This year I am celebrating my birthday in lockdown.
A new experience for me, and for a lot of people who have had their birthday already. It could be the case for everyone if this pandemic drags out over a least 12 months which is very likely.
It’s a lifestyle we are all learning to adapt to, aimed at stopping the spread of Coronavirus Covid-19
It seems some lockdown measures will be in place until the end of the year, and potentially longer for some restrictions. We don’t really know when life will go back to ‘normal’. I use the term normal loosely.
I think wearing masks in public places indoors might be a compulsory aspect for a considerable amount of time. Maybe after that certain venues might request it like doctors surgeries etc.
My birthday falls on the 2nd of June, and to celebrate I shall be having a lockdown birthday celebration at home. So if you are wondering how to celebrate your birthday during lockdown too I hope this helps.
Lockdown Birthday
Having to keep my distance from family and friends has been the hardest part for me. I live close to a lot of my family, and not being able to just pop in and see them is a strange feeling. I know I will get used to it through the necessity and safety of my loved ones.
The financial uncertainty of what the future holds is also causing concern. We just don’t know how we as individuals and the country will recover from the measures currently imposed.
General health concerns make going to the supermarket a hugely daunting task, for fear of contracting or passing the virus on.
A lot of people have opted for online deliveries, and supermarkets are feeling the strain. This is a good time to take advantage of the potential cashback and offers available to you if you don’t usually shop online.
While also there are queues outside of supermarkets taking hours to enter a store, as social distancing measures are being followed restricting the volume of shoppers in store
Keeping the family occupied and happy, while trying to home-school and isolate indoors. Home schooling is a challenging task for most parents or guardians.
Also, the proposal of sending children back to school from 01st June with the fear for their health and safety.
Also, our pets, who are wondering why we are home all day now. This could be a problem when you return to work and have a dog as they will need to be retrained to be left alone for some time.
Lockdown Birthday Baking
Baking and cooking has been a great way of keeping entertained while at home.
Bread baking and banana bread making has been hugely popular. I have seen images of peoples creations popping up all over Instagram and Facebook. This has also lead into a shortage of supplies like flour and yeast in local supermarkets. I always check out the offers online too.
When I celebrate my birthday in lockdown, I will be baking myself a birthday cake.
I am not by any means a great cake maker but while I have the time I am going to attempt to learn.
Facetime With Friends
I hope I will still receive my normal birthday greetings through the mail.
Completely understand that their minds are likely to be pre-occupied with other things if it doesn’t happen
But I will be making sure I spend some time speaking to people.
Whether that be via Facetime on my phone or using Zoom on my computer. Being able to actually see them, granted not in real life should be a nice feeling and make me feel more in touch and not so alone.
Lockdown Birthday Home Bar
Set the scene with some birthday decorations. As going out with friends for a drink to the local pub or restaurant isn’t an option, I shall be stocking up my home bar.
This isn’t going to be hugely extravagant as I will only want a couple of drinks. Making myself some fancy cocktails will help me celebrate being a year older. Going to bed a bit tipsy and waking up feeling groggy will feel like I have at least celebrated a little.
Either way, whatever you choose make the most of the people you live with and your support bubble. No one should have to spend their birthday completely alone despite the lockdown regulations.
Still, let your loved ones know you love them and make some time virtually to celebrate.
I used to be a prolific home baker and not too bad at it, either. Am very out of practise these days and it doesn’t help that I gave all my baking tins to the charity shop the last time I moved house. I’m up for diving in again.
I’m really hopeless but I can make a passable Victoria Sponge.
I can’t bake my my daughter is very good
I give it a go but I’m not very good
I am fairly good and can make most things. I enjoy making bread, cakes and scones.
My mum taught me baking when I was young. I like making scones and empire biscuits.
I’m ok. I can make cakes, cookies, cupcakes, cheesecakes and bread.
I love baking i find it so relaxing and especially enjoying eating what i’ve baked
I was a home economics teacher so I have good basic skills and able to interpret recipes well. Will have a go at most things
ha not very good!
Enthusiastic amateur
i get by mostly
I have vastly improved since lockdown as getting in more practise and learning via You Tube!
as long as I’ve got the guidelines/instructions in front of me, I’m quite good but could make very little from scratch!
I do a lot of baking, but often quite experimental and some works great, other stuff not so much lol.
I love making cakes, me and my boyfriend made our friend a lovely chocolate cake for their birthday but it was half the size as our cake tin leaked everywhere! Brownies, cupcakes and cookies are a few of our ither favourites tk make as well, I really want to have a go at making some bread!
I’ve made a couple of cakes, some buns and a swiss roll – but it didn’t roll
I can make a good tea loaf and Victoria sponge, but I would say I am a keen amateur!
I am not bad at baking, however my dad should have been a chef his cakes are superb
I have a few things that I like to bake, but my daughter has really got into it recently and is loving watching junior bake off!
an amateur but slowly improving, love baking with my little boy
I have always prided myself of the baking skills I have. I spent my years as a pub and hospital chef and was always complimented on my range of foods especiially my puddings and desserts. I am now retired and have taught my husband how to bake and I am shocked that he makes better pastry than me……. I do it the old fashioned way and he uses the food processor.
I’d say I’m a competant beginner! I love baking, but also love trying new ideas and recipes, not all successfully! I make a wicked lemon drizzle cake but a not so good custard tart…
I know how to make soda bread, banana bread and flapjacks, and these turn out quite well. However my husband is very good, especially with anything involving yeast, so I’ve had freshly baked bread, home-made pizza, home-made pita bread, and naans. He also makes a really good baked lemon cheesecake. His pastry is also good so we’ve hade home-made pasties, samosas, quiche and turnovers. Basically I just leave all the cooking to him, which suits me just fine.
I am a good baker and have recently baked many things including victoria sponge, maderia cake, ginger cake, chocolate nutella cake, fairy cakes and swiss roll , and apple pie.
Mixed really cherry cake good Battenberg cake a disaster
We’ve had 2 lockdown birthdays so far and another one coming up! We’ve managed to bake a cake for each even though at some points it has been tricky getting hold of flour and eggs! We enjoy baking but have our fair share of baking disasters!
I can make basic cakes easily because my mum taught me when I was young – I’m not brilliant with pastry though
I’m no master baker but I enjoy making cakes and love making a fruit cake .
I’m not the best baker in the world! I can bake cakes and brownies and I love trying new recipes
I ama pretty cook baker. I love making cakes and cookies, my decorating skills need some improvement though!
I always love the thought of it but it never turns out like I want it. A sponge cake is great without the decoration haha
I am a pretty good baker. I love making cakes and cookies, but my decorating skills need some improement
I know how to bake and decorate occasion cakes have done a lot in the past . I love making edible sugar decorations . Can do anything from children’s birthday cakes and tiered wedding cakes . Something I used to love on a regular basis but just do a few now . Can never have enough baking tins
I am fairly good at baking x
I think i am fairly good!
I am an average baker mostly because I feel guilty at having to eat it all. But…..I am planning on baking a lot more as have just moved to a new area and have found friends…each Wednesday we take it in turns to provide the cakes/buns/snacks. These tins would be really helpful in my quest to improve with practise!
I’m actually quite a good baker – cakes are my speciality, though I have issues with biscuits – they always come out a little less uniform than I would like, and usually are a little burned on the edges!
The extent of my baking abilities? I’d say minimal.
I love baking and now that I’ve got a new oven that doesn’t burn everything I’ll be making even more. I’m doing carrot cake tomorrow.
Love baking – can turn my hand to anything
I used to love baking and I’ve just rediscovered my love for it after finishing uni, although yesterday I made a rather shocking honey cake 😂😂😂🙈🙈
I would say I am a beginner, it’s only since lockdown that I have started getting into it
I’m an okay baker but can’t decorate the cakes
I need a lot more practise, so this prize would be perfect!
We just celebrated my husband’s birthday It was different this year but I had lots of time to cook lovely meal and bake really nice cake
If I’ve got a good recipe, I can make anything!
Pretty good, my mum was a confectioner and she taught me
I am not too bad at baking, ill have a go at most things
I’m ok but as I bake gluten free I tend to stick around competing entry level!
I am a total novice – not helped by an absence of cooking facilities. I now have a combination microwave so I’m having to get used to a new “oven” (it has a very good “full oven” mode) along with very rusty childhood skills! I’ve made some cheese scones that turned out really well, but I haven’t attempted cake yet (partly due to lack of ingredients, mostly due to lack of suitable bakeware! I’ve just ordered some silicone stuff so watch this space…)
(and happy early birthday – I’ll be doing the same 3 weeks later (22nd) and I live alone so…
I love baking cakes & my cakes taste good, but I’m useless as decorating them so my Hubby does that bit for me 🙂
I can do the basics not good at the more complex stuff
Very unique content I have found some on Celebrity Insider too
I love to bake my favourites to make are scones , iced biscuits and chocolate sponge cake.
I love baking with my daughters, we have a mixture of success and disaster!
I enjoy baking but am rubbish at decorating anything!
I love baking but if I’m honest with myself I am not the best! However, I’m always trying as I just do it for fun, I’m really good when it coms to cooking so not quite sure how I manage to mess up baking so badly – it’s an art!
I am not that good but give it a go, cakes usually taste better than they look
I try my best sometimes they come out better than others
I like whipping up a rhubarb vanilla sponge, our rhubarb goes mental this time of year so I’ve had plenty of practise!
I am quite good at baking but the trouble is my husband and I do eat more when I bake so I usually keep it to the times when we are having are grandchildren to play or for other visitors!
I try but still sometimes have complete baking disasters!
I love baking, but my success is very hit and miss
I’m not good at baking but my girlfriend bakes the best scones.
very new to baking
I’m a trier, I can make cupcakes – but my Mum is an amazing baker x
I have a 90th Birthday cake to make in August and these would be perfect !
I’ve been baking more during lockdown, but as it is only my husband & me, I have had to freeze a lot ready for when we can get together with the rest of the family!
I used to enjoy baking but was without a cooker for over a year so now I guess I’ll be like a new starter. I haven’t attempted baking yet, just casseroles and heating pizza. It’s a shame really as I saved to buy the cooker and haven’t really used it yet. I think I’m worried I’ll create a failure and waste all the ingredients.
I’m great at scientifically following a recipe but not very creative!
I love baking and particularly like baking cakes. These cake tins are super and I would love some like these!
I can bake basics but my daughter bakes everything. She does all her own breads, cakes, biscuits, jams etc. Not sure where she got these skills from – not me.
I’m not bad if I follow a recipe. I have the occasional fail but that’s it.
I’m quite an average baker. Brownies and muffins I can do but that’s about it.
I only really baked packet mixes with the kids before lockdown but baking is one of my new found skills and I find it very therapeutic.
All my sponges came out very flat, but I now have a new mixer so hoping for better outcome especially if I win these lovely tins.
I’m finding I’m enjoying baking more as I’m getting more practice with all this staying at home – I’m learning!
I can cook – omelettes are my speciality. I’m learning more and more by being home and watching
I’m not particularly adventurous with baking, but I can make some decent cakes and biscuits,
I haven’t baked something in many many years.
I am able to bake a good selection from bread to cupcakes but decoration is another issue.
pre lockdown very poor baking skills, now I would say top of beginner level
Was taught to bake by my grandad, who was a chef in the army, and was an amazing cook / baker. I make a mean Chocolate cake!
I’m not a very good baker at all. Maybe I’ll get better with a bit of practice!
I am fairly good , ive got etter during lockdown!
Pretty good, I can follow a recipe , not so great at making up my own though
My baking skills are beginners! But I want to learn more so having the right equipment would be amazing.
I am quite good at baking but I am pretty rubbish at decorating cakes as I am not artistic
Im not very good at baking but I’m trying to get better!
I love baking, but with only two of us in the house now, I bake less than I used to. I bake bread twice a week though
I love baking (and cooking in general) and am actually not too bad at it!
I love baking and don’t think I’m too bad at it as everything gets eaten except my blackjacks (just can’t seem to make flapjacks without burning them!)
I’m an enthusiastic baker but not a very successful one!
I like to bake with my kids and partner. I wouldn’t say we’re experts as a family but are learning.
Not very good but I still manage to eat everything I bake!
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I just celebrated my second birthday under lockdown, though I was sick because of after-effects of getting vaccinated so there were no celebrations but my first birthday was made memorable by my wife, who cooked all the famous lockdown delicacies popular on the internet.