Having fun baking and decorating cakes- come along for the ride.
Last week I made this really big (and really heavy) wedding cake. I have been asked a few times now how I cover cakes with sugarpaste and get it looking so smooth, so, I took some snaps as I went. My poor camera is now covered in icing sugar! I started with each cake covered …
My brother is leaving me today :0( He’s emigrating to Australia with his wife and two daughters and we are all going to miss them tons and tons and tons. Whilst finishing off a little surprise photo album I was making them last night as a Bon Voyage gift, I came across the photos from …
I love Tala. It’s so Retro it reminds me of my childhood and baking with my mum. When I think of Tala I think of their metal cone shaped measuring jug as I have one which I use to hold all my cake decorating tools. It’s way too pretty to be used just as a …
It was my dad’s birthday last month. I’m not quite sure now where the nick name originated from but I call my dad ‘The Poopah’ and mum is ‘The Moomah’! Anyway, my dad has always worn glasses and has always had a moustache (except for a small interlude where his face was bare for a couple …
This is a cake I made to take around to my mother-in-law’s for her birthday back in June. We were all invited for a family afternoon tea at her house. She always makes the most amazing Cherry Amours (I must get the recipe from her some time!) and she had also made scones too, so …
As I write this post (now last Saturday night) I have absolutely no internet connection. Nothing! Nada! Zip! Not a squat! And it’s not just my router that’s not working at home, my mobile is kerput too! So I have been web free for 5days. It’s at times like this that you realise how much …
