Makes, bakes and occasional fakes

A few weeks back, everyone was talking about creme eggs, and how the chocolate wasn't as good any more. In the past there has been much ...

Been away for a year, how did that happen? I've been baking and making but not blogging and I want to get back into it, so here is a gre...

A fair few months ago I went to a friend's baby shower and her sister-in-law had made a selection of delicious cakes. My favourite were ...

Today, I had promised Charlotte that I would make chocolate cupcakes with her. A friend of mine made some lovely chocolate cupcakes for the ...

I am going to my local " World's biggest coffee morning " in aid of Macmillan cancer support tomorrow. Instead of taking a cak...

I have a confession, I faked the icing on a cake. It is not like me to pass up the chance of an icing challenge, but I am trying to pace m...

My niece turns two tomorrow and I was very pleased to have been asked to make her birthday cake. What did she want on her cake? "Big Ge...

It was my husband's birthday yesterday and we all went bowling then had a barbeque at home. I decided to theme his cake, and although he...

I made the cake for my friend's son yesterday. I finished off the icing today before taking it to the party. I had a flash of inspiratio...

Yesterday, I thought I'd make something quick to tide us over until the big cake making session on Monday. We will have our village tea ...

It was the monthly cake sale at school today. I decided to go all out and make a Union flag cake and some chocolate crunchie cakes. Union ...

It's a friend's birthday today, and my husband will be seeing her later, so I decided to send him off with a batch of cakes for her....

I mentioned a while back that I love making the orange and poppyseed cake from one of my recipe books . It is made in a baba tin and I was w...

When I talked about fairy cakes, I didn't explain how I make them. I shall remedy that today with the recipe that I use and adapt for al...