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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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GBBO 2024 Technical Challenge No. 6 – Sticky Vegan Parkin

Posted in autumn, GBBO Challenges, Other Cakes, Spices, Tray Bakes, Winter on November 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »

We all absolutely love any kind of gingery cake in our family, so I was very happy to see this as the technical challenge. I have made lots of different types of ginger cake, but I can’t remember ever making Parkin, so I was keen to try it out. Click here to keep reading.

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Stock Pot Illusion Cake

Posted in autumn, Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, Winter, tagged , , on January 10, 2024| 2 Comments »

It was Mum’s 70th Birthday just before Christmas and she rarely has a Birthday cake as her Birthday is so close to Christmas. But as it was her 70th we had to do something special, so along with all the other Birthday surprises I made her an illusion cake based on a casserole pot and veg as cooking is still one of her favourite things to do. 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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Gnome Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, Red, silver, Spices, White, tagged , , on December 22, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I just can’t resist making more than one Christmas cake each year, so once again this one will be a Christmas present for our best friends. I chose to make some cute little gnomes and add some other pops of colour and some snowflakes. Click here to see some more pics.

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Gingerbread Cookies with Pistachio Buttercream

Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Spices, tagged , , , on December 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Last year Em gave me a beautiful wooden pinecone biscuits mould for Christmas and I thought I would try it out and make some lovely pinecone biscuits as gifts for some friends. Click here to see how I got on!

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Snowman Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, Spices, tagged , , , on December 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I’m feeling a bit behind with Christmas stuff this year, but priority is always to get the Christmas cakes done. I wanted to make a different shaped one this year so I thought I would make a big snowman. Click here to keep reading.

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GBBO 2023 Technical Challenge No. 7 – Orange and Ginger Treacle Puddings

Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, Spices, tagged , , , on November 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I had just enough time on Sunday evening to attempt this weeks technical challenge and make these for pudding. A traditional steamed sponge and custard was definitely the perfect comfort food for this time of year. Click here to see how I got on.

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Toffee Apple Drip Cake

Posted in autumn, Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Other, Spices, tagged , on October 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It’s definitely starting to feel autumnal in the mornings now, my favourite time of year! I made this cake for Rich’s Birthday last year having seen the recipe and really wanted to try it out. I love all the autumn baking flavours – spices, nuts, caramels, apples, pumpkins etc, and this cake certainly had a great combination of these. Click here to read more.

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Sheep Easter Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Easter, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, Spring, tagged , , , , on April 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Having had a very busy first 2 weeks of the Easter holidays, the girls were very insistent that I made an Easter cake and despite having very limited time, I couldn’t say no! I wanted to make a simnel cake, but I was keen to try a new recipe. Click here to keep reading.

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