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 ›
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Chocolate Birthday Cake for Kids and Chocolate Lovers
My son Linus turned 9 on New Year’s Day and when I asked him what type of cake he wanted, he asked for a chocolate cake without any icing, as he doesn’t really like it. I thought he might be… Read More ›
Snowflake Birthday Cake
Last year my friend Leslie’s daughter Antonia had a swimming party for her birthday and I made her a dolphin cake. This year Antonia had an ice skating party so Leslie wanted a cake that was white and sparkly, like… Read More ›
Chocolate Oreo Birthday Cake
My friend Shenny and her sister-in-law, Ritu, have been talking about Oreo cakes for a few months now so Ritu’s 30th birthday was the perfect opportunity for one. I was really excited to try this out and Oreos seem like… Read More ›
Black Forest Gateau – and a half marathon
Black Forest Gateau has always been one of my favourite cakes but I’m not sure that I have made one since I was a teenager in the ’80s… This week I made one for my friend Magda’s twin daughters, Carmen… Read More ›
Rainbow Birthday Cake in Pastels
This isn’t a true rainbow cake because it doesn’t have the colours of the rainbow, in order. My daughter asked for a rainbow cake for her birthday and we had seen a pastel layer cake in a magazine that she… Read More ›
Making cakes for friends and cupcake toppers
I have no idea how professional cake makers deal with the stress! I love making cakes for friends as it is lovely to be asked and trusted with a cake or cupcakes but when they are for an adult’s party… Read More ›
Chocolate Sponge with Strawberries and Cream Cheese Icing
This is a slightly unusual combination – you might expect vanilla sponge with strawberries and cream, or chocolate sponge with chocolate icing and strawberries. My brother had his birthday a couple of weeks ago and I wanted to make him… Read More ›
50th Birthday Cake with Yellow Flowers
Petra is a friend and one of my blog’s first followers. She is also in the book group that I mentioned in my Focaccia post. On her last turn at hosting Book Group she chose “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn,… Read More ›
Chocolate Birthday Cakes – variations on a theme
Recently I have been making quite a few chocolate cakes with Maltesers. They are brilliant for decorating cakes and kids love them on their birthday cakes. But why stop at Maltesers? If you have another favourite chocolate treat, why not… Read More ›
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