I was very flattered when my friend Leslie’s daughter said that she would like me to make her a cake for her birthday party, but a bit worried when I heard it was a “water walkers” party! Water walkers are… Read More ›
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Chocolate Birthday Cake with Hearts
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 ›
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 ›
Chocolate Party Cupcakes with pink flower decorations
Most little girls love chocolate and they love pink. So for birthday party cupcakes you can’t really go wrong with chocolate cupcakes with pink flower decorations. I found some excellent cerise pink cases which went beautifully with the rich, dark chocolate sponge and made… Read More ›
Star Cupcakes to celebrate a new baby
A friend of mine has recently had a beautiful new baby boy, Bailey. So to celebrate we thought we would take him a little gift and some cupcakes for the rest of the family – it’s very important to keep… 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 ›
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