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Red Velvet Cupcakes
140g/5oz plain flour 1 & half tbsp cocoa powder 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1/2 tsp baking powder pinch of salt 120ml/4 fl oz buttermilk 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/2 tsp red food colour paste 55g/2oz unsalted butter, room temp 170g/6oz sugar icing: 110g/4oz unsalted butter 110g/4oz cream cheese, room temp 450g/1lb icing sugar 1 [...]
Sugar Paste Rose
Here is a sugar paste rose made using a cutter. After thinning and curvy the ‘petals’ with a ball tool I turned it over and used the ball tool to push down the centre. After adding a little edible glue I placed a fondant cone in the centre and then wrapped the petals around it. [...]
Save Our Library
Having only just moved to the area I have been really inspired by the community spirit. The way that everyone has pulled together to fight the councils plans to close our library has been nothing short of heroic. There has been a 24 hr vigil with volunteers needing flasks and snacks to keep them going. [...]
Gay Bake Club
The first rule of Gay Bake Club is be gay, the second rule of Gay Bake Club is bake a cake! I had the great pleasure of meeting the members of this club at our very dear friends John and Kari’s Halloween party. They live in a fantastic mews in Maida Vale which is inhabited [...]
A Room Of My Own
Had this pic taken for Easy Living mag as they are doing a feature on me. I got the desk from my favourite antique shop on Goldbourne rd (I have been buying beautiful pieces from David for years now). I love how worn and mellow the wood is and it has lots of drawers and [...]
Cupcake Decorating Class
Some of the brilliant masterpieces created by the lovely ladies who came along to our cupcake decorating class last Saturday. I was suitably impressed by the standard of their work! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell [...]
Jenny D Day
Jenny D is a very dear family friend. I have grown up alongside her children and she is very close to both my mum and mother in law, but despite the age gap we have always been great friends. We have been waning to get her to visit for ages but she is at that [...]
Afternoon Tease
Was really excited about seeing Dan my best mate who moved to Barcelona in July. I am really thrilled for him that he is so happy embarking on a new adventure but I am gutted to not have him in my life on a day to day basis anymore. Anyway it turns out he was [...]
Happy Birthday to Choo (Choo Train)
I couldn’t have been more thrilled to be asked to make my best friend Ellie’s little boy Achie’s 1st birthday cake. As I was crazy busy that weekend and I don’t like to bake vanilla sponge to far in advance I had to come up with a simple way of doing a train cake. I [...]
No Place Like Home
It was wonderful to go back to our family home in Norfolk for the weekend. Much as I love living in London there is nothing like being surrounded by fields full of cows and breathing in that fresh country air. I always find myself sleeping better and longer when I’m there. And Cosy Mae had [...]
