Last night’s shot belied what was underneath it. Two cans of baked beans taped together still wasn’t quite high enough for the cake to be in the right position relative to the bear on the dishwasher tablet box so a ramekin got taped to the top of the lot. Scattered in front are some sugar stars…

Make of that what you will.

Scratch the surface of something beautiful and you find a whole army of belts, braces and building blocks making it happen. How about that?