Jane Asher
Jane Asher
Jane Asheris an English actress, author and entrepreneur, who achieved early fame as a child actress, and has worked extensively in film and TV throughout her career...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth5 April 1946
block cake oil
Spreadable butter is wonderful for cake-making: it's much easier to cream than the block type and slightly lighter because it's blended with oil.
mom cake taught
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.
cake perfect proud
I am proud of my cake-making image but life is not that perfect. There are socks in my fruit bowl.
cake order people
We get a lot of overseas people wanting to order cakes.
british-actress business buying cakes certainly changes extremely fun generally happy home people run sit
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.
advocating cake cooking intense kitchen life pleasure proportion putting rediscover short table time work
I'm not advocating we should all be back in the kitchen and cooking all the time, because life's too short and we've got more interesting things to do. But to rediscover the intense pleasure of making a cake and putting it down on the table is ridiculously satisfying, out of all proportion to the work.
along blazing cope difficult fame god intense means sort stardom thank walk
Thank God I've never had the sort of intense fame that means you can't walk up the road. That sort of blazing stardom must be difficult to cope with and maintain; my career has just bubbled along happily.
british-actress crafts enjoy experts home later showing watch
I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. You watch them thinking you'll go home and do the things yourself, which is fun. Some I have done myself later on.
parent theatrical
My parents were not theatrical at all.
ideas looks looking-back
I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward
fashion clothes trends
I do enjoy fashion - a lot of runway clothes are pretty unwearable, but if moderated, the trends can be worn by just about anyone.
adore
I adore food and always have.
swim
I swim more or less every day.
thinking different want
I think one wants lots of different lives.