It’s 2 in the morning and I just finished making a cake for my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary tomorrow. I have no-one else to tell so here it is! It’s a semi naked vanilla sponge with raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream, topped with a gold drop and hand piped buttercream peonies. Hope you like it!…
Tag: baking
Happy dog-birthday cake recipe
So it was my dog’s birthday and I decided to make him a cake that both dogs and humans could eat. It took a bit of googling and then a bit of inspiration and I thought I’d share the recipe as it turned out quite nice! (Dog liked it, anyway.) Ingredients 130g peanut butter 120g…
Scrabble cookies
Some friends of ours have a regular monthly open house. They’re Australian, and apparently that’s something Aussies do. (Be sociable. This is a bit of a novelty to us Brits as it’s hard to find a British social event that isn’t centred around getting drunk. Although of course you can drink at open house.) Anyway,…
Vegan cake challenge
It was my uncle’s 80th birthday last week. Let me start by saying that this seems absolutely insane because Uncle D looks younger than a lot of people in their fifties and pretty much everyone in their sixties or seventies. I work with a sixty year old and he looks way older than my uncle!…
Out of retirement…
I haven’t made a “proper” cake really since B was born. But T’s sister is getting married and asked me to make the cake so how could I refuse? This is a three tiered vanilla sponge filled with lemon curd, raspberry jam and strawberry jam. It’s covered with vanilla buttercream and decorated with buttercream flowers….
Happy turkey day
Sneaking into NaBloPoMo today with a bit of long overdue baking. I haven’t really made anything much since we moved to our new place, but T works for an American firm where they do pot luck. (We don’t really do this in the UK – the only time I’ve ever experienced it was when I…
Catching up
Wowzers, it’s been a bit of a week! Firstly, we went on our annual trip to Disneyland Paris! It’s our pre Christmas tradition (yes, I know we were just back from Orlando – what can I say?!) and it’s always a fun way to get into the Christmas spirit. We have already done all our…
Weekend cakery
So after the all day class yesterday, I got back home and made… This. Two tiers (that’s FOUR cake layers, people) of chocolate truffle cake, covered with white chocolate buttercream (yums), surrounded by swathes of dark chocolate, topped with gold lustre and chocolate balls (Maltesers, for those in the UK) and assorted fruit (red grapes,…
Life ain’t a cakewalk
Wowzers. I did a whole day class and I’m absolutely exhausted! And now have to go and ice a commission for early tomorrow am… Why on earth do I agree to these things?! It was fun, and I learned some new techniques. I usually only do buttercream so this was a bit of a stretch….
That Friday feeling
Well, that was a bit of a pity party, wasn’t it? Sorry about that. I really appreciate people’s comments and advice (and virtual hugs!) – I’ve been pretty busy this week on a new cake commission so haven’t yet had a chance to reply. So I thought I would leave you with a quick cake…
From zero to zygote 