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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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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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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