I’m treating you to another Valentines themed bake this week. This red velvet layer cake is the perfect way to treat the ones you love at this time of year. But don’t just save it for Valentines, its delicious all year round and a firm favourite with my friends. So what better way to share the […]
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Peanut butter and salted caramel cake
Three of my favourite things in the world all together at last; Peanut butter, salted caramel and CAKE! But I cannot take the credit for this marvellous threesome, this recipe is from Cakeography. Cakeography is a beautiful book recently written and published by my lovely and gorgeous friend Lucy Charles. She describes the book as […]
Gingerbread layer cake with salted caramel buttercream
Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful festive break and thoroughly stuffed yourself with mince pies, ham, cold turkey and cheese – I know I did! Oh wait … I forgot one thing, delicious gingerbread cake of course. Three layers of deliciously moist gingerbread cake smothered with salted caramel buttercream, topped with […]
The best scone recipe – Tried and tested
I have put three different scone recipes to the test to find the ultimate scone recipe ready for National Cream Tea Day on 24th June. And the winner is … Growing up in Devon and Cornwall (I lived right on the border) I have had my fair share of cream teas. My best friend Emma […]
Gin and tonic cake
Happy World Gin Day! What better way to celebrate than with a gin and tonic cake. I was asked to make a gin and tonic cake this week for a G&T lover! (and it just so happens to be World Gin day on the 11th June as well, talk about perfect timing!). As normal, I did […]
Chocolate and soured cream bundt
So I decided to get back on the horse and try again. I attempted another bundt but this time I was going to use a recipe specifically designed for bundts. I had a lot of feedback from my previous post, The let’s be honest bundt, and the main thing I discovered is you shouldn’t use […]
Lemon ombre babyshower cake
My oldest and dearest friend Beth had her baby shower a few weeks ago and I promised to bring a cake along. She loves lemon drizzle so I decided on a three tier lemon ombre babyshower cake with home made lemon curd and butter cream filing. The expectant parents don’t know if they are having a […]
20th Birthday chocolate cake
The company I work for celebrated their 20th birthday a few weeks ago so naturally I wanted to make a chocolate cake to celebrate. I didn’t really know where to start but I knew it HAD TO BE CHOCOLATE. I also needed to be able to transport it from my parents house in Devon to my […]
The best coffee and walnut cake with coffee buttercream
This week I decided to do a little bit of cake research. I took to social media to ask what was the most popular cake to order in a cafe. The overwhelming winner was coffee and walnut cake. I hadn’t made coffee and walnut cake before and as it seems to be the peoples favourite, […]
Salted caramel chocolate flapjacks
Do I need to say any more? How I haven’t thought of this combo before I don’t know! Salted caramel chocolate flapjacks are my new firm fav. I have been making flapjacks with my mum since I was a little girl. It’s so quick and easy to make and the one thing that all my […]