photography, walking, traveling … and a bit of baking
Grandma I’d like a Harry Potter cake please Over the past few years I have been tasked with making birthday cakes for my grandchildren. My grandson Daniel was eight at the weekend and a couple of weeks ago I asked him what theme he would like for his birthday cake. It was no surprise when […]
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For the first birthday of one of my grandsons I made a quick and easy ‘cat cake’. The colours were chosen as they were the same as one of the family cats (Jasper) that he was familiar with. Although I refer to this as a quick and easy cake it doesn’t mean to say that […]
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My granddaughter Emma has carried and dragged around a small and loveable lion for almost as long as I can remember. There is an endearing lack of originality to the name of this lion. He is simply called Lion. He is loved in much the same way as other family favourites such as Monks and […]
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Around the time of my grandson Harry’s 4th birthday Percy the Park Keeper was a very popular figure in his life, and still is. So it was no surprise to me when ‘a Percy cake’ was the order of the day. As ever I used my tried and trusted birthday cake recipe and set about […]
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This post features a variety of cakes that I have made for a various occasions. Sticky: The cakes include one of my husbands favourites, a rich Sticky Ginger cake with generous pieces of stem ginger. Themed cakes: The pig themed cake also features a fondant ‘look a like’ of his favourite soft toy a scruffy, […]
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The cake request from my grandson Harry was initially for a Peppa Pig themed cake for his third birthday. I baked and decorated the cake then just a day or two before his birthday he let me know that he would also like Thomas the Tank engine on the cake as well! The idea of […]
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Just every now and again I get to bake and decorate a cake that’s quite different from the norm and is very much a ‘one off’. The cake I made for my Daughter in Law (my sons girlfriend at the time) was made to celebrate her birthday. The cake recipe was my standard, tried and […]
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This cake is really something of a modern classic now. It really is a cake that looks great and will always get compliments. When it’s done well even the simplest of ‘waterfall’ cakes will have something of a ‘wow factor’. This particular cake was one I made for my sons birthday. Once you have […]
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Having Grandchildren has brought me many sleepless nights trying to think through just how I will produce a cake that a few years ago would have been well beyond me. My eldest Grandsons request for a Paw Patrol cake for his 5th birthday and a Lego cake for his 6th birthday are examples that spring […]
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It’s hard to imagine there are many children that grow up not knowing about or liking Thomas the Tank Engine. It was certainly a great favourite of my own children and just the same for my grandchildren – you can imagine the pleasure I got from making this wonderful Thomas the Tank engine cake for […]
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