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GBBO 2025 Technical Challenge No. 5 – White Chocolate Tart

Posted in Chocolate, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Summer, tagged , , , , , , on October 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago we had family to stay for the weekend and once again the bake off technical made a great pudding! Click here to keep reading.

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GBBO 2025 Technical Challenge No. 2 – Chocolate Caramel Hobnobs

Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged , , , , , on September 16, 2025| Leave a Comment »

We were really looking forward to trying this weeks bake off technical challenge. I love having a go at recreating shop bought biscuits, I’ve made bourbons, custard creams, digestives, wagon wheels and jammy dodgers before but I’d never tried making hobnobs. Click here to see how I got on.

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Easter Bunny Flowerpot Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Easter, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Last year I had a minor operation on my left hand just before Easter so I wasn’t able to make and decorate an Easter cake, so this year I had to make up for it by creating something special. I took inspiration from a flower pot cake that I had seen and reused the two bunnies I had kept safe in a box from the Easter cake I made a few years ago. I also tried a new simnel cake recipe that had chocolate in and pistachio marzipan. Click here to see more pics of this colourful cake and try the recipe.

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Mermaid Birthday Cake

Posted in Blue, Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Green, Iced Cakes, tagged , , , on May 29, 2025| Leave a Comment »

I love being asked to do cakes for the girls friends, kid’s Birthday cakes are always so much fun and creative! A couple of weeks ago I made a mermaid cake for one of Chloe’s friends, click here to see some more pics.

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White Chocolate, Orange and Cranberry Log

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Puddings, Red, White, Winter, tagged , , , , on December 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I always make a Yule log at Christmas although at the moment I haven’t found a favourite recipe, so I am keen to keep trying some new ones. Last year I chose a white chocolate, orange and cranberry flavoured one and adapted a couple of recipes to make it, click here to see the full recipe.

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GBBO 2024 Technical Challenge No. 2 – Mint Chocolate Biscuits

Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, tagged , , , , on October 8, 2024| Leave a Comment »

There was so much drama in biscuit week in the bake off! We also had our own drama at home with a sick bug from school that was doing the rounds and put a stop to all our plans, so these were made in a bit of a rush on Sunday afternoon. Click here to keep reading.

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Chocolate Lebkuchen Ice Cream Sandwiches

Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, Christmas, Puddings, Spices, tagged , , , on December 30, 2023| 1 Comment »

I love combining recipes or using them in a slightly different way, so when I saw the cover recipe on November’s Sainsbury’s Magazine for chocolate lebkuchen I thought they would be perfect to turn into ice cream sandwiches and decorate them as Christmas puddings! Click here to see the recipe.

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Bunny Birthday Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, pink, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , on December 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It was Chloe’s 5th Birthday at the end of November and once again she was very specific about the cake she wanted! She chose a bunny design with pink, blue and purple flowers and requested the bake off chocolate fudge cake with some salted caramel between each layer – good choice Chloe! Click here to see some more pics of this cake.

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GBBO 2023 Technical Challenge No. 8 – Caterpillar Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, tagged , , , on November 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I just about managed to squeeze in making this weeks technical with the girls this weekend. It was definitely a more challenging bake this week with several tricky elements. But worth it as it definitely put a smile on our faces! Click here to see how we got on.

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Welsh Rugby Ball Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, Red, White, tagged , , on November 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It was Emily’s 8th Birthday a couple of weeks ago and this year she decided she wanted a Welsh rugby ball cake. She also wanted the Bake Off chocolate fudge cake as it was so yummy, so I managed to reshape the left over huge cake from week 1 of the Bake Off and turn it into rugby ball. Perfect! Click here to see some more photos.

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