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Autumn Leaf (Maple and Pecan) Cupcakes

Posted in autumn, Cupcakes, Nuts, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , on September 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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Last week the weather suddenly changed and it started to feel like autumn. It was also National Cupcake Week. So you can probably guess what I did at the weekend…. I made some autumn-themed cupcakes!

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A Woodland Wedding Cake

Posted in Grey, Iced Cakes, Spring, Sugarpaste flowers, Wedding Cakes, Yellow, tagged , , , , , on September 21, 2014| 1 Comment »

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I’ve been busy making a friends wedding cake over the last few weeks, so I haven’t had much time to bake anything else, so this week I am going to tell you about the most interesting Wedding cake I have made, inspired by the oak trees surrounding the venue in Richmond Park. Here’s what I made…

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Balloon Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, pink, purple, Summer, tagged , , , , , on September 18, 2014| 1 Comment »

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This week is national cupcake week, possibly the best week of the year! I have been baking lots of cupcakes recently in particular for the hen parties I have been to this month. The 1st of 3 hen parties was for my lovely friend Anna who I met through our running club, she is getting married at the end of the month (look out for the blog about her wedding cake next month). I decided to do something different for her cupcakes rather than making the usual silly rude ones.

Click here to find out what I baked…

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Rustic Red Velvet Wedding Cake

Posted in Chocolate, Red, Summer, Wedding Cakes, White, tagged , , on September 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

W0125_433Just over seven weeks ago I made this wedding cake for one of best and oldest friends, Nic. It was very different to anything I’d made before – no fondant icing or fancy decorations, just cake and buttercream. Nic and Alex wanted the cake to be the dessert so they chose red velvet (which is also Alex’s favourite cake flavour!). Had I known that the wedding was going to be in a marquee on the hottest day of the year, I probably would have tried to suggest a different cake! Click here to keep reading.

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Bake Off Fun!

Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, tagged , , , , , on September 11, 2014| 2 Comments »

IMG_0937AWe are massive fans of the Great British Bake Off and I keep meaning to have a go at some of the technical challenges to see just how hard they are. So when my parents came to visit and bought along loads of home grown pears I thought I would take the opportunity to challenge my Mum and myself to have a go at baking Paul Hollywood’s mini pear pies. Want to find out who the Glover pear pie champion is?!

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Hydrangea Cupcakes

Posted in Blue, Cupcakes, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, tagged , , on September 8, 2014| 1 Comment »

IMG_3271.JPG At the moment I’m in the process of moving house. This means that we don’t have any internet yet. I’m therefore slightly restricted with what I can blog about at the moment – I can only post things which I’ve taken photos of on my phone. I was planning on writing my next one on the red velvet wedding cake which I made several weeks ago for one of my best friends, Nic. However, the best photos of it aren’t on my phone so instead here are the cupcakes that I also made for the wedding. Click here to keep reading.

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A Spring Wedding Cake

Posted in Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spring, Wedding Cakes, White, Yellow, tagged , on September 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »

P1060277A4 years ago two of my old house mates got engaged, they called me up to tell me the exciting news and asked if I would like to make their wedding cake. How could I refuse! I’d never made a wedding cake before so when Chloe suggested a design she liked I spent some time getting advise on how to do it, it wasn’t just a straight forward 3 tier cake. The cake mimicked the design of her beautiful dress. Click here to see this unusual cake.

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Hen do Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, tagged , , , on September 1, 2014| Leave a Comment »

IMG_2497aOne of my friend’s, Kiri, asked me if I could do some baking for a hen do she was organising last weekend. I don’t like to declining baking opportunities so I said yes. However, given all the running around I’ve been doing recently I didn’t have much time. So what was going to be biscuits and girly cupcakes ended up being these. Keep reading…

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