Now these are really quick and easy to make (and only require basic baking skills!). To get you started you’ll need some delicious chocolate cupcakes, some equally delectable chocolate buttercream, some Cadbury’s flakes and some Christmas decorations. You can buy small ready-made decorations or you can model them yourself like I did. I used a … Continue reading
So here’s the first of my baking gift ideas: So sparkle snowflake cupcakes! I love giving home-made Christmas gifts and there’s something particularly delightful about one that looks good and tastes good! These are probably intermediate level cupcakes as the royal icing is a bit tricky, but I’ve got some easier ones coming up … Continue reading
Appearance or taste? This may sound like an odd way to start a post- but it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot. When we bake pretty things is taste compromised? If Frances from the Great British Bake Off has taught us anything- it’s that those amazing creative designs don’t win any points if they … Continue reading
As part of my work recently I went on a two day sugar flower course, the goal was to make an autumnal arrangement suitable to decorate a cake with Leonardis Roses, conkers, witch hazel and hypericum berries I’ll be honest I expected it to be easy and I also expected to be good at it; it was … Continue reading