Having fun baking and decorating cakes- come along for the ride.
My brother is leaving me today :0( He’s emigrating to Australia with his wife and two daughters and we are all going to miss them tons and tons and tons. Whilst finishing off a little surprise photo album I was making them last night as a Bon Voyage gift, I came across the photos from …
It was my dad’s birthday last month. I’m not quite sure now where the nick name originated from but I call my dad ‘The Poopah’ and mum is ‘The Moomah’! Anyway, my dad has always worn glasses and has always had a moustache (except for a small interlude where his face was bare for a couple …
It was Tim’s birthday last Monday and his favourite cake is a Black Forrest Gateau. I have made this for him a few times but never properly. Really I just made a chocolate cake with cherries and cream. He was not satisfied! So I decided this year I was going to do it properly, but as usual I decided …
Peggy Porschen’s Lemon Limoncello Cake recipe So, yesterday I reviewed Peggy Porschen’s latest cake book and today I am happy to share with you an extract from the book for this yummy and oh so pretty cake. I just know you guys are going to love it! Thanks to the publishers Quadrille for giving me permission. …
Peggy Porschen I’ve been a big fan of Peggy Porschen for ages. I met her at the launch of the Hobby Craft magazine a few years ago. She had done a beautiful feature on how to decorate these cute cookies. She’s really lovely. Very quietly spoken and so passionate about cakes. We could have talked …
A few weeks ago Tim and I went to Norfolk for our friend Charlotte’s wedding. Norfolk is beautiful and I wish we could have stayed longer than just a short weekend.We stayed at a hotel in Blakeney which is on the North Norfolk coast. It was raining when we arrived. It was raining a lot! …
