Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, Fruit/Veg, tagged cherry, chocolate, cupcakes, house warming, new home on June 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Last weekend I visited my sister-in-law Tams and her hubby Pete, they got married and bought a house together last year and this was our 1st visit, so I thought it would be a nice idea to make some ‘new home’ cupcakes. I chose a yummy looking chocolate cherry cupcake recipe to try out. Click here to see what I baked.
Posted in Fruit/Veg, Other Cakes, Summer, tagged Afternoon tea, British, clotted cream, strawberries 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?
Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, Nuts, tagged cupcakes, Grand National, Horse Racing, horses, pistachio, White chocolate on April 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Easter, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, tagged chick, chocolate, Easter, Marzipan, orange, Simnel Cake on April 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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…
Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, Easter, tagged cupcakes, Easter, mini eggs, spring baking on March 21, 2015| 4 Comments »
Word of warning – if you make these cupcakes you might end up with a speckled kitchen too! Still want to have a go at making them?
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Spices, Spring, Summer, tagged blossom, Delia Smith, Family Tree Cake, fruit cake, leaves, spring on March 19, 2015| 4 Comments »
Over the last few weeks it really has started to feel like spring has arrived. We now have lots of daffodils out in our garden and the sun has been shining! So I thought that this cake was perfect to blog about as it has a real spring feel to it. For our favourite fruit cake recipe and how to build your own family tree cake click here
Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, tagged chocolate cupcakes, cupcakes, pigs in mud, this little piggy on March 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »
In my office there is a cake trolley every Friday for charity – the charity changes each month. February’s cake trolleys were to raise money for Maggie’s Centre in Newcastle – Maggie’s offers free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their families and friends. Until last week I’d been busy every Friday in February making cakes for other people. So last Friday was the first week I was able to bake something for the trolley and I wanted to make something slightly different so on Thursday night this little piggy stayed home and made these piggy-themed cupcakes!
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, tagged Afternoon tea, Alice in Wonderland, Mad Hatter, orange, Tea Party, White chocolate on February 19, 2015| 1 Comment »
Last weekend it was Emma’s 30th Birthday party. She had decided on an Alice in Wonderland theme for her party. It was fancy dress too and we had an brilliant afternoon and evening playing silly games and eating plenty of scrummy food. But no Birthday would be complete without a Birthday cake! As Emma made me an amazing surprise cake for my 30th, I had a lot to live up to, so after several months of planning I found a design that was perfect that I could adapt for her cake. Click here to visit Underland to see the cake…
Posted in Cupcakes, Spices, tagged Cow Cupcakes, Daisy Cupcakes, Stem Ginger on January 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Last weekend was another cross country race and that gave me another excuse to try out a recipe I haven’t done before and experiment with the decorating. I chose stem ginger cupcake as I wanted a flavour that would be warming in this cold weather, also I hadn’t made them before so it was good to tick off another recipe from the long list! I struggled a bit to think of something to theme the cupcakes with as this time of year seems to be quite uneventful, unlike Christmas. So I chose to make some cows and daisies that could incorporate a subtle red and yellow theme – by using red and yellow centers for the daisies – Serpentine running club colours. Click here for the recipe and decorating instructions.
Posted in Chocolate, Tray Bakes, tagged caramel, caramel slice, miliionaires shortread, sunday baking club on January 26, 2015| 2 Comments »
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