Halloween Bat Biscuits

Happy Halloween! These biscuits were a tasty excuse to try out my new bat biscuit cutter, that came as part of My Cake Decorating magazine‘s Halloween special. The recipe was my basic chocolate butter biscuit (which you can find here), topped with chocolate royal icing and plenty of chocolate sprinkles! I added eyes made out of…

Chocolate Orange Cobweb Cupcakes

Another week, another cake club! This one was held by Cake Eaters Anonymous (you can also find them on facebook), which I am very proud to say started in Nottingham. There are now a few more clubs springing up around the country but this is surely the original and best 😉 The idea behind this cake…

Spiced Pumpkin and Treacle Tart

Who’d have guessed you could have a whole evenings’ fun with a pumpkin, and one that cost only £1 from tesco! With Rob carving and me baking we had great (and tasty) fun; I can’t share an exact recipe as such as it was a bit of a make-it-up-as-you-go-along, but I hope it gives you…

Sachertorte (and my first Cake Club!)

Today my diary finally came together and I was able to attend my first ever cake club. I’m signed up to a fair few mailing lists and this one came from the lovely Clandestine Cake Club. They have branches around the country, most meeting about once a month, the idea being nothing more simple than to…

Chocolate Burlesque Biscuits

A friend’s birthday last weekend – and one of my favourite occasions to bake for, a theme party. The theme was burlesque / Moulin Rouge, so I went to town with dark, sexy colours, intricate details, and a little bit of sparkle for added razzmatazz. The biscuits were my chocolate sable recipe which you can…

Mini Blueberry Jam Tarts

An afternoons cleaning and I was quickly bored… having had some toast for lunch I discovered this jam was just too good to waste in Rob’s sandwiches! So, inspired by A simple pot of jam – here are my deliciously simple tiny tarts. To make just a mini batch of tarts, I used the following…

Home-Made Ferrero Rocher & Low-Fat Chocolate Truffles

Show me a woman and I’ll bet you she can give you an excuse to eat chocolate. I had a bad day at work. It’s Friday. I had a good day at work. Because I want to. Well – I am happy to give you another one – and be warned, you’ve probably got some…

Sticky Date, Treacle and Ginger Cake

This is probably my ultimate autumn cake – everything that reminds me of being wrapped up warmly, crisp cool air, crunchy leaves and bright blue skies. I had my heart set on using dates, treacle and ginger (let’s not mention the crystallised ginger I forgot to put in…), but actually couldn’t find a recipe then…

Triple Chocolate Racing Car Biscuits

Last week we were invited by some friends to the race weekend at Donington Park. Despite the fact it’s only a few miles from our house, and I drive past every morning on my way to work, I’ve never actually been to see a proper race there. It was brilliantly exciting – lots of different…