Cake, kids & exercise
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
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
This is a very handy recipe to have in your collection. You just beat it altogether in a bowl, with a wooden spoon. Yay no mixer required. Less washing up! It works well on a traybake, cupcakes or cake. The recipe is from Mary Berry’s ‘Fast Cakes’ and is from another recipe, which I… Continue reading Easy Chocolate Icing
Frosting - the word sounds very American to me, but the recipe below is definitely not icing. This works so well on a cake. It’s a lick the spoon (ahem and bowl) kinda recipe. It would also be delicious on cupcakes, a traybake or even slightly heated and poured on ice cream. I have the… Continue reading The best chocolate fudge frosting
This is my ultimate Chocolate Buttercream. Great on cupcakes and cakes. It contains dark chocolate but it's not bitter, it's like a magical combination. Kids and adults adore this icing. Ingredients: 200g softened unsalted butter 400g icing sugar 2 tablespoons of cooled boiled water 75 g dark chocolate melted Method: Melt the dark chocolate –… Continue reading Chocolate Buttercream
I have learnt that kids seem to prefer the very last part of making cupcakes, the decorating bit! So I thought, that I'd share how I entertain kids with cupcake decorating. I'll be honest, it doesn't keep them busy for long but they do love it. Whenever I make cupcakes, I make extra and bung… Continue reading Easy Cupcake Decorating with kids
Not 1 buttercream recipe but 4! I use them all regularly. The white chocolate one works really well on carrot cake cupcakes. Option 1: Traditional Buttercream, the classic recipe that we used in school! Option 2: Lemon Buttercream Option 3: White Chocolate Buttercream Option 4: Alternative Buttercream recipe - uses less butter so handy to… Continue reading 4 Buttercream Recipes
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
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
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