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Lilac Rose and Freesia (Raspberry and Amaretto) Wedding Cake

Posted in Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, purple, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Wedding Cakes, tagged , , , , on September 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »

IMG_0229Just before Christmas last year, a family friend, Emma, asked if I would be able to make her wedding cake. Despite not living near where the wedding was going to be I said yes since it was near my parents so I thought it would be a good chance to go back to my parents for a few days. However, that didn’t happen – instead mum, dad and Becky came up to stay with me for a few days and then took the cake back. Becky even assembled the cake for me! Click here to keep reading.

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Mint Green and Pink Cupcakes

Posted in Chocolate, Cupcakes, Green, Nuts, pink, Spring, Summer, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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Last time I got back from holiday, I bought some Toblerone at the airport, I decided to copy Emma’s idea and use it to make some treats for the office. I chose a summery design, perfect for the warm weather we’ve been having recently. Click here to find out more about these pretty cupcakes.

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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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Very Hungry Caterpillar Biscuits

Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, Nuts, royal icing, Summer, tagged , , , , , on June 27, 2015| 3 Comments »

 When I was little, every night before bed I would ask to be read the same book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar. For some reason it was my favourite book – maybe because it was all about food! What did the Very Hungry Caterpillar eat today?

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Scones with clotted cream and British strawberries

Posted in Fruit/Veg, Other Cakes, Summer, tagged , , , 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?

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Spring Cake Pops

Posted in cake pops, Spring, tagged , , , , on May 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »

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One of the best things about making larger cakes and unusual shaped cakes are all the off cuts! Cakes always need levelling off or shaping, so there are plenty of opportunities to do a taste test. Having made several large cakes recently I have ended up with loads of left over cake. So I have been making lots of cake pops and I now have a freezer filled with around 200 to be used and decorated at some point in the future. Click here to find out how to make and decorate these pretty cake pops.

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Easter Garden Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Easter, Figure Modelling, tagged , , , , , on April 2, 2015| 2 Comments »

main cakeA few weeks ago I said that I would make an Easter cake for the office to raffle off for charity. I hadn’t decided what cake I would make so I used my usual source of inspiration – Pinterest. However, none of the Easter ideas I’d pinned last year jumped out at me so I decided to have another search. I was looking for ideas rather than something to copy completely but after I saw this cake I decided that there wasn’t much about it that I wanted to change. Is it Easter yet?!

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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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Spring Bird Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, Spring, tagged , , , , on March 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »

IMG_3011Last weekend it definitely felt like spring had arrived. We’d also had some lovely sunny days at the start of the week so I couldn’t resist making some spring cupcakes but after I made these on Wednesday evening the weather suddenly changed – I woke up on Thursday morning to see it was snowing! However, these little birdies definitely helped to brighten the day. “Chirp chirp, tweet tweet, chirp…” I mean click here to keep reading.

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Single tier wedding cake

Posted in purple, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Wedding Cakes, tagged , , , on March 24, 2015| Leave a Comment »

cake cornerThis wedding cake was a last minute favour for somebody at work. Luckily though, I didn’t have to make the cake, just ice and decorate an 11″ square fruit. It was a single tier cake and I loved the simplicity of the design they chose – a white cake with purple and lilac flowers around the base.

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