How cute are these bite-sized little sponges? The perfect treat for afternoon tea (or morning, or evening…), simple to make and easy to transport and assemble too. For an after-work afternoon tea this evening (how nice is it to be able to do things outside post-5pm), I wanted something that was simple to make, but wouldn’t…
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Galaxy Bites Chocolate and Caramel Cupcakes
I’d love to tell you more about these but, truth be told, they have sat on my phone for about 2 months (the photos, not the cakes!), and my memory is, well, hazy at best! The key ingredient I can tell you is my latest addiction in the chocolate market, Galaxy Bites. Think of a…
Red Velvet Valentines Ombre Cake
Happy Valentines Day! We have agreed not to do presents this year (it is going to be a costly enough 2013 as it is, watch this space…) but of course I couldn’t shy away from the valentines cake tradition! Rob would be broken-hearted if there wasn’t a red velvet surprise waiting for him. Last years…
Two Great Years – Vanilla and Chocolate Chip Anniversary Cake
I’ve been away a lot with work in the past couple of weeks (7 nights away out of the past 12, groan!) so decided a while back we’d have a nice little celebration cosied up at home, nice dinner, bottle of wine, Christmas film on the TV (can’t believe I’ve got my own way and…
Autumnal Golden Ginger and Chocolate Cupcakes
My second bake for National Cupcake Week – well, it does only come round once year! You can view my first batch of cupcakes here. Inspired by a big piece of root ginger that’s been in the kitchen for sometime, I wanted to make something tasty but beautiful! The cupcakes were a basic sponge mix…
Nearly-Neapolitan Mini Cupcakes
Back from a lovely weeks holiday, relaxed, tanned, and itching to get back into the kitchen! We’d been home all of about an hour before I dreamt up a good unpacking-avoidance technique of making some mini cupcakes, and they’d be the perfect thank-you gift for our lovely cat-sitters. It was the first day of National…
Pink Iced Strawberry Buttercream Birthday Cake
A summer birthday and a big punnet of strawberries… how could you resist this amazing strawberry buttercream filled cake? The cake was a victoria sponge, sweetened with a few spoonfuls of vanilla yoghurt (also makes it extra light and fluffy.) To fill, I pureed some strawberries, an amazing excuse to use my new mini blender…
Rainbow Cupcakes
This weekend a good friend was having a birthday party, and I simply couldn’t turn up without cake in hand! I’d originally planned to do some simpler 2-colour cupcakes, but happened upon some gel colours on my supermarket run, and knew he’d love these, reminiscent of Nottingham Pride last weekend. Believe it or not they…
Little House on the Cake Board
The weekend before last, a couple of friends of mine upped sticks and moved house – granted only about half a mile down the road, but moving was still a lot of work! They were taking some old furniture off my hands, so I was backwards and forwards to their new house a fair bit….
Lemon and Ginger Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
I have a confession to make. I’m not a real blonde. Worse still, I really should be. These cupcakes were made for the Nottingham City WI‘s Summer Fete this weekend. I was extra excited because finally, after months of blogging and talking on blogs, I was going to meet some girls who live locally, and love…
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