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Robin Cake Pops

Posted in cake pops, Chocolate, Christmas, tagged , , , , , on December 2, 2014| 1 Comment »

photo 1 (6)It’s December so I think it’s acceptable to start doing some Christmas baking. I always start thinking about what I want to bake for Christmas months in advance and then come up with a list way too long and completely unachievable. I’ve tried to be a bit more realistic this year but it still feels like there’s a lot to fit in in a short time! So here’s our first batch of Christmas baking…

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Purple Rose and Lisianthus Wedding Cake

Posted in purple, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Wedding Cakes, tagged , , , , on October 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »

photo 4 (2)A couple of weeks ago Aimée, one of my friends from work got married. She asked me/I offered to make her wedding cake. As with most of the other wedding cakes I’ve made, she said she wanted something “simple”. Based on past experience “simple” often doesn’t end up being simple! So I searched on Pinterest for “simple purple wedding cake” and showed a couple to her – surprisingly she picked the simplest one. Click here to keep reading.

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Falling Flower Wedding Cake

Posted in Chocolate, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Wedding Cakes, tagged , , , , on October 20, 2014| 1 Comment »

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Last weekend was my sister-in-laws wedding and I couldn’t have been more excited! When we arrived at my mother-in-laws on Wednesday evening, it felt just like Christmas, with all the excitement and anticipation of the big day. There’s something really special about a family wedding. I was over the moon to be asked to do the cake and when the design was chosen I was really pleased to discover that it was something different to anything I had attempted before.

Click here to keep reading and get the recipe for the rocky road layer.

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Skiing Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, Winter, tagged , , , on October 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

photo 1Last weekend I was in London for one of my best friend Sian’s 30th birthday celebrations. You can’t have a birthday celebration without cake, and given I was staying with Becky on the Friday night I offered to make her something. She didn’t have any specific requests so I decided to theme it with the place we were going for the evening which was an “apres ski”-style bar. Click here to keep reading.

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Autumn Leaf (Maple and Pecan) Cupcakes

Posted in autumn, Cupcakes, Nuts, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , on September 22, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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Last week the weather suddenly changed and it started to feel like autumn. It was also National Cupcake Week. So you can probably guess what I did at the weekend…. I made some autumn-themed cupcakes!

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A Woodland Wedding Cake

Posted in Grey, Iced Cakes, Spring, Sugarpaste flowers, Wedding Cakes, Yellow, tagged , , , , , on September 21, 2014| 1 Comment »

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I’ve been busy making a friends wedding cake over the last few weeks, so I haven’t had much time to bake anything else, so this week I am going to tell you about the most interesting Wedding cake I have made, inspired by the oak trees surrounding the venue in Richmond Park. Here’s what I made…

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Balloon Cupcakes

Posted in Cupcakes, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, pink, purple, Summer, tagged , , , , , on September 18, 2014| 1 Comment »

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This week is national cupcake week, possibly the best week of the year! I have been baking lots of cupcakes recently in particular for the hen parties I have been to this month. The 1st of 3 hen parties was for my lovely friend Anna who I met through our running club, she is getting married at the end of the month (look out for the blog about her wedding cake next month). I decided to do something different for her cupcakes rather than making the usual silly rude ones.

Click here to find out what I baked…

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Rustic Red Velvet Wedding Cake

Posted in Chocolate, Red, Summer, Wedding Cakes, White, tagged , , on September 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

W0125_433Just over seven weeks ago I made this wedding cake for one of best and oldest friends, Nic. It was very different to anything I’d made before – no fondant icing or fancy decorations, just cake and buttercream. Nic and Alex wanted the cake to be the dessert so they chose red velvet (which is also Alex’s favourite cake flavour!). Had I known that the wedding was going to be in a marquee on the hottest day of the year, I probably would have tried to suggest a different cake! Click here to keep reading.

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Bake Off Fun!

Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, tagged , , , , , on September 11, 2014| 2 Comments »

IMG_0937AWe are massive fans of the Great British Bake Off and I keep meaning to have a go at some of the technical challenges to see just how hard they are. So when my parents came to visit and bought along loads of home grown pears I thought I would take the opportunity to challenge my Mum and myself to have a go at baking Paul Hollywood’s mini pear pies. Want to find out who the Glover pear pie champion is?!

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Hydrangea Cupcakes

Posted in Blue, Cupcakes, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, tagged , , on September 8, 2014| 1 Comment »

IMG_3271.JPG At the moment I’m in the process of moving house. This means that we don’t have any internet yet. I’m therefore slightly restricted with what I can blog about at the moment – I can only post things which I’ve taken photos of on my phone. I was planning on writing my next one on the red velvet wedding cake which I made several weeks ago for one of my best friends, Nic. However, the best photos of it aren’t on my phone so instead here are the cupcakes that I also made for the wedding. Click here to keep reading.

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