Cake, kids & exercise
Rich and chocolatey. They are more like mars bar cornflake buns than cupcakes, as they aren’t actually baked. In short, very indulgent but easy to make and very popular. The recipe is from one of my favourite books, ‘Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery’. There are so many good recipes in this book. Anyway, the recipe… Continue reading Mars Bar Cupcakes
Sounds like a win-win. A cookie that looks like a donut. Our inspiration came from a kids magazine, which my daughter got ages ago. She wanted to follow the recipe in the magazine, even though I have the perfect cookie recipe.... I went along with her plan, but wished I'd used my recipe 😉 The… Continue reading Donut Cookies
I adore lemon and love a good lemon hit in a biscuit or cake. I have been meaning to try lemon cupcakes for yonks and finally got around to it during lockdown. We actually tried two recipes and this was the big winner. The first recipe used plain flour and I felt the cupcakes were… Continue reading Iced Lemon Cupcakes
Easter baking is very popular and kids love these cupcakes. Just make some cupcakes from my website , I recommend Vanilla Cupcakes or Heavenly Chocolate Cupcakes When you pipe the buttercream, just do a circle around the outer rim of the cupcake and place a few mini eggs in the centre, so that they look like… Continue reading Easter Cupcakes
This frosting recipe is from The Hummingbird Bakery book called 'Cake Days', it's also been shared numerous times in magazines. They use it for their Red Velvet Cupcakes and it’s so good. I’ll be honest making Red Velvet Cupcakes, is a bit of a chore - so many bowls and ingredients, but some people really… Continue reading Cream Cheese Frosting
I've been meaning to try this for ages. I mean years.... The recipe is from a free Odlum's booklet, which I got years ago, called 'The Cake Club'. It was a promotional booklet for hosting a bake sale and I rediscovered it during lockdown de-cluttering. I made two changes to the recipe - but I'll… Continue reading Carrot Cake Traybake
There is so much going on in the world today. Due to COVID 19, we have our kids at home and maybe some of you are also working from home too. We need to keep socially distant from loved ones and friends, which is very hard. Days are long. Yes, there can be some fun… Continue reading Doorstep Gifts
