Baking

I think I unintentionally have a thing for making clock cakes. They are always a bit of a challenge, but in a good way. I was asked to make a Grandfather clock for our friend Becky’s Grandfather’s 90^th Birthday. He has spent his life repairing clocks including Big Ben. There is a little article on him here. Becky sent me this image as a reference of how she wanted the clock to look. To start the grandfather clock I …

I’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus and posting pretty randomly for the past few months. I’ve been working on lots of different things – some of which I’m super excited to share on here. Like these macarons, which might be my new fave flavour (I think I say that every time I make new ones). These were for my cousin’s birthday. She doesn’t really do cake so every year I make her some sort of macarons or macaron cake hybrid, as she can eat about a million of them. I went for banoffee as it’s such a classic combo and these were full of flavour. To make them I …

Oh HEY! I’d abandoned blog for a bit while working on lots of exciting things. The weeks have been flying by at an unnaturally fast pace and I’ve realised I hadn’t shared anything since Valentine’s. Doh. So here are some good looking cake guys for you. I made these Ferrero Rocher cupcakes this past week and they went down pretty darn well. Here’s how I did it. I began by …

It’s that time of year again. Everything gets heart-shaped and love songy. I’ve made a lot of Valentine’s things over the years but thought I would stick with a classic for these cupcakes. Love hearts! I made teeny heart shaped biscuits using this small cutter and iced some traditional messages of love on them. As you can see I …