April 2013

Maple Bacon Cupcakes for Andrew

There are people in my life that I just know I’m going to be friends with forever. I know this because I can be far away from them and only exchange a few funny texts from time to time, but when we do get together it’s like they were never more than a few streets away. The distance doesn’t really matter. They are equally as important to me as the friends that I love and see most days, but it’s special when they come home to visit and I get to see their faces. Andrew is one of these people. I’ve known him for most of my short life and

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Little Bird Cupcakes

Little Bird are a company who share an office with Found, where my sister works. One of their little birds, Rhianon, is flying the nest this week and so these cupcakes are a farewell to her. When I agreed to make these cupcakes I was unsure of what I was going to do. I pretty much instantly fell in love with the logo and colour combo of the company. It’s just so darn cute. So that was my starting point. But, it wasn’t until I sat down with

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Mini Pineapple Upside-Down Cakes

If you don’t watch Mad Men you definitely should. I can’t recommend it enough. I loved it from the first episode and quickly stormed through the box sets. It has everything I want in a tv show; great scripts, complex characters, intense relationships and an amazing wardrobe. Not to mention, a very attractive leading man. Previously I’ve watched it mostly on my own, glued to the laptop. So when I heard that Season 6 was

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Macaron Cake

This might be one of my favourite things I’ve made to date. Nothing says birthday like rainbow and this birthday cake is for my cousin Eloise. She doesn’t really like cake (what?! yes.) but really liked my raspberry macarons so I decided to go on that. I knew exactly how I wanted it to look and made multiple scrawly drawings trying to plan and get it perfect. Because I feel a birthday cake should have at least a small amount of cake, I made a vanilla sponge to act as a pedestal for the macarons. I lined the outside of the cake in

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