Posted in Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Grey, Iced Cakes, Sugarpaste flowers, Summer, Wedding Cakes, White, tagged mountain cake, Painted cake, sugar paste figures, sugar paste peonies, sugarpaste roses, wedding cake on October 19, 2022| 1 Comment »
Em and Mark finally got married in June this year after several postponements due to Covid, but it was worth the wait! It was such an amazing day and we all have some very special memories of it. As Em made my wedding cake, it was my turn to return the favour and make her cake. Keep reading to find out more about her cake and one of the recipes.
(more…)Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Puddings, Summer, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, lemon meringue pie, pastry on October 17, 2022| 1 Comment »
We were really looking forward to dessert week on the Bake Off, especially having seen the clip the week before showing the very limited instructions for making a lemon meringue pie. I honestly don’t think I have ever made a lemon meringue pie before, but I’ve made plenty of pastry, curd and meringue, so I was hoping it was going to be fairly straightforward. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in autumn, Cupcakes, Orange, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged Autumn Baking, Autumn Cupcakes, autumn leaves, hedgehog Cupcakes on October 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I made these last year for Emily’s Birthday for her to take into school. She wanted something with autumn leaves on and I had seen these on Pinterest and thought I would make some similar. Click here to find out more.
(more…)Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, Other Cakes, tagged Autumn Baking, Muffins, Plum and Coconut Muffins on September 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It’s suddenly started feeling very autumnal! My favourite time of year, I’m definitely looking forward to making more comfort food dinners and bakes. I made these with Chloe a couple of weeks ago, she absolutely loves plums, so these went down a treat for breakfast at the weekend. Click here to see the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, Winter, tagged christmas baking, Christmas cake, fruit cake, Reindeer Cake on December 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I can’t resist making more than one Christmas cake and giving one as a Christmas present to our best friends is the perfect excuse to make another one! So here’s this years second cake, another silly design! Click here to read more.
(more…)Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Spices, Winter, tagged christmas baking, gingerbread, mince meat stuffed gingerbread on December 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I saw this recipe in the Waitrose magazine last Christmas but didn’t get round to making it. It’s a recipe from John Whaite (who won GBBO in 2012) and it’s a perfect Christmas flavour combination of gingerbread and mincemeat, yummy! Click here to see the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, Winter, tagged christmas baking, Christmas Cupcakes, cupcakes cakes, snowflake cupcakes on December 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I volunteered to make some Christmas cupcakes for Emily’s Rainbow’s group for their final session of the year as they were having a Christmas party. Emily requested something with snowflakes, which is good as they were quick and easy to make. I also made the same for her teachers as Christmas presents too. Click here to find out more.
(more…)Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Other Cakes, tagged christmas baking, Christmas Muffins, Clementine and marzipan muffins on December 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Having warm muffins for breakfast is always a popular weekend treat in our house and these have a really lovely Christmas flavour. The squidgy warm marzipan pieces inside are very yummy. So why not give these a try, click here to see the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, Winter, tagged birdhouse cake, christmas baking, Christmas cake, fruit cake on December 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Christmas cakes are my favourite type of cake to decorate, it’s how Em and I first got into cake decorating when we were little. We always used to choose a design and have a go at making it. It always makes me feel Christmassy! This year I decided to make a big cake, as you can never have enough fruit cake. Click here to find out more about my Christmas bird house cake.
(more…)Posted in Bread, Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, tagged Chocolate Orange, christmas baking, panettone on December 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »
As chocolate orange is one of my absolute favourite flavours I couldn’t resist making these as a treat for breakfast in the run up to Christmas. I knew the girls would love them too, the only problem was that one just wasn’t enough! Click here to try this recipe.
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Gloverly Cupcakes 