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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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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I suppose there are many of us who know someone who likes to head off for the river or favourite stretch of water to spend time fishing. So what better cake for their birthday than one that celebrates their hobby. In my case I got to make this cake for my Uncle when he celebrated […]
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It didn’t come as too much of a surprise to me when my Granddaughter asked for a Unicorn themed cake for her birthday. In many respects this cake was easier and less time consuming to decorate than some of the other requests I have had! See the pictures of the Unicorn cake in the photo […]
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A personal favourite of all the celebration cakes I have baked and decorated over the years is the Gruffalo cake. I made the cake featured in this post for my Granddaughters second birthday, For those of you unfamiliar with the The Gruffalo story, it is told in a wonderful book written by Julia Donaldson with […]
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It’s certainly true that being able to bake a decent cake is a skill worth having. Additionally being able to decorate a cake to a reasonable standard is certainly a sure fire way to delight friends and family. There are a number of posts on this blog about quite ‘specific occasion’ cakes. This post features […]
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