Posted in autumn, Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, Winter, tagged fruit cake, Illusion Cake, Stock Pot Cake on January 10, 2024| 2 Comments »
It was Mum’s 70th Birthday just before Christmas and she rarely has a Birthday cake as her Birthday is so close to Christmas. But as it was her 70th we had to do something special, so along with all the other Birthday surprises I made her an illusion cake based on a casserole pot and veg as cooking is still one of her favourite things to do. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, Other, Red, White, Winter, tagged Candy Cane Cupcakes, Christmas Cupcakes, cupcakes, mint cupcakes on December 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I always try to make the girls teachers and teaching assistants some cupcakes for Christmas, this year I bought some mini candy canes and decided to use those to decorate the cupcakes with. And of course they had to be candy cane flavoured cupcakes too. Click here to keep reading.
(more…)Posted in autumn, GBBO Challenges, Pastry, Winter, tagged dauphinois pithivier, GBBO, GBBO Technical Challenge, pastry on November 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Having been away for half term I am a bit behind with the bake off challenges! I didn’t have time to make this one before we left, so it was on my list of things to cook when we got home, perfect for this miserable autumnal weather. Click here to see how I got on.
(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 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 Chocolate, Christmas, Tray Bakes, Winter, tagged chocolate, chocolate brownies, christmas baking, pretzels on December 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Although this one isn’t strictly a Christmas recipe, everyone loves a chocolate brownie and these are really good, the salty pretzels add a yummy crunch and using these Christmas ones adds a festive touch. Click here to see the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Biscuits, Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Winter, tagged biscotti, Chocolate Orange, Christmas, christmas baking on December 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I’m a bit late getting going with the Christmas recipes this year, I’m not really sure where the time has gone! But I have been busy baking, so I have plenty of Christmas recipes to share over the next couple of weeks. Here’s the first recipe, one of my favourite flavours – chocolate orange. Click here to see how to make this chocolate orange and almond biscotti.
(more…)Posted in autumn, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, Winter, tagged GBBO Technical Challenge, pudding, sticky toffee pudding on October 18, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Can’t believe it’s week 4 of the bake off already! As we were away at the weekend, I made these for pudding on Friday night as a treat. I didn’t think there would be time to make them after school on Friday with the girls as it seems to take about twice the amount of time when they help! So I made them in stages throughout the day by myself and then baked time in time for pudding, Click here to see how I got on.
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Gloverly Cupcakes 