Book Review – Cake Confidence by Mandy Merriman
I love a good book about anything baking related, so when one of the bakers I recently started following on Instagram – Baking with Blondie AKA Mandy Merriman, said she was releasing a cake book…I was super excited! It took a little while for it to be available to purchase in the UK and I […]
Love Cupcakes
Red velvet cupcakes topped with swirls of vanilla buttercream. Decorated with handmade sugar hearts & letters to spell out “LOVE”. Perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Reflecting on 2018 and goal setting for 2019!
It’s almost the end of the first week of January 2019 and I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Happy New Year! I didn’t really make any New Years resolutions in 2018, though I do love a clean slate and the start of another year is the perfect starting […]
Disney Hawaiian Stitch Cake
Layers of Vanilla sponge cake filled with vanilla buttercream & strawberry jam. Covered in blue fondant icing. Decorated with grass, bamboo,leaves & recipients age on the front of the cake surrounded by sugar leaves and tropical flowers. Topped with a handmade sugar palm tree, Stitch figurine, digestive biscuit “sand” and sugar shells. Presented on a […]
Chocolate Christmas pudding pops
Whenever I make my cake creations, I tend to be left with off cuts after levelling my cakes before I fill, buttercream and ice them! These are great to enjoy as a lil left over bakers treat sandwiched with a little jam and buttercream or even served with custard to make a warming winter dessert […]
Baby Shower Cupcakes
Vanilla cupcakes topped with swirls of vanilla buttercream and topped with handmade sugar cupcake toppers in various designs. Can also be made in pink to suit any baby shower!
GBBO Bake Along – Cake Week
Week 2 of The Great British Bake Off was perfectly timed for my Birthday as it was Cake Week! On this episode; the amateur bakers were challenged to make a variety of delicious cakes from a traybake for the signature, Le Gateau Vert for the technical round and a chocolate collar cake for the showstopper! […]
Chocolate Eton Mess
I love strawberries and cream during this particularly hot summer we’re having at the mo! But sometimes you need a bit of crunch added into this delightful combo (plus a handful of raspberries!) I made this dessert to use up some meringue mix that went wrong over the weekend!! (a happy accident!!) I was actually […]
Sleeping Totoro Cake
Chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream. Covered in modelling chocolate made to look like tree bark. Decorated with handmade sugar Totoro and friends characters & sugar leaves. Presented on iced cake board decorated with sugar leaves, toadstools & personalised Birthday message. Age of recipient made to look like it’s carved into the tree stump.
Baileys Strawberries & Cream Cheesecake Shots
I love a limited edition Baileys and have treated myself to nearly all of their limited edition releases including Belgian chocolate and my personal favourite so far…Pumpkin Spice! Finally, after what seems like a long wait; Baileys Strawberries & Cream is now available in the UK and I picked up a bottle this week from […]