Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Green, Iced Cakes, Spices, Summer, tagged 70th Birthday Cake, garden cake, Lawn Mowing Cake on October 27, 2022| 1 Comment »
It was Dad’s 70th Birthday in the middle of August and he treated us all to a wonderful week away. Em and I discussed various ideas for his Birthday cake design and finally settled on a lawn mowing themed cake as Dad absolutely loves his lawn and mowing beautiful stripes into it! It was always something that we joked about as did his friends and neighbours too! Click here to find out more about this cake.
(more…)Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Summer, Tray Bakes, tagged Almonds, Autumn Baking, plum and almond tray bake, plums on October 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I love baking with plums, they are such an amazing colour and once cooked they are jammy, sharp and sweet all at the same time. Definitely one of my favourite fruits to eat and to bake with. So if you’re looking for a recipe to use up some plums, click here to keep reading and try this one out.
Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, Summer, Tray Bakes, tagged Autumn Baking, cheesecake ripple, Plum tray bake, tray bake on October 22, 2022| 1 Comment »
Time for another plum recipe! I made this some time ago and was thinking about the recipe the other day, it was really delicious and I am not sure why I haven’t made it again since – probably because there is always something new to try out! Keep reading to see the recipe and how easy it is to make.
The recipe was from a Waitrose recipe card and could easily be adapted for different fruits like peaches, apricots or even blackberries. It’s delicious on its own as a cake or warm with ice cream as a pudding, enjoy!
200g full fat cream cheese
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
3 tbsp caster sugar
4 medium eggs
175g butter softened
175g dark muscovado sugar
200g self raising flour
400g ripe plums stoned and roughly chopped
1. Pre heat the oven to 180 C, gas mark 4. Grease and line a 28 x 18cm baking tin with baking parchment making sure that the paper come up high enough around the sides.
2. In a bowl beat the cream cheese till soft. Add the vanilla bean paste, caster sugar and one of the eggs, beat using a hand held electric whisk till smooth.
3. Place the remaining eggs, butter, muscovado sugar and flour in a separate bowl. Beat for 2 mins till pale and creamy.
4. Spread half the creamed flour mixture onto the base of the tin, then dollop over half of the cream cheese mixture, spreading an uneven swirl through the base mixture. Scatter with half the plums. Spoon the remaining creamed flour mixture on top and dot with the rest of the cream cheese.
5. Scatter with the remaining plums then bake for about 45 mins until risen and just firm to touch. Leave to cool in the tin before cutting into pieces. Serve warm or cold with ice cream.
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 Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Puddings, Summer, tagged GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, patisserie, sable Breton on November 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe this is the penultimate technical challenge, we’ve had a lot of fun again this year trying them all out. In particular getting to try things I wouldn’t normally choose to make, the recipes always surprise us. This week was no exception, click here to see how I got on.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, Summer, tagged Campervan Cake on January 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »
I’ve been looking through more of the cakes I’ve done over the last few years again this week and found this campervan cake that I made for one of Rich’s work colleagues. I love being able to personalise cakes, so it always makes it a nice challenge when someone gives you some photos of something they would like re-created on their cake. Click here to see some more pics of this cake.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spring, Summer, tagged Children's Birthday Cake, Frog Cake, Orange and Almond Cake on December 9, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Just over a week ago it was Chloe’s first Birthday! I decided to do a frog themed cake and mini party for her, Emily was so excited! I spent a long time on Pinterest looking at frog cakes for some inspiration and then on Facebook I spotted a YouTube video from The Little Cherry Cake Company on how to make a frog cake, so I had a look and thought I would give it a go, it is definitely the cutest froggy cake I had seen. Click here to see some more pics.
Posted in Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, Summer, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, Verrines on October 8, 2019| 1 Comment »
I was very excited about making the technical challenge for dessert week as my parents were coming to stay this weekend, so it gave us the perfect excuse to make something special! And with 6 portions it meant that Rich and I could try it on Friday night and there would still be 4 for Saturday night, as well as saving a tiny bit for a mini one for Emily. Click here to see how we got on.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, pink, purple, Spring, Summer, tagged Butterfly Cake, christening cake, Spring Flower Cake on August 5, 2019| Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago it was my niece Alice’s Christening and I was very excited to be making the cake for her. I’m not managing to fit much baking or cake decorating in at the moment so it was really nice to have a small cake project to work on! Tams asked for something with butterflies, so we looked at loads of designs and decided on the additions of some painted grass and flowers in pinks and purples and a small grey bunny too. Click here to see how this pretty cake came to life.
Gloverly Cupcakes 