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Six Birthdays

I’m really over excited that my friend Jade is staying with me at the moment from South Africa. I decided that I would make her a birthday cake for every birthday we haven’t spent together since she left. So I

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Happy Birthday Lauren

For my sister Lauren’s birthday I knew I wanted to make a cake as special as she is. I’d been planning and researching this cake for days and days. Reading about others who had made it and their tips on how not to mess it up. This cake is pretty on the outside and clever inside, just like Lauren. To get the ombre effect when you cut into it I

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Grandy’s Lemon Birthday Cake

Making my Grandmother’s birthday cake is always one of the highlights of my summer. Partly because I like doing something nice for her and partly because she is always so pleased with whatever she receives. Previous cakes for her can be seen here and here. Grandy has always loved lemons. I was told of how

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Red Velvet

Yesterday was my best friend Becki’s birthday. Whenever we get cupcakes she always orders red velvet so I knew that  it was her flavour of choice. I’ve never made it before so

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