Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Cupcakes, Other, Red, White, Winter, tagged Christmas Tree, cupcakes, Mint Chocolate on December 18, 2015| 6 Comments »
Last weekend we had a Reunion/ Christmas get together with our NCT friends, which we offered to host. Baking with a 7 week old baby is challenging, but I was desperate to bake something Christmassy and fun! I chose a design that could be done in stages so I could fit it in around looking after little Emily. Click here to see what I baked.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Grey, royal icing, Winter, tagged birds, Christmas, fruit cake, royal icing on December 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Last year I didn’t get round to writing about the Christmas cake I made, mostly due to being over ambitious with what I wanted to do before the big day – there were so many thing I wanted to bake, Christmas decorations I wanted to make and prepare for 12 people coming to ours for Christmas. I’d never hosted Christmas before either! So I thought I would write a short blog about it this year in between feeding, nappy changing, playing and watching Emily sleep – it’s amazing how much time you can spend just watching your little one! Click here to see how to decorate the cake I made last year.
Posted in autumn, Biscuits, Bread, Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Cupcakes, Easter, Figure Modelling, Halloween, Iced Cakes, Summer, Winter, tagged baking, cake decorating, Gloverly Cupcakes on January 8, 2015| 1 Comment »
If you follow us on Facebook and/or Twitter you’ll probably have seen some baking over the last 12 months that hasn’t made it onto the blog. Sometimes we spend so much time baking that it’s hard to find the time to blog about our creations, especially since we also work. So here is a collection of things we made in 2014 that you might not have seen yet.
Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Cupcakes, Winter, tagged chocolate, christmas baking, snowflake cupcakes, snowflakes, winter cupcakes on December 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes simple is best – and when you’re short on time, it always is. I know that it I can get a batch of cupcakes made and iced with buttercream in just over an hour. However, I usually underestimate how long decorations take to make. These snowflakes though are super quick to make, and anybody can make them since the only skills required are being able to roll fondant icing out and use a plunger cutter.
Click here to make it snow!
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Iced Cakes, Winter, tagged Christmas cake, fairy lights, Fruitcake, gingerbread, Narnia on December 11, 2014| 1 Comment »
Last year I decided to make a slightly crazy Christmas cake, with lights and everything… and I’m not joking! I had seen a picture of this amazing cake and just couldn’t resist giving it a go. The style of the cake is what I imagine Mr Tumnus’s house looks like from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, so I thought I would to add a lampost too! Click here to find out how to light up your Christmas cake.
Posted in Cupcakes, Winter, tagged 30th birthday, apres ski, cupcakes, skiing on October 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Last 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.
Posted in Cupcakes, Other, Winter, tagged Bake off, cupcakes, sticky toffee on March 19, 2013| 3 Comments »
I’ve been wanting to make these cupcakes for ages and they were definitely worth the wait. The caramel cream cheese buttercream is probably one of the best buttercreams I’ve tasted for a while – the texture was so smooth and silky and it had just the right sweetness. I could have eaten the whole bowl! If you want to find out how to make this yummy buttercream (and the cupcakes!) keep reading…
