I’d seen pictures on Pinterest of a fabulously turned out cake with an M&M’s topping and a Kit Kat outside all tied together perfectly with a ribbon. I know my limitations, if I’d tried the ribbon trick the whole cake would have burst through the M&M’s and I’d have to re-brand it as a kind… Read More »
Here’s a bit of a blast from the past. When Twilight was the teen reading sensation in our house I made a Twilight birthday cake. The concept was simply to have a plain Victoria sponge cake and top it with buttercream. If you squint a bit you can imagine this looks like the cover of… Read More »
The Queen’s 60th Jubilee overtook the UK last weekend. Our street had a party, much silliness and fun were had. I baked a cake. There were plenty of Union Jack cakes made with strawberries, blueberries and cream, and one made with carefully arranged M&M’s. I’d like to claim I’d decided not to go for anything… Read More »
This is an easy to make cake, that looks like it’s really difficult. I like that, it give people the impression that I’m an organised and together person, without me having to actually be one. The cake itself is a basic Victoria sponge, go ahead and use your own favourite recipe, or if you’re American,… Read More »
I made what we called S’mores cake for a birthday. It was Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Sour Cream Cake, which is great, sandwiched together with chocolate buttercream and Tunnocks Tea Cakes – the finest of all the tea cakes. It tasted good but was very clearly a chocolate sponge with teacakes in the middle. It would… Read More »
I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad flapjack, but I’m in a constant search for the perfect one. I searched for a Peanut Butter Flapjack recipe to get a protein hit into them. I found a good recipe from Waitrose here. Having read the comments I repaced 75g of the butter… Read More »
I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin pie, but I do like pumpkins and I do like spice, so Pumpkin Cake is a great alternative. I use Gordon Ramsay‘s recipe from The Times, it’s here. I do make a few adjustments. The icing is just a bit too much so I use ‘lighter’ cream cheese… Read More »