January 2016

Happy Anniversary Jade and Brad

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This year has got off to a pretty good start already. My best friend from school, Jade, just moved back here from South Africa with her fiancé Brad. I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am to have them here. I’ve missed having Jade to hang out with, go to gigs with, and laugh with at EVERYTHING. Brad being the coolest fiancé ever asked me to make a cake for Jade, as it’s their

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Biscuit Bouquets with Lost Found Keep

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Alexia and I had so much fun last year collaborating for Valentine’s Day that we decided to join forces again. We chose to combine my baking with Alexia’s flower talents for a super cute Valentine’s gift. We thought people might want to give a little sweet treat as well as flowers to their loved ones on Valentine’s Day. I made vanilla biscuits with

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Map Birthday Cake

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Last week I made this birthday cake for my friend’s Stepdad who was turning 65. I’ve known him for a long while now and I can safely say he is one of the kindest people I know. I don’t think I’ve ever made him a proper birthday cake before as he’s typically travelling around this time of the year, so I wanted to make him something special for his big birthday. He has so many interests and great achievements that could have been incorporated on the cake but my friend and I decided to celebrate things a little closer to home. I kept the design

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Cutter and Squidge

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I was heading to dinner in Soho with my friends Alexia and Gabi just before Christmas when we walked past a pretty awesome looking cake shop, Cutter and Squidge. I ducked in and asked what time they closed thinking that it would be in the next few minutes or so. They said they closed at 10pm making it the perfect place for post-dinner dessert. We rushed back after our meal and spent ages oohing and aahing over the variety of treats behind the glass. The shop was just as cute as it’s name, with

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