Are we excited for the World Cup? These cupcakes are making me a little more interested I’ll have to admit. I think I’m just not getting my hopes up.  Apart from actually watching the football I’m more looking forward to pre-football BBQs, checking out Glen Johnson, and eating football themed treats, such as these, which I made to celebrate a few birthdays and the start of the World Cup yesterday. I chose …

This weekend I headed to Food Blogger Connect for the first time to hear some talks, learn lots and eat even more. The event was over three days but I opted just to attend the Saturday sessions to see what it was like. Not only did I get to meet up with my friend Livvi of Pancakes and Peonies but it was so nice to be in a space with other likeminded food bloggers who were also snapping away on their cameras too! In the morning I attended a Food Photography and Styling Lab run by Donal Skehan and Sharon Hearne-Smith (um how fabulous is her dress!!!) . They showed us in depth how they would style, shoot and edit images along with some great insight and tips into their process. We also got to …

I bought this ridiculously cool mould a while back in anticipation of the return of our weekly Mad Men nights. When the series was last on we gathered together to watch episodes, make great dinners and have some fun desserts. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the show, but it’s office based and they are on the phone like ALL the time. Whether they are talking business or secretly speaking to mistresses or answering to their wives I find a lot of the plots develop over telephone conversations, making this a totally appropriate addition to our evening. I wanted to make it playful and make a chocolate shell that revealed a colourful centre when you broke in to it. I used up the masses of Easter egg chocolate I have left and melted them down. Using a spoon I lined the mould, first with white chocolate for the dial and then milk for the rest of the phone, allowing it to set in the fridge after every stage. Once it had set I filled it with

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I remember not long ago saying that I thought I was reaching the age where my friends might start asking me to make their wedding cakes…so when my friend Roderick got engaged to the gorgeous Lizzie and asked me to make their wedding cake I was thrilled. I couldn’t imagine making my first wedding cake for a lovelier couple. The cake was to be a surprise for the bride so Roderick and I worked on a design and came up with …