photography, walking, traveling … and a bit of baking
Around about the middle of 2019 my son and his wife to be asked me if I would make their wedding cake. Or rather to be completely clear would I make their wedding cakes … all four of them! This felt like a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, I was touched and […]
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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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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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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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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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Like many children growing up, my eldest grandson had (and still has) a favourite and much loved soft toy. For Daniel it’s been a monkey, who is now somewhat raggy and battered and is affectionately known in the family as ‘Monks’. So it wasn’t really a surprise that Daniel asked for a birthday cake that […]
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