May 2015

Sprinkle Macarons

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Last weekend I went to a Eurovision Party. It was awesome. I was pretty happy to see everyone was as overly committed to their chosen country as I was, in full on fancy dress and food to match. I opted for France and although my country was appalling on the performance front, there was enough brie baguettes, red wine and eclairs to keep everyone happy. I also took along these macarons that were all dressed up to party too. Fact: Sprinkles make everything look more fun. I made these using my fave macaron recipe coloured

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Paper Peony Cake

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I think I’m pretty late to the party but over the past few months I’ve been learning new and cool things from Craftsy. I’d been hearing about it for a while, but not had the time to sit down and try out a class. When I saw that one of my fave cake makers Stevi Auble of ‘Hey There Cupcake’ had a wafer paper flower class I was all over it. I bought the stuff. Did the class and made this cake. It was such a great way to learn something new. Super clear and

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Cake for Luisa

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That crazy fun cousin of mine Luisa is over from America visiting. We’ve had the best few days hanging out. We danced to S Club at the O2, took afternoon tea at Sketch, went for a proper English roast and ate lots of this cake. It was her birthday just before she arrived so I wanted to have a little belated celebration with her. For a while now I’ve been inspired by Katherine Sabbath and my Instagram feed is constantly full of delicious looking cakes dripping with ganache. I wanted to give it a go myself. So I chose to do an Oreo cake with a milk chocolate ganache drip. THE best combo. I made

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S Club Cupcakes

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I’m overwhelmed with excitement and nostalgia. These cupcakes are celebrating the fact that S Club 7 have reunited and I get to sing and dance to all those amazing songs that made my childhood so much fun. This weekend they were ‘Bringing it all Back’ to the O2 and I made these cupcakes inspired by the tour. They featured the

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