Nothing could be more out of character, but after fifty-nine years of marriage, as her husband Bernards health declines, and her friends’ lives become focused on their grandchildrenwhich Jenny never hadJenny decides she wantsa little something for herself. So she secretly applies to be a contestant on the prime-time TV showBritain Bakes.

Whisked into an unfamiliar world of cameras and timed challenges, Jenny delights in a new-found independence. But that independence, and the stress of the competition, starts to unearth memories buried decades ago. Chocolate teacakes remind her of a furtive errand involving a wedding ring; sugared doughnuts call up a strangers kind act; a simple cottage loaf brings back the moment her life changed forever.

With her baking star rising, Jenny struggles to keep a lid on that first secreta long-concealed deceit that threatens to shatter the very foundations of her marriage. Its the only time in six decades that shes kept something from Bernard. By putting herself in the limelight, has Jenny created a recipe for disaster?