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Poinsettia Cupcakes

Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, gold, Red, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , on December 3, 2016| 1 Comment »

P1240055.JPGIt’s time for our 1st batch of Christmas baking! As usual I am baking for Serpentine Running Club for the last cross country race before Christmas, so it seemed fitting to make something Christmas theme and in red and gold – the clubs colours. I love the Hummingbird Bakery Christmas cupcake recipe, it has got all the flavours of a Christmas cake, but its lovely and light and is topped with scrummy almond butter cream. Click here to try this recipe.

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Succulent and Rose Wedding Cake

Posted in Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Wedding Cakes on September 8, 2016| Leave a Comment »

IMG_4570Last weekend I went to the wedding of Rob and Sian – Sian and I grew up in the same village and we’ve known each other since we were about 3 years old. As well as being invited to the wedding, I got to make the cake. Tom and I had a great time at the wedding – everything about the day was perfect. Keep reading.

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Impractical Jokers Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged , , , , on August 4, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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May was a busy month for cakes, so I didn’t get round to writing about any of them or putting any photos up. So now things are a little quieter (well for five minutes at least) I thought I would put some photos up of the coolest cake I made in May! Click  here to see more photos of this crazy cake.

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Marvel Comics Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Iced Cakes on July 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

IMG_4268 I’ve made a few cakes for one of our friends, Martin, but this is probably my favourite. When I asked what cake he wanted, Jen, his wife, said he loves Marvel Comics and the Hulk is his favourite. Other than that I had free reign to chose what to make. These are my favourite kind of cakes. After a search on Pinterest I found a few ideas I liked and decided to merge them all into one cake. Click here to keep reading.

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English Rose and New Zealand Fern Wedding Cake

Posted in Iced Cakes, Red, silver, Sugarpaste flowers, Wedding Cakes, White, tagged , , , on July 8, 2016| 1 Comment »

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A couple of months ago I made my first wedding cake of 2016 and the first since little Emily arrived. The design that Helen and Nick came up with was quite dramatic and worked beautifully with the theme of their wedding. Helen is English, so the cake had some large red roses and Nick is from New Zealand, so some ferns were also included in the design. Click here to see some more pics of this stand out cake.

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Sugar Skull Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Iced Cakes, Other on June 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Last year a friend at work asked if I’d be able to make a birthday cake for one of her friends. However when she said she wanted a sugar skull on it, I had no idea what she was on about and was worried that if agreed to make something I wouldn’t be able to do! Click here to find out how I made it.

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Easter Chick Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Easter, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes on March 26, 2016| Leave a Comment »

IMG_3564I made an Easter cake again this year for a charity raffle at work. Unfortunately I was ill the week before so didn’t have as much time as last year and had to choose a simpler design. Sometimes simple is best but I think I still prefer the cake I made last year. The cake this year was being raffled on Wednesday so I made a Simnel cake from the BBC website that would last until the Easter weekend. (more…)

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Polka Dot Birthday Cake – Spiced Butternut Squash Cake

Posted in Black, Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Green, Iced Cakes, Other, pink, Spices, White on March 22, 2016| 2 Comments »

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It was my Birthday last week, so it was time to bake myself a cake and try out some new recipes. I really don’t mind making my own Birthday cake and it gave me the opportunity to try something new. Click here to see which recipe I chose.

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Hardware Cookies

Posted in Biscuits, royal icing, tagged , , , , , on February 23, 2016| 2 Comments »

IMG_3427In 1957 our Grandpa, Alf Denning, opened a hardware shop on the Bristol Road in Northfield, Birmingham. It was called Denning’s Hardware and sold everything from a single nail, to wheelbarrows. As kids we often used to visit the shop when we went up to Birmingham to see our grandparents. I remember running round the shop with the sticker gun and using it to “price” ourselves! Click here to see what tools are for sale!

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2015: Our year of baking…

Posted in autumn, Biscuits, Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Cupcakes, Easter, Figure Modelling, Halloween, Iced Cakes, Macarons, Other, royal icing, Spring, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Winter on January 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Alice In Wonderland Pocket Watch Macarons

If you follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter you’ll probably have seen some baking over the last 12 months that hasn’t made it onto the blog. Sometimes we spend so much time baking that it’s hard to find the time to blog about our creations, especially since we also work…. Click here to find out what else we got up to last year.

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