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As it was the weekend before Halloween, Alexia and I decided to go to our local farm to carefully select a few pumpkins, frolic in the fields and of course take a few photos along the way. The pumpkin patch was already packed with families and kids being plonked on pumpkins for cute photo opportunities (I would totally do the same). After a delightful lesson from Alexia about how pumpkins actually grow we explored the area trying to pick our favourites. Having poured with the rain the day before it was super muddy so we …

You can say you’re a pretty cool company to work for when you organise a trip to The London Dungeon and order cupcakes to match. Found were definitely winning at being an awesome company for their quarterly review and getting in to the spooky spirit too. I don’t really do scary very well but I went to The London Dungeon once a long time ago. It was prior to their revamp but it was still creepy and I went round with sweaty palms and slightly hiding behind people. Think it was the unknown, I reckon I’d be ok second time round. Maybe. For the decorations I remembered …

Boo! Can you believe it’s that time again – pumpkin fest and candy corn overload. Maybe that’s just me…I love this time of year – scrabbling together Halloween outfits and plans and if you’re me trying to avoid any actual scary things. This cake is to celebrate all the great bits of Halloween!! It’s an Oreo cake with a milk chocolate drip and topped with …

I’m completely in love with this cake. It was an order to celebrate a lovely lady called Holly’s 21^st birthday. To design the cake I did a few things. I spoke with her Mum about the kind of party she was having, including colour schemes, invitations and table settings. She also linked me to Holly’s Pinterest, this gave me a good idea visually of all the things she likes. We decided to include her love of palm trees, beachy vibes and inspiring texts. I saw a Hey There Cupcake! Cake that used patterns and text in a cool way which inspired the design. Keeping to the monochrome theme I set about …