Having fun baking and decorating cakes
Rich, brownie-like chocolate cake with no eggs in sight – fudgy, decadent, and perfect for birthday celebrations, vegan-ish or not. I don’t know when it happened but a few years ago I stopped making birthday cakes for the daughterlings. There. I said it! I think it was around the time they turned 14 or 15 …
Easy custard recipe Homemade custard is above all other custards and I don’t know why I didn’t remember just how incredibly easy it is to make. Like SERIOUSLY easy!!! I made this custard (actually, if I’m being honest, there was a lot more than is in these shots. I ate most of it before I …
So go on then. How many times have you carved a pumpkin and don’t even bother to scoop out the insides? We’ve all done it but this year – like last, I scooped out enough to feed a small army and that was with just one daughterling. The other one didn’t even get her’s carved! …
The only Coffee Madeira cake recipe you’ll ever need, and it fits all cake tin sizes! After countless emails and comments here on Cakes Bakes And Cookies I am finally happy to share my new Coffee Madeira cake recipe. I’ve tried it so many different ways – with esspresso, with more coffee, with less …
Last month I was asked to make Dulcie’s 5th Birthday cake and it wasn’t a Baymax birthday cake. In fact I feel a bit guilty that my first response when asked was ‘Oh no, not another Minecraft cake with hundreds and hundreds of little green squares!” Dulcie’s mum very graciously changed her mind to a …
The Great British Bake off in numbers I’m a big fan of infographics, aren’t you? So when I was sent this Great British Bake Off one earlier this week I just had to share it with you. I’m super excited to see the finale tonight (along with an estimated 12.29 million other viewers) but a …
