(Due to some kind of WP glitch, the whole of this post appears in italics. I have tried to alter that, but cannot)
I am delighted to feature South African blogger and author, Roberta Cheadle. She is a very popular member of our blogging community, and her cake-making skills have transferred into a range of delightful illustrated books for family reading, written in collaboration with her son.
Read the book, and make the cakes!
Here is her bio.
Hello, my name is Robbie, short for Roberta. I am an author with seven published children’s picture books in the Sir Chocolate books series for children aged 2 to 9 years old (co-authored with my son, Michael Cheadle), one published middle grade book in the Silly Willy series and one published preteen/young adult fictionalised biography about my mother’s life as a young girl growing up in an English town in Suffolk during World War II called While the Bombs Fell (co-authored with my mother, Elsie Hancy Eaton). All of my children’s book are written under Robbie Cheadle and are published by TSL Publications.
I also have a book of poetry called Open a new door, with fellow South African poet, Kim Blades.
I have recently branched into adult and young adult horror and supernatural writing and, in order to clearly differential my children’s books from my adult writing, I plan to publish these books under Roberta Eaton Cheadle. My first supernatural book published in that name, Through the Nethergate, is now available.
I have participated in a number of anthologies:
Two short stories in #1 Amazon bestselling anthology, Dark Visions, a collection of horror stories edited by Dan Alatorre under Robbie Cheadle;
Three short stories in Death Among Us, an anthology of murder mystery stories, edited by Stephen Bentley under Robbie Cheadle;
Three short stories in #1 Amazon bestselling anthology, Nightmareland, a collection of horror stories edited by Dan Alatorre under Robbie Cheadle; and
Two short stories in Whispers of the Past, an anthology of paranormal stories, edited by Kaye Lynne Booth under Roberta Eaton Cheadle.
And the new book.
Join Sir Chocolate and Lady Sweet on a fun adventure to discover why the milkshake rain is pale and white.
Contains five recipes that children can make under adult supervision
Sir Chocolate and the Ice Cream Rainbow Fairies story and cookbook.
Authors: Robbie and Michael Cheadle
A recent review on Goodreads (4 stars)
What fun it must be to live in Chocolate Land where the rain tastes like milkshake – and not boring flavours like vanilla and strawberry, but banana-toffee, peachy-marmelade, honey or nuts. And then one day, the rain is all white and the rainbow pale. Sir Chocolate and Lady Sweet set off to discover what is the problem and Sir Chocolate gets a chance to make his own flavours of rain. The fairies made from fondant are very pretty and the recipes are very tempting. We’re definitely making the blondies!
You can connect with Robbie using the following links.
Website
https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/
Blog
https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/
Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15584446.Robbie_Cheadle
And here is a buying link for the book, which is VERY reasonably priced in Kindle format.
Please check out Robbie’s links, discover the rest of her writing, and get a copy of this fun new book!
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Robbie is a talented young lady…
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Thank you, Jack, your share is appreciated.
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Wonderful guest post with Robbie Pete, Robbie is a multi-talented author, baker, mother π
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She certainly is, Debby. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete. π
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Thank you for your kind comment, Debby.
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Just sayin’ Robbie π
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Lovely to see Robbie here she is such a talented baker and writer π
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Thanks, Carol. She is a very popular lady, and rightly so. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hi Carol, lovely to see you here and thank you for your kind comment.
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I think Italics is appropriate π Warmest regards, Theo
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Just as well, as I can’t shift them. π
Thanks, Theo.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m a fan of Robbie’s blog, her cakes, and her books, and she is also a member of Rosie’s Book Review Team, so follow her reviews and excellent recommendations as well. A great guest, Pete. Thanks for sharing her newest book. π
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Thanks, Olga. I am sure everyone in this community loves Robbie. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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HI Olga, thank you for visiting me here. I appreciate it. I have just finished a book for Rosie, a very different story that you may like. I’ll be blogging it this week.
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What fun! I’m inspired, Robbie!
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Glad to hear that. Thanks, Lara.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m glad to hear that.
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Creativity can heal so many things, Robbie. You already know.
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I’m glad to see Robbie featured here, Pete. As you already know, she has made a lot of connections through her great writing, her supportive nature of her fellow writers, and her fascinating writing history thus far. I love that she has tried so many different things. I know few people who work harder and always take the time to reach out to others. We all want to see great things happen to good people.
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We certainly do.
Thanks, Pete.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you, Pete. Great to see you too and thank you for your kind words. I hope your writing is coming along well. I am currently writing a few stories for a new horror anthology and enjoying myself. I am also doing the Covid-19 memory cakes which I plan to make into a picture book for adults. I think that might be a bit of a new idea.
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Congrats to Robbie and Michael on the new Sir Chocolate book! π xo
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Thanks very much, Bette.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you so much, Bette. Have a wonderful weekend.
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I love Robbie!
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Me too! π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you, Kim. I love you too.
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Thanks for the intro, Pete. she is multi-talented! π
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She certainly is, Wilma.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lovely to meet you. Thank you for your kind comment.
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Nice tribute Pete!
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Thanks, John. I know you often feature Robbie on your blog too. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you, John.
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Great to see Robbie’ wonderful books here too, Pete! Thank you for mentioning. I will come back tonight, have to read your last postings. But actually i am a little bit busy in office. Michael
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Don’t worry, Michael. They will still be here. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you Pete. Very kind of you. Enjoy your evening. Michael
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Hi Michael, thank you for visiting me here. I hope you have a great weekend.
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Robbie is quite impressive with her many talents…
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She is indeed.
Thanks, Jim.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you, Jim.
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I’m reminded of the book/movie, “Like Water for Chocolate.” I actually got a chance to chat casually at length (for over an hour!) with two of the actors, Claudette MaillΓ© and Mario IvΓ‘n MartΓnez, when the film premiered in Kansas City. I’m sure I would enjoy Robbie Cheadle’s books. Combining food with fiction is fabulous!
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Thanks, David. If you like fondant icing, then her cake recipes are for you. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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I have not read that book. I will have a look for it. I’m glad you enjoyed the post and it brought back good memories for you.
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Good post, Robbie. I always enjoy reading how you became You. The italics–maybe in the html? Is there a code for italics you can take out?
You probably already thought of that!
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I don’t know much about computers, Jacqui. it only affected this post, so I won’t bother to mess around with it now. π
Best wishes, Pete.
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Goo decision. All sorts of trouble can come of messing with HTML!
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Hi Jacqui Thanks for visiting me here. I have had a few ups and downs with the new block editor when it comes to fonts and headings too.
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Robbie has talents some can only dream of… and still, I believe she has talents yet to be revealed!
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I am sure you are right, Annette.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hi Annette, thank you for lovely comment.
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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Thank you, Chris. Much appreciated.
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Welcome, Robbie ππβ€οΈ
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Robbie’s Sir Chocolate books are gorgeous and the recipes delicious. She is so multi-talented. Toni x
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I can only agree.
Thanks, Toni.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you, Toni, that is very kind of you.
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And a well as writing interesting books she is a very talented cake decorator too!
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She certainly is, Stevie.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thank you, Stevie. The cake decorating is much easier than writing adult books.
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Iβm reading this post just after I finished my lunch, and I swear that Iβm getting hungry againππ
These look wonderful! Thanks again for sharing Pete!π
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Thanks, Micehl. Reading a story about cakes is best done when you are really full! π
Best wishes, Pete.
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I am glad you enjoyed the post and the pictures.
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Thanks for sharing, Patty.
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The chocoalte books sound great fun.
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I’m glad you enjoyed this post.
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Reblogged this on Robbie's inspiration and commented:
I am over at Beetleypete blog today with a post about Michael and my Sir Chocolate series of books and our latest book, Sir Chocolate and the Ice cream Rainbow Fairies story and cookbook. Thanks for hosting us, Pete!
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Robbie is so multi-talented from writing books across all kinds of genres – I really enjoyed When the Bombs Fell, co-written with her mother – to baking the most beautiful cakes and making fondant art. And she holds down a full time job as well as bringing up her two boys.
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Hi Mary, thanks for visiting me here. The juggling has been a bit tough over the past few months since the lockdown. The world seems to have gone mad and their is no down town for people working in finance. I hope it will slow down over the next few months and I can get my rhythm back. Last year this time we were preparing for our trip to Scotland.
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I can’t believe where the year has gone since we met up. It just vanished.
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Robbie is amazing and one of my favourite bloggers. I love that she has written books with her so and one with her mother.
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Thank you, Darlene. Great to see you here.
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