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! […]
Camouflage Army Cake
Vanilla sponge cake filled with vanilla buttercream and strawberry jam. Covered in camo fondant icing and decorated with handmade sugar number 8 cake topper, army tanks & toy soldiers. Finished with personalised name tags, birthday message and ribbon around the bottom of the cake and board.
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Apple Crumble Cake
So week one of the new series of The Great British Bake Off has been and gone! Though a lot of people were skeptical about it moving to Channel 4 with new hosts and Judges (apart from Paul Hollywood!) I still decided to give it a chance…and I love it!! Episode one kicked off with […]
Chocolate Chip Loaf Cake
I’ve been craving a nice chocolate loaf cake lately and also wanted to try out baking one in the little disposable loaf cake trays you can find in most good supermarkets! I picked up a pack of 4 in Asda for £2! This recipe makes enough to use all 4 trays so you can give […]
The True Tea Club – Subscription Box Review
I absolutely love tea and have been trying to cut down on tea with milk as I’ve found this benefits my skin a great deal lately! I’ve been getting into drinking a lot of herbal teas; mainly loose leaf tea and I have discovered a lot of new tea companies which have a whole range […]
Lego Ninjago Cake
Layers of vanilla sponge cake filled with strawberry jam and vanilla buttercream. Covered in yellow and green fondant and finished with birthday boy’s name on the cake board.
Great British Bake Off Bake Along – Lemon Drizzle Bundt Cake
I’ve been trying out different recipes to create a delicious lemon drizzle cake. I’ve tried various loaves & traybakes with varying results, some too dry, some too sweet and one had so much drizzle that it turned into a soggy mess!! But after much trial & error, I finally came up with a yummy lemon […]
Mad Scientist Cake
2 tiers consisting of vanilla sponge cake filled with vanilla buttercream & strawberry jam and chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream. bottom tier covered in yellow fondant icing & decorated with test tubes, conical flasks, goggles, hazard symbol and bubbles. Top tier covered in blue fondant icing and topped with sugar slime. Sugar cake toppers […]
Waybuloo Cake
2 tiers consisting of chocolate cake filled with chocolate buttercream and vanilla sponge cake filled with vanilla buttercream & strawberry jam. Covered in blue fondant icing and decorated with handmade sugar Waybuloo characters, butterflies, leaves, grass, flower’s, tree’s and clouds. Finished with birthday boy’s name on the front of the cake and a sugar number […]
Baby Shower Cake
4 tier cake consisting of vanilla Sponge cake filled with vanilla buttercream & strawberry jam and Rice Krispie treats book and ball layers Covered in fondant icing. Cake board decorated with fondant icing to look like wood. Finished with handmade sugar elephant cake topper.