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A little drop of the black stuff! – Guinness Cake!
My intention with my blog has always been to have some kind of theme or relevance to the time of year. So with St Patrick’s Day fast approaching I was wracking my brain for culinary treats with a...
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Instant chocolate fondue
This recipe came about due to my lovely teenage son inviting friends for tea but neglecting to inform me. The first I would know about it, would be when I opened the front door to greeted by “Hiya!...
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Peanut Butter Crispies
As a child in Great Britain, one of the first cakes that you ever learn to make are chocolate rice crispie cakes. I distinctly remember making them with my Mum when I was little and in turn I have...
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Traditional English Shortbread
Some women have a weakness for shoes whilst others are self-confessed chocoholics. I have a bit of a problem with biscuits (for my American readers read that as cookies!). They call to me from the...
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How to craft a “Minecraft” Birthday cake
For those of you unfamiliar with “Minecraft” and by that read well past their teenage years, Minecraft is a computer game in which you design your own houses and land whilst being attacked by...
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Chai Tea Sponge Cake with Vanilla Buttercream.
I think I have probably mentioned before that I am real caffeine addict. I love proper barista coffee and if I have a latte I always ask for an extra shot! Unlike my son, who at 14 still doesn’t drink...
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Fool-proof fairy cakes
I’m not sure whether it is the prospect of the Diamond Jubilee, Euro 2012 (apparently it is some kind of soccer tournament) and of course, the London Olympics but here in the UK people are becoming...
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Smash the Cake Photo shoot
I was recently asked to make a cake for a photo shoot. The cake in question was for a little boy called Logan who was turning 2. His mum is a fantastic photographer, Photography by Buckley, who...
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Peach and Amaretti cake
This cake is a variation of a birthday cake featured by one of my favourite bloggers, Frugal Feeding and she got it from the BBC’s Good Food website. The original cake was raspberry and amaretti but...
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Luscious Lemon Damp Cake
Well, it has been another one of those weeks when I don’t seem to have stopped but also don’t seem to have achieved anything! My poor whippet, Felix, who broke his leg recently is still having problems...
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Wilton 3D Skull cake tin – product review
I don’t know about you but I have a stupid amount of cake tins. Admittedly I do make wedding and birthday cakes for a living but there are some tins I have only ever used once. I have either bought...
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Last minute fruit cake
I have taken a number of phone calls over the past couple of years where I have been asked to provide a fruit cake for the following weekend or even the following day! I have felt so mean having to...
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Traditional Fruit Cake Recipe for a Celebration cake
I am asked time and again for my fruit cake recipe. More and more brides are choosing to have sponge wedding cakes but many still require a small fruit cake for cutting (Don’t get me started on why you...
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Chocolate Dense Cake
This may not be the prettiest of cakes but what it lacks in looks, it more than makes up for in taste. I’m not really a lover of chocolate cake, I much prefer lemon cake or carrot cake or better still...
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Greek Coconut cake
We all have those people that enter our lives, becoming firm friends then through no fault on any part drift apart. There is nothing better than rekindling those friendships years later. I have one...
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