When I start decorating a cake I am not always sure how it will look when I have finished. I often have a good idea of what I am trying to achieve and sometimes the finished result bears some resemblance… Read More ›
Birthday cakes
Chocolate and Pink Flower Birthday Cake
I thought I would share a couple of photos of the chocolate birthday cake that I made to go with the chocolate party cupcakes with pink flower decorations that feature in one of my earlier posts. I used the same theme… Read More ›
Vanilla Birthday Cake with Strawberry Sprinkles
I found some very appealing-looking freeze dried strawberries in the cake decorating aisle a while ago and had been looking for a good reason to use them. I wasn’t sure whether to put them in or on something but I… Read More ›
Chocolate Birthday Cakes – bunny delight
I mentioned that I was making chocolate birthday cakes for my friend’s twin girls when I posted their disco party cakes and here they are. Two bunny cakes. The girls had a rabbit each for their birthday. There is one blonde… Read More ›
Disco Birthday Cakes – seeing double!
I mention my lovely friends a lot on this blog and this post is no exception! Children’s birthday parties get more exciting by the day – I don’t remember going to a disco when I was 8 but my friend’s… Read More ›
Birthday Carrot Cake – it’s probably actually good for you!
One of my very lovely friends (and I am extremely lucky in that I have lots of very lovely friends) was hosting lunch for her friend’s birthday and was looking for a birthday cake that could also serve as dessert… Read More ›
Say it with Cake – 70th Birthday Cake
A friend recently invited me for a delicious Afternoon Tea at Pennyhill Park, which is a beautiful country house hotel in Surrey. We had a really lovely afternoon drinking tea, eating cake and chatting; I started at the bottom of the three… Read More ›
Strawberries and Cream Cake – a farewell to the Summer
Here in the UK the summer seemed to arrive at the same time as the autumn last week. Finally, just as the nights started drawing in and the mornings began to bring with them a different quality of light and the… Read More ›
Vanilla Party Cupcakes – Hummingbird Bakery Style
I love the Hummingbird Bakery cookbook and often turn to it for recipes, inspiration and sometimes just to cheer myself up because it is such a beautiful book to look through. I haven’t made it to one of the bakeries… Read More ›
Quick and Easy Chocolate Birthday Cake
Sometimes in life the simplest things are the best. A simple chocolate sponge with chocolate buttercream is the perfect birthday cake and it’s what I remember from birthday cake growing up. This is a three tier chocolate sponge cake sandwiched… Read More ›
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