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Drunk Santa Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, tagged , , , on December 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »

For the last few years I’ve made a Christmas cake for the office to be raffled off for charity. Having been on holiday for 3 weeks at the end of November/start of December I haven’t had much time to do much Christmas baking, and still haven’t decided how I’m going to decorate my own cake this year but I offered to make a cake for the office so yesterday I spent a couple of hours making this! Click here to keep reading

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Quilled Snowflake Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, gold, Iced Cakes, Other, White, tagged , , , , on December 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

p1240155This year I have been slightly more organised than last year and managed to make and decorate my Christmas cake on time! I wanted to try something different and designed a cake with quilled snowflakes. We learned how to quill icing on our Squires cake course last year, a technique I had never done before. It’s quite therapeutic and fun to create different shapes and fit them all together. Click  here to see my snowflake designs.

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Chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Cupcakes, tagged , , , on December 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

P1240059.JPGI’m always looking for quick simple ideas for decorating cupcakes, time is limited with a 14 month old to look after! I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought they looked pretty easy. Click  here to find out how to make these pretty chocolate Christmas trees.

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Gingerbread Star Tree

Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Spices, tagged , , on December 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I bought a set of star cookie cutters several years ago to make a star cookie tree and never got round to using them, so I thought instead of making a gingerbread house this year I would make a tree! Anne and I are still holding up our Christmas gingerbread baking day and it didn’t disappoint this year, can’t think of a more fun way to spent a day than baking with a friend! Click  here to see my star tree creation.

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Fig, Apricot and Pistachio Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, tagged , , , on December 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I never got round to writing about my Christmas cake last year and as I tried a new recipe I thought it was worth adding to our Christmas blogs this year. The recipe was from the Sainsbury’s magazine and was a really lovely moist squishy Christmas cake. Click

here to see the recipe for this yummy cake.

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Sour Cherry Stollen Bars

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Nuts, Spices, Tray Bakes, Winter, tagged , , , on December 16, 2016| 1 Comment »

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It’s always fun to try new recipes of traditional things that people have reinvented. So when I was looking through my Christmas Olive magazine and came across a gluten free baking section I was very excited to see a recipe for Stollen bars. My husband’s family love Stollen – they spent several years living in Germany where Stollen originated. This recipe is amazing and well worth baking this Christmas. Click  here to try this recipe.

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Frangipane Mince Pies

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Pastry, Spices, Winter, tagged , , , , on December 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I’ve been making the same mince pies for years so decided to try something different this year. I had a look through my recipe books and found Nigella’s frangipane mince pies which sounded really good. I also made my own mincemeat too and used a different recipe which wasn’t as good as Delia’s so I’ll be going back to her recipe next year! Click  here to try these mince pies.

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Poinsettia Cupcakes

Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, gold, Red, Spices, Sugarpaste flowers, tagged , , on December 3, 2016| 1 Comment »

P1240055.JPGIt’s time for our 1st batch of Christmas baking! As usual I am baking for Serpentine Running Club for the last cross country race before Christmas, so it seemed fitting to make something Christmas theme and in red and gold – the clubs colours. I love the Hummingbird Bakery Christmas cupcake recipe, it has got all the flavours of a Christmas cake, but its lovely and light and is topped with scrummy almond butter cream. Click here to try this recipe.

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Simple Snowflake Cupcakes

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Cupcakes, Winter, tagged , , , , on December 15, 2014| Leave a Comment »

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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.
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Penguin Cupcakes

Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, tagged , on December 9, 2014| 3 Comments »

photo 2 (2)Last week I offered to do some baking for a cake trolley in the office to raise money for Sands (the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity). The day before I wasn’t feeling 100% so I probably should have said that I could no longer make them, especially since I hadn’t even decided what I was going to make. However, I’m not that sensible so I didn’t say anything and ended up making these cute little penguins.

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