Although my mum makes the best brownies in the world, I had to try these after watching Lorraine Pascale’s brilliant programme ‘Baking Made Easy’ (recipe here). They really were pretty easy to make and turned out to be amazing. I drooled over the smell coming from the oven and quickly had two as soon as they had cooled a bit. The sweetness of the Oreos balanced out the dark chocolate perfectly. I will definitely be …

Tonight I went to my friend Rosemary’s pirate themed birthday party. I was pretty excited to wear some stripes and an eye patch (which sadly snapped within the first five minutes of my arrival at the party). I wanted to make her some cupcakes and after finding these cute little flags I was all set. The cake is vanilla but for the icing I used rum flavouring, so they truly did stick to the theme.

Today is my friend Astrid’s birthday. Since she is normally my cake partner in crime I thought I should make her a good one. I chose the colours for the cake once I fell in love with the ribbon. It was ambitious as I have never done a three tier cake before. A birthday cake isn’t complete without …

Last night we hosted a ‘University Challenge’ evening. Mainly because I wanted to play my new University Challenge game, in which my team managed to score a shocking total of zero points. We all dressed up and …