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Today is my Grandy’s birthday. We decided to make her something summery (even though this week’s weather thinks it’s October). We went for a naked cakey but piped the buttercream to keep the edges neat and used lots of fresh strawberries and raspberries sandwiched with …

It’s August. How did that happen?! This summer is flyyyying by. But it’s ok as it’s been filled with lots of fun things like my friend’s Hen Do which this cake was for. I based the design on the super cool invitations her brother designed for the event, which was in keeping with the floral theme. For the cake I printed the design on to sugar sheets which I ordered from …

I think I’m pretty late to the party but over the past few months I’ve been learning new and cool things from Craftsy. I’d been hearing about it for a while, but not had the time to sit down and try out a class. When I saw that one of my fave cake makers Stevi Auble of ‘Hey There Cupcake’ had a wafer paper flower class I was all over it. I bought the stuff. Did the class and made this cake. It was such a great way to learn something new. Super clear and …

That crazy fun cousin of mine Luisa is over from America visiting. We’ve had the best few days hanging out. We danced to S Club at the O2, took afternoon tea at Sketch, went for a proper English roast and ate lots of this cake. It was her birthday just before she arrived so I wanted to have a little belated celebration with her. For a while now I’ve been inspired by Katherine Sabbath and my Instagram feed is constantly full of delicious looking cakes dripping with ganache. I wanted to give it a go myself. So I chose to do an Oreo cake with a milk chocolate ganache drip. THE best combo. I made …