EVERYONE seems to be baking cakes these days and the latest to show off their talents have been the team at Bromsgrove-based marketing agency, Gough Bailey Wright who used their creative culinary skills to raise money for the Lymphoma Association.

As part of Lymphatic Cancer Awareness Week, the agency staged the Great Gough Bailey Wright Bake Off. The resulting goodies ranged from cakes and biscuits to quiches and breads and helped to raise more than £400. After a lot of test tasting by the agency’s owners, managing director Sue Bailey and client services director Michelle Wright, the winner was Georgina Curtis-Iddiols with a lemon and poppy seed cake.

Ms Bailey explained: "Lymphoma has affected the lives of a number of people in our agency, both directly and indirectly, so we felt it was very important to support Lymphatic Cancer Awareness Week. In advance of the event , we established a dedicated charity committee that came up with the idea of the Bake Off and helped make the week a great success.

“The committee has also planned a number of additional fundraising activities for the upcoming months so we can continue to show our support for the patients and families affected by lymphoma, as well as other worthy charities.”

The GBW team also took part in the nationwide Pitch up in Purple campaign, where each participant made a minimum donation of £2 to wear a fuchsia fashion statement. Next year purple cakes.