Sugar cookies are my favourite thing to make and decorate right now. They’re super quick, easy and I can get as creative as I like with them too. Since making my sister’s baby shower cake and sugar cookies in May, I’ve been on a baking hiatus. But, to get back into the swing of things, […]
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My little sister is due her baby boy next month and I was honoured to make their baby shower cake for them. She sent me a picture of the kind of design she liked which was fairly neutral; not covered in baby feet and other novelty decorations. So I did my own thing and you […]
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Just a little post to share some pictures of my easter baking – cupcakes! Very simple using this simple cupcake recipe by Jane’s Patisserie – these give me the perfect and tastiest cupcakes every time. Then I did different toppings to decorate an equally easy vanilla buttercream frosting.
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For a while I’ve wanted to do a private cake decorating class to learn new techniques, discover new tools I need to add to my wishlist, and get general advice from a professional to build my baking knowledge. With that, for my birthday last month, my husband booked me a 1:1 cake decorating class with […]
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Happy Pancake Day! Every Shrove Tuesday we’ve always made the effort to make pancakes from scratch in the evening after work, but the best few years since having my daughter, that’s not happened. But now, with a snack-obsessed toddler who loves a mini scotch pancake after nursery, I wanted to make the effort this year. […]
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With Pancake Day on the horizon, these mini pancake stacks layered with Nutella and topped with strawberries and blueberries are the perfect treat. I had so much fun making these using my trusty crepe maker my little sister bought me years ago. Inspired by these mini pancake stacks on Pinterest. These were so simple to […]
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I’ll start off by sharing a quote from my first birthday cake post where I wrote, “next year I’ll be sticking to just the one tier…” – I clearly forgot the stress that cake put me under, so here we are again for round two of making my daughter a two tier birthday cake. Another […]
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Growing up, my mum made our birthday cakes every year. I’m not talking a classic victoria sponge with a dusting of icing sugar (although, absolutely nothing wrong with that!), I’m talking about a whole miniature model of our 10th birthday party for one example; she made me and my twin sister out of fondant icing […]
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