Seasonal

Today is all about love…and chocolate. The last of my treats for Valentine’s are these chocolate cupcakes. Half are topped with raspberry buttercream and the other half a salted caramel buttercream with …

Nothing says love like bacon, right? Ok, maybe that’s just me. The whole maple bacon thing is something I really love, I even made the combination in cupcake form here. Incorporating this magical flavour duo on a small heart shaped doughnut is pretty dreamy to me. They are also ridiculously cute. This is mostly down to the tin which is this Wilton one. It came all the way from America, but I’m sure you …

Did you watch The OC when it was on? It was pretty great back then. The best thing to come from The O.C was the invention of Chrismukkah. The merging of Christmas and Hanukkah. So this year we decided to have a little Chrismukkah with our cute Canadian friends Emily and Teddy. They were to provide the Hanukkah bit and my sister and I the Christmas. It was such a great weekend full of …

One of the best things about Christmas is when you receive something you weren’t expecting. Those surprise moments (we’ve all watched that guy holding the boards in Love Actually 100 times. No? Just me?). I think that whole ‘just because it’s Christmas’ thing doesn’t happen enough. That’s where these cupcakes step in. To spread some unexpected Christmas cheer, I got up on Tuesday morning and made a load of these to give to out to friends and to the lovely people in my Dad’s office. I’ve had in my head for ages exactly how I wanted these cupcakes to look. I handmade all …