Big Bakeoff winner!
Last month I decided to enter English Mum’s Big Bakeoff with my Summer strawberry cupcakes. I watched, with my mouth watering, as the entries poured in. There were some truly wonderful looking cakes and cupcakes, and some brilliant children’s entries. A few weeks back, whilst I was away caring for my Stepmum, I was delighted...
August Bake It! reminder
Just a quick reminder for anyone who is still thinking about joining in with the August Bake It! recipe that I will be putting the Linky up on Wednesday for you to link your blog posts to. There’s still plenty of time though if you want to join in but haven’t got round to it...
Baby Shower Giant Cupcake
At the weekend it was my sister’s baby shower. Unfortunately, I couldn’t make it as I am suffering from a nasty cold and thought it best not to share my germs! However, I did send Dale, the girls and this giant cupcake. It is a vanilla cupcake decorated with vanilla buttercream and sugar paste decorations....
Who makes your birthday cake?
A while ago I was tagged by the lovely Julie at Ice Maiden Cakes, who posed the question to fellow cake makers “Who makes your birthday cake?” Baking has long been a tradition in our family with my Mum, Grandma and Great Grandma all being fabulous bakers and that is certainly where I got my...
August Bake It! Recipe – Toffee Pecan Ring
Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who joined in with the July Bake It! recipe. The lemon squares all looked delicious and I hope you enjoyed the recipe. I hated to pick just one person for the prize, but my OH chose a number at random and that was Katie. Congrats! Drop me a...
July Bake It! Club
Roll call! So, who has managed a bit of baking this month? I only gave you a couple of weeks this month to get baking so I hope I gave you enough time. I have already seen some yummy looking lemon squares on some blogs but I’m hoping to see lots more! Don’t forget to add...
Royal Icing flowers
This is a sponsored post A while a go I received some different types of sugar from Tate & Lyle to try out when I was baking so I’m back with an update. I baked my cakes with the caster sugar and they were just as delicious as usual. If anything I would say that...
Summer strawberry cupcakes
I love all the fruit that is around this time of year and strawberries are my absolute favourite. I’ve wanted to try these cupcakes for a while so when I saw English Mum was hosting a Big Bakeoff, I thought I’d use them as my entry. These are vanilla cupcakes with a fresh strawberry in...
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