How to make sugarpaste roses : My first ever cake demonstration
My first ever cake demonstration- for Create and Craft Last Sunday I did something I’ve never done before. I stepped outside of my comfort zone and I did a cake decorating workshop at the Women’s Institute Centennial Fair in Harrogate for Create and Craft I’ve been styling photo shoots for Prima’s craft pages for a few …
Lindy Smith’s Mini Cakes Academy : Book review and giveaway
Lindy Smith’s Mini Cakes Academy I love doing book reviews – well, actually I love reading new cakey books and getting inspired and being desperate to share what I’ve found with you guys, but when it comes to the actual writing of these posts I always find myself waffling on and on and making them …
Feel the cake fear and do it anyway!
I want to share something with you. I get scared before I make any new cake. There. I said it! It’s not a confidence thing or an experience thing. It’s a perfectionist thing. I want each cake to be worthy of a customer at Fortnum and Mason. I want the birthday boy to say ‘Wow’. …
5 things I learnt making a Lego man birthday cake
Sometimes cakes go wrong! Sometimes they go REALLY wrong and other times, if you’re lucky, you can get away with it. Like when it’s a cake for your 6 year old nephew! Asher is mad on Lego and wanted a Lego Policeman birthday cake this year. “No problem” I said. Anything for the other man in …
The Ultimate Chocolate Madeira Cake Recipe To Make Different Size Round Tins from 6 to 14″
Chocolate Madeira cake recipe One of the most popular posts here on Cakes Bakes and Cookies is my mum’s Madeira Cake recipe so it should come as no surprise that I have been asked so many times for the ingredients needed to make a chocolate Madeira cake. After all it does make a superb wedding …
