A turning point?

For a couple of years now, we've always turned out with at least one Village Bakery Organic Carrot cake, without which we would have been unable to photograph a wedding.

However, whilst mooching round Waitrose last week I discovered Ixxy's Fruity Bagel Bars, which come individually wrapped in packs of three. These things are seriously scrummy! And filling! And unlike the carrot cake, they don't make your fingers sticky.

Unfortunately the only supermarket they're sold in is Waitrose, and knowing Waitrose they'll soon discontinue them to make room on the shelves for more dinky little jars of gourmet dolphin-friendly baby octopus eyes in an ethnic marinade of Greek yoghurt, extra-virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar with a dash of sherry, so we're really not sure at the moment what we'll be taking to our 2006 weddings ...

Anybody got any ideas for something cakey or sort-of-cakey that's (a) made from wholesome ingredients (b) readily available (c) easy to eat on the hoof without making your fingers sticky (d) tasty and (e) preferably home-freezable?

The gear

This is the time of year when we send some of our gear away for its annual service, and also when we do the annual check that everything's listed properly on our insurance schedule.

Before we put it all back in the bags, we thought we'd take a picture of some of the gear that we have with us at every wedding. So here it is. This is most of the big stuff, less one camera body and one lens that I used to take the picture!

In case you're interested, that lot amounts to four identical Canon EOS1DMkII bodies, twelve Canon lenses (ten of them being top-of-the-range L series), three Canon EX550 flashguns, three Quantum Turbo high voltage battery packs, spare batteries, 20GB of CF cards, flash leads and the tripod. If nothing else, this explains why my bag weighs over 32lb and Ann's is pushing 22lb.

What isn't shown is all the small stuff ranging from a Swiss Army knife and a MagLite to tit tape and paracetamols. Plus, of course two other things without which we can't photograph a wedding: the cans of Red Bull and the Village Bakery Organic Carrot Cake ...