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Marmalade Gingerbread Squares

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Spices, Tray Bakes, tagged , , , on December 24, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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It wouldn’t be Christmas with out something gingerbread flavoured! It’s one of my favourite Christmas flavours, so I was really keen to try this recipe from Octobers Sainsbury’s Magazine. Click here to try this yummy recipe.

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Penguin Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged , , , on December 23, 2019| Leave a Comment »

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAI just love making and decorating Christmas cakes, so as a Christmas pressie this year for our friends Matt and Beckie and their 2 kids I decided to make them a cake again! While we were away with them in the Peak District I was looking at pictures of Christmas cakes on Pinterest and Freddie and Ellie loved all the penguin ones, so I thought that’s what I would do. I found a few designs and picked my favourite bits to design this cake. Click here to see some more photos and info on decorating it.

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Bailey’s and Cherry Chocolate Tiffin

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Tray Bakes, tagged , , on December 22, 2019| Leave a Comment »

PC177229.JPGOne of Rich’s favourite treats is rocky road, we even had the bottom tier of our wedding cake made from rocky road! So making a Christmas version would definitely be popular in our house. I cut this recipe out of Olive Magazine last Christmas but never got round to making it, so this year when I was looking through my recipes I added this one to the list. Click here to give this a go.

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Father Christmas Cupcakes

Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, Other, tagged , , , on December 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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This year on Christmas jumper Friday at Emily and Chloe’s nursery they had a cake sale to raise money for Save the Children. So I couldn’t resist offering to bake some Christmas themed cupcakes for them to sell to help raise some money. I needed a design that I could make in advance, so these Father Christmas cupcake toppers were perfect. Click here to see how I made them.

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Father Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged , , , on December 19, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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I wanted to do something different for our Christmas cake this year, so decided on a big Father Christmas! I found a lovely design on Pinterest and thought I would give it a go, Emily is very excited about Father Christmas this year so I thought it was perfect. This year I am breaking from some of the traditional recipes I usually make, so the Christmas cake is a new one from October’s Sainsbury’s Magazine – clementine and chocolate, can’t wait to try it! Click here to see the recipe and more pics of the cake.

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Pear and Cranberry Pavlova

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Puddings, tagged , , on December 18, 2019| Leave a Comment »

IMG_2236.JPGI love making pavlova and more often than not I end up making one as a dinner party or Sunday lunch pudding especially as it’s gluten free and can be adapted for any season. It’s also quite easy to turn a simple pavlova into a big show stopping desert. I made this for New Year’s Eve last year and it’s full of festive flavours as well as looking very impressive! Click here for the recipe.

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Sticky Toffee Apple Mince Pies

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Pastry, Spices, tagged , , on December 17, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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This years build up to Christmas is going so fast we haven’t even blogged about any Christmas baking yet! That doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy doing lots. I’ve done 2 Christmas cakes and tried some new Christmassy recipes this week, so keep an eye out for photos and recipes coming soon. It wouldn’t be Christmas without Mince pies and this year I thought I would try something new, click here for this yummy recipe.

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Frog Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spring, Summer, tagged , , on December 9, 2019| Leave a Comment »

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAJust over a week ago it was Chloe’s first Birthday! I decided to do a frog themed cake and mini party for her, Emily was so excited! I spent a long time on Pinterest looking at frog cakes for some inspiration and then on Facebook I spotted a YouTube video from The Little Cherry Cake Company on how to make a frog cake, so I had a look and thought I would give it a go, it is definitely the cutest froggy cake I had seen. Click here to see some more pics.

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Hedgehog Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged , , on December 5, 2019| 1 Comment »

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Before we start all our Christmas baking I thought I would quickly upload some photos of the cake that Emily made for Rich for his Birthday this year. We all love watching the Great British Bake Off and also enjoy watching An Extra Slice. Rich’s absolute favourite bit is when they show photos of things that other people have had a go at baking, in particular the famous hedgehog cakes. So for his Birthday this year I thought we could make him a hedgehog cake and I would let Emily decorate it all by herself! I was secretly hoping it would be very funny leaving a 4 year old to do it! Click here to see how Emily got on.

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