baking blog

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 …

I used to love visiting art shops. During A Level and Art College I would love wandering the aisles of tubes of paint, rainbow pastels, and professional fine liners. I always managed to justify buying more colouring pencils because it came with a student discount. Amongst the little calligraphy section and wooden models of hands used to be these mini easels and canvases that I always used to wonder if anyone actually used. These little structures entered my mind not long ago and then it clicked – they were the right size to sit on top of cake. It was sort of a ‘Duuuuh’ moment and then I knew exactly who the cake would be for. My friend …

It’s amazing sometimes how fast time goes by. It was five years ago now that we went on the most amazing road trip across America. It was the most incredible adventure and the memories and photos we collected along the way are the best we ever have. While we took a staggering 15,000 photos over the month or so we were there, this one has to be my sister’s favourite. That’s why for her birthday this year to celebrate (a little nod to the 5 year anniversary of the trip) I made her a cake with it on it. The photo was taken in …