Having fun baking and decorating cakes
What is it about scones that just makes your mouth water? I’m a bit addicted to them at the moment- especially when they are still warm from the oven. A friend of mine mentioned a photo of some cheese scones I put on Instagram a few days ago and it made me want to bake …
This is the cake I made for the lovely Jo’s 18th birthday last month. When we sat down to chat about the design we talked about what she’s into. She’s really musical and likes to go out clubbing and her party had a black, white and red theme so this is the design I came …
I wish I had a £1 for every time Tim walked into the kitchen and told me that my cake wasn’t straight! It’s one of those things that I just can’t see. You should see the shelves in my house! If left to me they would all be wonky. I can’t even put …
Every now and again I come across a kids cook book that is really excellent.‘Cook It Step by Step – Learn to cook 100 easy recipes’ by Dorling Kindersley is that kind of a book. It’s got lots of fabulous meal ideas, uses ‘grown up’ flavours and original ideas – not the usual cheesy jacket potatoes and …
I’ve been making these simple flowers for my cakes for years. In fact I am pretty sure these were the very first plunger cutters I ever bought. That was back at the start. Now I have tons of different shapes and styles of cutters and all because they are really easy to use and create …
I started off by baking two Chocolate Madeira cakes (the large one was an 8″ and the small one was a 6″- I made double the recipe here and split it between the two tins) The smaller cake was cut up so that I had two ‘L’ shaped cakes to create the steps. I think …
