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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 2 – Arlettes 

August 19, 2015 by Emma


Last night, was my last opportunity to try the technical GBBO challenge before this week’s bake off. So, I decided to give it a go. I read through the recipe a few times before I started and it didn’t seem that difficult, just quite time consuming. However, they turned out to be trickier than I thought, even with the full instructions (which seemed half complete to me so I don’t know what the contestants got given)! Click here to see how I got on.

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Noah’s Ark Christening Cake

August 14, 2015 by Becky

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Noah’s Ark Christening Cake

A few weeks ago I made a Christening cake for my friends Chloe and Rory’s sons Christening. They had the lovely idea of a Noah’s Ark cake. I took some inspiration from Pinterest and had an enormous amount of fun creating this cake! Click here to see the animals marching in two by two…

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GBBO Technical Challenge No. 1 – Frosted Walnut Layer Cake

August 10, 2015 by Becky

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It’s that time of year again – the Great British Bake Off has started and each Wednesday evening we can look forward to some baking entertainment on TV! Last year we tried to make a few of the technical challenges, but we ran out of time, so this year between the two of us, we are hoping to attempt most of them. This week it was Mary Berry’s frosted walnut layer cake. Click here to see how I got on.

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Safari Cupcakes

August 3, 2015 by Emma

 I haven’t made some fun cupcakes for a while so I was really excited when my friend Jen asked if I could make some safari themed cupcakes for her daughter Abi’s first birthday party. Click here to find out how to make these safari cupcakes.

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Mint Green and Pink Cupcakes

July 23, 2015 by Becky

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Last time I got back from holiday, I bought some Toblerone at the airport, I decided to copy Emma’s idea and use it to make some treats for the office. I chose a summery design, perfect for the warm weather we’ve been having recently. Click here to find out more about these pretty cupcakes.

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Classic Pink Rose 100th Birthday Cake

July 9, 2015 by Becky

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I’d never made a 100th Birthday cake before, so I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to make one. It was for our close friend’s Granny, who is called Rose, so the request for pink roses on the cake was perfect. The cake was a light fruit cake, a delicious recipe from an old cook book that our Mum has, great for this time of year!  Click here for the recipe.

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Cows playing football cake

July 6, 2015 by Emma


IMG_3133I love being asked to make cakes that are a bit different and this one was definitely different! Trudy said she wanted a cake for her husband that incorporated his 2 loves – cows and football. With a cake like this, it’s not something that you can google to find a cake to copy and I had no idea what it was going to look like until I started making the cows. Click here to keep reading.

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6 Day Extended Techniques Professional Intensive Cake Decorating Course at Squires Kitchen

July 1, 2015 by Becky

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Last week Em and I went on our second 6 day Cake Decorating Course at Squires Kitchen International, this time it was an extended techniques course, building on what we had already learnt on the previous course. We had another amazing week doing what we both love. Click here to keep reading and see some of the beautiful things we created.

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Very Hungry Caterpillar Biscuits

June 27, 2015 by Emma

 When I was little, every night before bed I would ask to be read the same book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar. For some reason it was my favourite book – maybe because it was all about food! What did the Very Hungry Caterpillar eat today?

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Sunderland Football Shirt Cake

June 19, 2015 by Emma

IMG_0925This week has been a busy cake week. I usually find that if somebody asks me to make a cake, it usually ends up being for a week when I’m already making one. This week I’ve made two very different cakes, but both had a football theme. The first one I made was this one – a Sunderland football shirt.

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