Posted in autumn, Cupcakes, Fruit/Veg, tagged apple, Apple crumble, autumn, crumble, cupcakes on November 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »
One of the most comforting puddings has to be a crumble. Now the nights are drawing in and there’s a chill in the air it is time to do some comfort baking and these definitely hit the spot! Click here to turn this classic pudding into some scrummy cupcakes.
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged baby cake, owl cake, showstopper on November 18, 2015| 2 Comments »
If you like our Facebook page you’ll have seen that a month ago today, Becky gave birth to a beautiful baby girl – Emily Charlotte Phillips! I took the first opportunity I had to go down and meet her. I wanted to take down a cake, so with the help of mum (who made the rocky road cake for me!) I created this very rushed cake. Click here to meet little Emily!
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged cheese cake, mice on a cake on November 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Cheese Cake
Every year for Tom’s birthday I make him a cake. This year it’s a bit late since we were on holiday but I promised I’d make him something to take to work when we got back. It took a while to come up with an idea but I went through a list of things Tom likes and cakes I’ve made, and realised I’ve never made him a cheese-related cake. More cheese please!
Posted in autumn, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Other Cakes, tagged almond, loaf cakes, Plum on November 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Our parents have a bumper crop of plums this year, so I decidedout some new plum recipes. I think this one was from an old Waitrose magazine, it sounded really good and I had all the ingredients in the cupboard, so thought I would give it a go. Click here to try this delicious plum recipe.
Posted in autumn, Cupcakes, tagged acorns, autumn, cupcakes, Marzipan on October 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Autumn has definitely arrived – we’ve had a couple of mornings with frost, some very wet weather and the pavements are starting to get covered in leaves. So for the first cross-country race of the season a few weeks ago I decided to make some autumn-themed cupcakes for after the race. On the day of the race, it was actually extremely mild – not like a typical cross-country race day – which made a nice change! I also really enjoyed the race. The course was great – undulating with a few muddy sections and a water jump (which was my favourite bit – it helped to cool me down!) Click here to keep reading.
Posted in Chocolate, GBBO Challenges, Puddings, tagged chocolate, GBBO, Great British Bake Off, pudding, souffle on October 5, 2015| 2 Comments »
I have to admit, that like all contestants on the GBBO, I have never made a souffle! I love to eat them, but for some reason, I have never got round to making one, so this week I was actually a bit nervous – especially as you regularly see failed souffles on cookery programmes. Click here to see if I rose to the challenge.
Posted in autumn, Cupcakes, tagged Blackberry, chocolate, cupcakes on October 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »
It must be time for another blackberry recipe! I haven’t baked any cupcakes for a while, so thought I would make some seasonal ones. I made some chocolate cherry ones a few months ago and liked the idea of combining dark chocolate with the fruit. I also love the colour from the blackberries so added a blackberry puree to the buttercream, to give a pretty pinky purple colour. I also used the left over blackberry and white chocolate ganache to put in the middle of the cupcakes – delicious! Click here to have a go at the recipe.
Posted in GBBO Challenges, Nuts, Other, Other Cakes, tagged GBBO, Mokatines, patisserie, technical challenge, the Great British Bake Off on September 30, 2015| 2 Comments »
I was really excited about patisserie week – I was hoping that the technical challenge would be something pretty and I wasn’t disappointed! Although these involved making various types of icings, which looked complicated and quite different to what I normally make, they turned out to be easier than I expected. Click here to keep reading.
Posted in Cupcakes, tagged cupcakes, rubber ducks on September 24, 2015| 4 Comments »
After a lot of indecisiveness (usually the case if I haven’t already got a plan about what I’m making!) I decided to make some rubber duck cupcakes for the cake trolley the other week. I had plenty of sugar paste left from cakes I’ve made over the last few weeks so some simple decorations to use it up seemed like a good option. Click here to see the rubber ducks!
Posted in Celebration Cakes, Fruit/Veg, GBBO Challenges, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, Summer, tagged Bake off, fruit cake, Marzipan, sugar paste, Tennis Cake on September 21, 2015| 4 Comments »
I had my parents coming to visit this weekend as well as a few other friends popping over to visit, so this weeks Bake Off technical challenge was perfect, it meant that I had a yummy cake to offer everyone! I make quite a lot of fruit cakes, so I was keen to try this recipe to see how it compares. I have made my own marzipan a few times, but I have never made my own sugar paste, so this would be another thing to tick off the list. Click here to see how I got on.
Gloverly Cupcakes 