to sweet and loves an opportunity to go out for a nice meal with family rather than a takeaway. Her favourite flavours are mixed spices, especially in a carrot cake (but believes it’s the icing that really makes a good carrot cake!) and she loves the taste of a chocolate Guinness cake too. That said, Marian would always choose biscuits over cake, ginger nuts to be precise and they must be McVities! She also thinks iced is better than plain, favouring traditional butter icing made right, especially on angel cakes. 

Away from the kitchen, Marian’s passion is making memories with her family, especially her 4 grandchildren. When she’s not with them she likes to spend her time keeping fit with a weekly timetable full of Zumba and exercise classes!

Jess loves a hot cuppa and will drink almost anything from a mug, she’s probably fussier about the mug than the contents! Having a decidedly sweet tooth, Jess loves to go out for afternoon tea and enjoys nothing more than a visit to an independent café with friends or family. A vintage enthusiast, she likes trying out old recipes and relishes classic flavours done well. Asking Jess to pick between cake and biscuits is like asking her to pick a favourite child, however, she’s partial to homemade custard creams, has a soft spot for French fancies and says you can’t beat a Stephen’s Bakery empire biscuit! Iced is evidently better than plain and Jess aspires to be able to make biscuits look as pretty as the Biscuiteers. 

When she’s not endlessly making scones and cookies to feed her ravenous offspring, Jess is busy penning her first children’s book. She also enjoys running, yoga, long dog walks, and is an active committee member of Plastic Free Dunfermline.