Cake, kids & exercise
These biscuits are a bit different to what we usually bake, as they have a filling, but are a nice change when baking with kids. My daughter loved pressing the fork down on the cookie dough before we baked them - she really got into it. The recipe does say to use peppermint essence in… Continue reading Chocolate Kisses Biscuits
Decorating Mums often mention to me, that their buttercream never looks like mine or that they find it hard to put it on cupcakes. I wanted to show them, that making buttercream can be easy. To be able to pipe it easily, you do need the right consistency and also the right icing tip. I… Continue reading Making & Piping Buttercream
Oreo Truffles? Oreo Cookie Balls? These bad boys have so many different names but they are so easy. My 6 year old daughter wanted to do some baking today (Valentine's Day) and I remembered how easy these are to make. I made these years ago and went to look for the recipe that I used,… Continue reading Oreo Cake Balls
Stick a butterfly or a heart on a home-made Vanilla cupcake and you have your Valentine's gift sorted. I have got brave and made a few video tutorials. This is only my second one but hopefully it's clear that these decorations are easy. I'll invest in a better tripod eventually but in the meantime, side… Continue reading Valentine’s Cupcake Decorations
I'll hand over to Jamie Oliver and his kids for this one! This recipe was in a weekend supplement years ago, and it's my go to pancake recipe. It's super easy. My kids love making and eating them. In the video, he adds grated pear, I haven't actually done that, but now want to try… Continue reading One Cup Pancakes
I never thought that I would run. When our kids were very small, we used to go to the park early on a Saturday morning and I cursed the park run under my breath - the runners took up all the parking spaces and the coffee stand was crazy busy after the run. If you… Continue reading My Running Journey
While I made a lot of cakes during my time as a cake decorator, I also made a whole lot of cupcakes. If I'm honest, I enjoyed doing the cupcakes more than the cakes, especially the custom design ones. Here's a snapshot of some of the creations, which I was particulary proud of. Doing fiddly… Continue reading My Cupcakes
So, I had a small cake business for a few years. I specialised in Custom Cakes, predominately for kids - mainly Christenings, Birthdays & Communions. It might be interesting for you guys to see some of my work. So here's a peak at some of the Birthday Cakes. These are cakes that I made for… Continue reading My Cakes
I am proud to support Bake-a-Wish Ireland, a heart warming charity which aims to help children with life threatening and life shortening conditions, and their siblings, to celebrate a birthday or special day in style, with a stunning cake! This small gesture, often decorated with a favourite character, always brings a welcome smile to children's… Continue reading Bake A Wish
Looking at the times I do for 5k and the only 10k run that I ever did, I got the notion that I'd like to do my first 5 mile, in a time of 45-something. Nothing scientific about the number - but it had a nice ring to it. The run was busy, for the… Continue reading My first 5 mile
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