Cake, kids & exercise
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
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
They sound fun and tasty, so I gave them a try. I used a book from the library called 'Wicked Cupcakes!' by Luisa Zissman. She was on The Apprentice years ago, apparently, and has a cupcake shop....sure it had to be a success eh... Well they were, but her recipe makes way more than 12… Continue reading Cola Cupcakes
🎄I've been asked a few times for a really good gingerbread recipe. It's a hard one to answer for me, as I am not a ginger fan🙈. Anyway, this year, I decided to try making gingerbread dough and enlisted a few taste testers to give their verdict. They liked it, so I'll take a leap… Continue reading Gingerbread
This recipe caught my eye when I was flicking through a cook book. It sounds like such a yummy combo. I'm a big Rachel Allen recipe fan and have a number of her books. This is from 'Bake', which is one of her older books. She does a basic cookie recipe and then suggests a… Continue reading White Chocolate and Orange Cookies
The full title is actually 'Chocolate Traybake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting' but that's quite a mouthful! I doubt that it would fit as a title. I've made this many times. The traybake is easy and quick to make. The traybake recipe is from bbc food recipes website. The frosting recipe was for a different cake on… Continue reading Chocolate Traybake
I love looking at recipes in the weekend papers and in magazines. I often cut them out, but it may take years before I try them, if I ever do. I saw a recipe by Tom Doorley in The Mail at the start of the year, for Orange Cake and it caught my eye. I… Continue reading Orange Sponge Cake
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
Halloween baking seems to be a thing. It's getting like Christmas. Well, these cake balls are actually a no bake activity to do with the kids. Easy to do and my daughter had great fun. To do these Monster balls, I recommend you buy some candy eye balls. I use wilton brand ones (and I… Continue reading Easy Monster Cake Balls
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