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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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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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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Here’s an example of a cake I made for a friend using my standard and well tested celebration cake recipe. This was a fairly routine design, incorparating the Breast Cancer charity pink ribbon and was one of the first cakes that I made with a fondant covering. Clicking any of the pictures below will open […]
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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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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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