Having fun baking and decorating cakes
I mentioned yesterday that I had never tried to make cake pops before. I think it’s because I read a hysterically funny blog post somewhere (years ago) where the person trying to make them made a complete mess of it! They weren’t round, the candy melts wouldn’t stick, the sticks wouldn’t stick and her disaster stuck in my mind. So …
‘Pop party’ book review This is the second Cake pop book by Claire O’Connell from The Pop Bakery. At just 23 she runs a successful cake pop business from her home in West Hampstead, London, creating truly beautiful pops, you know the kind that are too good to eat! I hadn’t made cake pops before …
Muffins for Evie Last week we had a cake sale at school to raise money for charity. We have them all the time! One of Darcey’s friends, Evie, is gluten intolerant so I made some muffins especially for her so she wouldn’t feel left out. Evie is seriously cute. I wanted to do something with …
The New Complete International Jewish Cookbook review This post contains affiliate links. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission Let me just start by saying that Evelyn Rose rocks! As I mentioned in my post about Hamantaschen last week I have a fantastic Jewish cook book that is …
Power Ranger Birthday Cake I recently had a request from a reader called Laurie, asking me how I made this Power Ranger cake which she saw on my ‘More cakes’ page. This is another early cake which I can’t believe I did two years ago! It feels like yesterday. George was at nursery (and now …
The best Hamantaschen recipe: One from the past – 2012 to be precise Hamantaschen are like mini pies that Jewish people eat during the festival of Purim, which just happens to be this Wednesday. They’re one of those delicacies that my mum always makes for the community and all of the family. Each year before …
