My friend Nicola gave me this recipe which she found in her new favourite Waitrose recipe book and promised me it was really good. A great chocolate cake was exactly what I was looking for as my friend Karyn had… Read More ›
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More Birthday Cake Ideas
This weekend has been a busy one. Last year I made 16th birthday cakes for my friend Kylie’s twins, Mia and Freddie. Kylie does Boot Camp with me and during the school holidays the kids could come too. Mia dropped… Read More ›
18th Birthday Star Cake and Cupcakes
One of the very first cakes I ever made for a friend was a Star cake. It was also one of my very first posts and consisted of two sentences and one photo. Having decided I needed a blog I… Read More ›
A Cake of Two Halves: Half Chocolate, Half Vanilla Birthday Cake
My friend Karyn’s husband and father have their birthdays on the same day but she didn’t really need two cakes in the house. One cake was plenty but one of them prefers chocolate, the other vanilla. A problem easily solved… Read More ›
Party cupcakes – ski cupcakes (oh, and some sky diving ones too…)
Skiing is not a sport I have ever been able to get on with. I love the idea of being in the mountains, with the fresh air and the views and the exercise. Unfortunately I spend most of my time… Read More ›
Beetroot Cake – Nigel Slater recipe
My 9 year old son actually asked me if I could make a beetroot cake. I’m not sure if he had suddenly remembered the Chocolate and Ginger Beetroot Cake or the Beetroot Brownies that I have made previously but he was… Read More ›
Birthday Present Cake – 50th Birthday cake
My daughter asked me recently if I’d stopped making cakes with sugarpaste icing as, apart from the Christmas Cake, I think, it has been quite a long time since I last made one. Cakes decorated with sugarpaste present more challenges… Read More ›
Chocolate Almond Cookies
I’m not sure that cookies is really the right way to describe these. Maybe “cakeies” might be more appropriate. I found the recipe in Lorraine Pascale’s “Lighter Way to Bake”, her cookery book that offers healthier versions of everyday favourites…. Read More ›
Fig and Pistachio Truffles – healthier treats
My kids are currently really into Nakd raw fruit and nut bars and when I asked my son what I could make for an after school snack, he suggested making bars. This is my version and is based on what… Read More ›
Chocolate Fondants
Chocolate fondants have stopped many a reality tv wannabe-chef in their tracks. The recipe is not difficult or complicated, it’s all to do with the baking. Not long enough and they collapse, too long and the centre is no longer… Read More ›
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