Cakes
Patchwork owl birthday cake

Patchwork owl birthday cake

In February my ‘baby’ was 6 years old. Where on earth does the time go?! At the moment she is owl obsessed. She has owls on her bedroom walls, an owl cushion on her rocking chair, owl fabric for her blinds and various other little owl toys and decorations. So, it wasn’t a huge surprise...
Festive chocolate log

Festive chocolate log

For the past few Wednesdays, I have been joining in with #BoothsCheers over on twitter. Each week they send out bottles of wine and beer that they have on offer for their 12 Deals of Christmas to bloggers, who try them and then suggest recipes they think would go well with. I’m certainly no wine...
Animal cupcakes

Animal cupcakes

Last month I had an exciting and different cupcake order. I’ve probably said before, I’m not keen on doing the same designs over and over! There’s a part of me that likes the fact that it is easy to make something you’ve done before, but it slightly takes the creative aspect out of it. I’m...
The Great Blogger Bake Off

The Great Blogger Bake Off

If there’s one programme I look forward to watching each week, it’s The Great British Bake Off. As you can probably tell, I love baking and there’s hardly a day goes by when I don’t stick the oven on and bake something (hence my ever expanding waistline!). So I was delighted to be asked to...
CCC Eastleigh - Drink Up!

CCC Eastleigh – Drink Up!

Today we held the third Eastleigh Clandestine Cake Club meet up. We are a small, but perfectly formed group, and today was great fun! After holding the first couple of meetings at home, I decided it was time to branch out and find a venue for us to try out. I had seen that Nicky...
Jubilee baking

Jubilee baking

I know, I know, there’s enough Jubilee related posts flying round at the moment, but I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon too! At the beginning of the month, Grace’s school held a Jubilee celebration. It was great fun, with children from all the classes taking part in dancing, singing, parades and much more. There...
Apple crumble and custard cake

Apple crumble and custard cake

A few weeks back we had the first meeting of the Eastleigh Clandestine Cake Club, which was really great fun. Our theme was fabulous fruit cakes and we had a great mix of flavours to try. After a few last minute cancellations, there were five of us and enough cake to feed about 50! Everyone...
Easter chocolate nests

Easter chocolate nests

I’m pretty sure that when you have children it is compulsory to make these chocolate krispie cakes – especially at Easter time using mini eggs. I’m not a huge fan of just mixing rice kripies or cornflakes with chocolate as I find they tend to set rock solid, so I always use a mixture of...
Eastleigh Clandestine Cake Club

Eastleigh Clandestine Cake Club

It’s no secret that I love a good cake and to satisfy my cake cravings, I’ve been thinking about starting a Clandestine Cake Club for a while. With the recent popularity and press coverage, I’ve decided to go for it and will be holding the first event next week. For those of you who haven’t...
Lego birthday cake

Lego birthday cake

I love getting new cake commissions because it almost always means I get to try out something new. I was very excited when a friend asked me to create a Lego themed cake for her son’s 7th birthday last weekend. She came up with the fantastic idea of making it into a number 7 and...
Cakes and Bakes of 2011

Cakes and Bakes of 2011

Wow, I can’t believe it is 2012 already! Happy New Year everyone! Last year I had a busy time baking – I didn’t realise how many cakes I had baked until I started to put together this collage so I have just picked some of my favourite ones. I was delighted to make the cake...
Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Hope everyone has had a fun filled day! We’ve been busy cooking up a feast, opening presents and generally sharing lots of laughs. Hope we still have room for a slice of Christmas cake….