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Sticky Gingerbread Bundt

Posted in Christmas, Other Cakes, Spices, Winter, tagged , , , , on December 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Last weekend Becky came up to stay for a long Christmassy/girly weekend! Of course, the weekend involved plenty of baking. I saw the recipe for this in delicious. magazine last year and really wanted to try it but never got round to it so when I saw it again this year I thought it would make a good pudding for Friday night as well as being suitable to have with tea/coffee. Click here to keep reading

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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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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 8 – Jumbles

Posted in Biscuits, GBBO Challenges, Spices, tagged , , , on October 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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It’s not long till the bake off final, so only a few more weeks of technical challenges left. I’ve got a very busy few weeks, so it’s a good job that last weeks challenge was a quick and easy one! I thought they would be good for a post cross country race snack, so made a double batch to take to the first Met League cross country race of the season. Click  here to see how I got on.

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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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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 7 – Tennis Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, Summer, tagged , , , , on September 21, 2015| 4 Comments »

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I had my parents coming to visit this weekend as well as a few other friends popping over to visit, so this weeks Bake Off technical challenge was perfect, it meant that I had a yummy cake to offer everyone! I make quite a lot of fruit cakes, so I was keen to try this recipe to see how it compares. I have made my own marzipan a few times, but I have never made my own sugar paste, so this would be another thing to tick off the list. Click here to see how I got on.

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 2 – Arlettes 

Posted in GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Spices, tagged , , on August 19, 2015| Leave a Comment »


Last night, was my last opportunity to try the technical GBBO challenge before this week’s bake off. So, I decided to give it a go. I read through the recipe a few times before I started and it didn’t seem that difficult, just quite time consuming. However, they turned out to be trickier than I thought, even with the full instructions (which seemed half complete to me so I don’t know what the contestants got given)! Click here to see how I got on.

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Classic Pink Rose 100th Birthday Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, pink, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, tagged , , , , , , on July 9, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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I’d never made a 100th Birthday cake before, so I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to make one. It was for our close friend’s Granny, who is called Rose, so the request for pink roses on the cake was perfect. The cake was a light fruit cake, a delicious recipe from an old cook book that our Mum has, great for this time of year!  Click here for the recipe.

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Easter Chick Chocolate Orange Simnel Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Chocolate, Easter, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, tagged , , , , , on April 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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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…

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Family Tree Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Spices, Spring, Summer, tagged , , , , , on March 19, 2015| 4 Comments »

P1160752 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

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Stem Ginger Cow Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, Spices, tagged , , on January 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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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.

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