The Weekly Bake Off Challenge for this week was Cupcakes from Mary Berry‘s 100 Cakes and Bakes, page 52. http://weeklybakeoff.blogspot.com Cupcakes are just perfect for teatime and look lovely with vintage china and pretty cake stands. I must say though that I have only recently perfected making them as they always seemed to rise too much making … Continue reading
I have recently been awarded a Liebster Blog Award by the lovely Laura from Laura Loves Cakes (http://lauralovescakes.blogspot.com) I feel truly honoured as her blog is excellent and she makes stunningly beautiful cakes! I would like to thank her very much for her support. Seemingly a Liebster Blog Award is given to talented and loved bloggers … Continue reading
I have to say I wasn’t particularly looking forward to this week’s Weekly Bake Off Challenge. I didn’t think Mary Berry’s Austrian Curd Cheesecake sounded or looked very appetising – if it wasn’t for the challenge I would never have made it and was almost put off completely when I couldn’t buy Ricotta cheese from … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day! I’ve seen some beautiful Valentine’s cakes on other blogs and decided I ought to make an effort too! My heart shaped cup cakes are chocolate flavoured with blackberry syrup and buttercream topping, decorated with blackberries and dark chocolate shavings. For six cup cakes: 120g butter, softened 120g caster sugar 2 eggs 110 g … Continue reading
I made these cup cakes for a friend to celebrate her engagement and they are displayed on some of my vintage china collection. I learnt to decorate cup cakes at a course with lovely Dawn at Pennington’s School of Cake Artistry http://www.penningtonscakeartistry.com The toppers were made in advance with Sugar Paste icing and Royal Icing. … Continue reading
The Weekly Bake Off challenge for this week is Farmhouse Orange Victoria Sandwich and all I can say is yum!!! After last week’s disappointing effort – it was clearly me and not the recipe as all the other entries looked gorgeous – I was really pleased with this lovely Victoria sponge. The recipe was from … Continue reading
