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Grand National Pistachio and White Chocolate Cupcakes

Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, Nuts, tagged , , , , , on April 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Em and I love having a theme for our baking, so when my manager at work dropped a hint that I should make some Grand National themed cupcakes, I couldn’t refuse! Click here to find out how to make these fun cupcakes.

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Easter Garden Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Easter, Figure Modelling, tagged , , , , , on April 2, 2015| 2 Comments »

main cakeA few weeks ago I said that I would make an Easter cake for the office to raffle off for charity. I hadn’t decided what cake I would make so I used my usual source of inspiration – Pinterest. However, none of the Easter ideas I’d pinned last year jumped out at me so I decided to have another search. I was looking for ideas rather than something to copy completely but after I saw this cake I decided that there wasn’t much about it that I wanted to change. Is it Easter yet?!

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Easter Chick Chocolate Orange Simnel Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Easter, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, tagged , , , , , on April 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Last year for Easter Emma and I were back at our parents for a few days, so we thought it was about time we made a mess of Mum’s kitchen and did some baking! We wanted to do a slightly different take on a traditional Simnel cake, and came across this yummy chocolate orange Simnel cake recipe. The decoration was another idea taken from Pinterest. So if you haven’t made a cake yet, this one is lovely and the decoration is fairly simple too. Click here to keep reading…

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