baking and lifestyle blog

Maple Bacon Heart Doughnuts

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

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Peace and Love Valentine’s Biscuits

This Valentine’s Day I’ve fallen in love with ribbon. Yep ribbon. This cool metallicy grey fuzzy one that I knew would be perfect for tying up treat bags of Valentine biscuits. I always tend to make some sort of biscuit around Valentine’s Day. You can see previous years’ designs here and here. It’s the endless possibilities for decoration, and this year

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Happy 21st Birthday James

In my world I’m lucky enough to have people who might not actually be related to me, but feel like family. The Salmons have been our family friends since forever. I’ve grown up with them and their children James and Amelia, and when James turned 21 (aaaah) this past week I definitely wanted to make him something special. He loves playing cards, poker in particular, so that’s

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Raspberry and White Chocolate Macarons

I’m tired of everyone telling me to not eat sugar. What is that. It’s all over the newspaper and magazines. Ugh. As long as I’m consuming less than I did over Christmas it’s ok right? They can drop it now. I’m not interested. I am however, majorly interested and excited about these macarons. Plus I’m sure one or two of these won’t do any harm. It’s been a good while since I’ve made macarons (you can see my previous attempts here) and I’ve kind of missed making them. Sure, they can be temperamental and messy, but, the results are always

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