Celebration cakes – making a Harry Potter birthday cake

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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Celebration cakes – cakes for all occasions

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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Celebration cakes for special occasions. Zimbabwean cake

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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Cupcakes for all occasions

Who doesn’t enjoy a cupcake? I’m on safe ground saying everybody in my family enjoys them. Over the years I have made quite a variety of cupcakes for all sorts of occasions. Cupcakes in my household are a guaranteed winner. So just what is a cupcake? Well according to Wikipedia it is a small cake […]

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