Win a whole load of baking goodies from DotComGiftShop No sooner did I press ‘publish’ on yesterday’s blog post about the cute recipe tin from DotComGiftShop.com than they sent me an email saying ‘Why don’t we do a giveaway with CakesBakesAndCookies?’ to which I said “Yeeaaahhhhh!” So here it is. The short and sweet giveaway! …
How cute is this recipe storage tin? I thought I would share with you how I plan the recipes on CakesBakesAndCookies and how I’ve got just that little bit more organised with this cute recipe storage tin. Recipe testing When I bake a recipe I write down on a piece of paper the ingredients I use, the …
Almond shortbread recipe and the cute button cookie cutter Who doesn’t love the soft, crumbly, buttery taste of shortbread? It’s one of those melt in the mouth biscuits which- according to Beau, I don’t make nearly often enough. That and freezer cookies! I was requested to make a batch and when I had some leftover …
The first house that Tim and I ever lived in together was with some friends on a farm. There were four guys and me and each weekend all the girl friends would descend. I was at uni at the time and one weekend one of the girlfriends suggested that we make the men folk a …
I get press releases emailed me on a daily- no, make that hourly basis and I get tons and tons of baking/cooking/cupcake product ideas sent to me to test/play with / eat up and from the PR’s point of view hopefully feature. I usually resist the urge to show you absolutely everything, but I really …
Have you seen these Dr Oetker gel food colours on the supermarket shelves yet? They’re available in these really handy squeezy tubes. Nice and neat and easy to use and what’s more they don’t make your icing go all runny. Each 10g tube of gel can be used to colour enough icing to cover 24 …
