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Archive for May, 2015

Scones with clotted cream and British strawberries

Posted in Fruit/Veg, Other Cakes, Summer, tagged , , , on May 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »

When I went to the supermarket earlier I spotted that they had British strawberries. I refuse to buy strawberries unless they’re British since the flavour of non-British ones just isn’t as good, so when I saw these I picked up a couple of punnets. I carried on doing the weekly shop and when I got to the cream section I saw that there was one pot of clotted cream left. So I decided I was going to make some scones for afternoon tea – it was meant to be! Would you like some afternoon tea?

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Spring Cake Pops

Posted in cake pops, Spring, tagged , , , , on May 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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One of the best things about making larger cakes and unusual shaped cakes are all the off cuts! Cakes always need levelling off or shaping, so there are plenty of opportunities to do a taste test. Having made several large cakes recently I have ended up with loads of left over cake. So I have been making lots of cake pops and I now have a freezer filled with around 200 to be used and decorated at some point in the future. Click here to find out how to make and decorate these pretty cake pops.

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6 Day Professional Intensive Cake Decorating Course at Squires Kitchen

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, Other, royal icing, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on May 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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A couple of weeks ago Em and I went on a 6 day Professional Intensive Cake Decorating Course at Squires Kitchen International. We had an amazing week refining our existing skills as well as learning some new techniques. Click here to see some of our creations.

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