Following on from my very garden orientated Christmas Wish List Part 1, you will see much more of an indoor theme for my Christmas Wish List – Part 2. You will spot a few extreme items on the list making this truly a ‘wish list‘. Dear Santa If you have any room on your sleigh …
2012
Vintage Inspired Christmas Bauble Cake
Vintage Inspired Christmas Bauble Cake At the beginning of December a friend and I attended a cake decorating course, to make the exquisite Vintage Inspired Christmas Bauble Cake you see above. It was a full day course run by the very talented Louise Scofield, I’ve been on a few cake courses in the past and I …
A Christmas Table Decoration
I’m lucky to have hedges and hedges of Holly in the garden, along with some Yew, Ivy and Laurel. Sadly there are virtual no berries left on the Holly as the birds have been busy keeping themselves fed over the last few weeks. All of these plants are excellent for making either Christmas wreaths or a …
Recipe Christmas Tree Cake Fondant Fancies
Christmas Tree Cake Fondant Fancies – these came about by way of a happy baking accident. Remember those lovely mini Snowball cakes I blogged. Well these unusual Christmas Tree Fondant Fancies came about when I’d experimented in baking some of the mini cakes in the baking tins but without their paper cases. They were very pyramid in …
Recipe – Mini Snowball Cakes
Snowball Cakes These simple but effective miniature Snowball Cakes are a great idea for Christmas, and would look wonderful presented on a Christmas plate. They are really easy to make and perfect for a Christmas treat, with minimum effort. You need Fairy cakes Butter cream White non pareils (hundreds and thousands) Edible pearl lustre pray …
Christmas Wish List – Part 1
For the past few weeks I’ve been browsing the Internet making a concerted effort to complete my Christmas shopping, and with just a few presents left on my shopping list I’m feeling pretty pleased with myself. As a result of all this browsing quite a few items that have taken my fancy, and I’m having …
Fairy Cakes Recipe a Baking Essential
A Fairy Cake recipe is a simple but essential cake recipe for every baker. This humble plain cake can be transformed into a perfect masterpiece adorned with butter cream and sculptured sugar paste creations. Or an hour of messy fun for children and adults alike. Below is my favourite basic essential fairy cake recipe. Fairy …
Recipe – Chocolate American Pancakes
I’ve got a great recipe for American style breakfast pancakes with chocolate chip that I’ve used for the last five years. Sadly I can’t credit the magazine the recipe is from as there is no mention on the cutout, but I can share it with you all. Chocolate American Pancakes Recipe Makes 8-9 pancakes (serves 4) Ingredients …
A Great Day at Cake International 2012
Wow, what a fabulous day I had at the Cake International – The Sugarcraft, Cake Decorating and Baking Show 2012, held at Birmingham this week. Here’s what ended up buying during the day. 4 Edible ink pens 10″ board and box Pearl lustre dust 5 sheets of chocolate transfer sheets 3 packs of chocolate Heart …