baking and lifestyle blog

It’s been a while since I made Alexia a cake. Probably because my birthday is the day before hers and it’s always a bit hectic. This year she had a little party post-birthday weekend so made her this cake to celebrate. She, of course, loves plants and flowers and after a failed attempt at attending a terrarium class (don’t ask) I felt like she deserved some succulents, especially ones made of sugar. The cake itself is …

I’ve been really looking forward to making this cake. I was asked by the lovely Grainne to create something for her daughter’s 21st ‘Day of the Dead’ themed birthday party this past weekend. I LOVE this theme. Put simply it’s like Mexican Halloween or if you’re feeling particularly Spanish, Dias de Muertos. I adore it’s colourful vibe, patterns and of course the decorated skulls. I knew it would translate into …

Hope you are having a spooky day and snacking on zombie brains like me. As you do. These cupcakes are vanilla with a raspberry jam blood filling and topped with …

Um so I’ve been worryingly into pumpkins this year. I watercoloured them on to cupcake toppers, we had a pumpkin painting evening (more on that soon), I’m psyching myself up to carve my pumpkin this afternoon aaaand I made these guys. ALL the pumpkins. These fellas were super simple to make. Using some orange fondant I …