Makes, bakes and occasional fakes

It was my daughter's 5th birthday last week and she requested a Super Mario party. She wanted to dress up as Mario, which was simple, an...

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...

The beast from the bottomless lake It will be Charlotte's birthday next month and she has decided on a Scooby Doo themed birthday p...

Yesterday, as we were unable to go out in the sun (one small person has terrible heat rash) we stayed in for the morning and made trophies. ...

Today Charlotte was going to a Knights and Damsels in distress party, she excitedly went through the princess dresses and chose to go as Ari...

Cut up and ready for the cake sale. I am on a baking mission this week. I made two  banana cakes yesterday and sent one in to nursery ...

My sister reminded me of something I made a while back for my daughter's birthday. She was into Maisy Mouse at the time (Charlotte, not ...

I tend to find myself thinking "I like that, I could make one of those" and so I try, with very mixed results. I am a creative typ...