Dinner with Crayons: Leon, Spitalfields

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The quirky interior of Leon is a mix of industrial metal and worn wooden furniture. You can imagine these chairs were probably in a draughty Victorian church or a school until they were reborn here! [Read on...]

100th Post Cupcake Party, a trip to Whitstable and an International Give Away

Welcome to my celebrations for the 100th Maison Cupcake Blog Post!  To kick off I am going to do a round up of the Cake A Difference cupcake sales that I organised last month to raise money for Bliss, the premature baby charity. Baby shower cupcakes Over three days during Cake A Difference week, [Read on...]

Half Term Hangover, Weaning Joys, Ottolenghi and H2OPE for Haiti

Rice and “curry”: a Ted-shaped milestone Two things have been different for me since New Year; blogging more regularly and Ted going to preschool twice a week – see how the two are connected? Last week, the week where I was exhausted after the three charity cupcake sales, was half term and although Ted [Read on...]

Cake a Difference Update: Special Cupcakes for Special Care Babies

Regular Maison Cupcake readers will have heard that I am going to take part in this year’s Kiss for Bliss campaign, “Cake A Difference” which will be raising money for premature and special care babies between 8-14 February. After chatting to organisers of Ted’s toddler groups I have arranged to sell some cupcakes to [Read on...]

Cake A Difference and Cupcakes for Susie

  Gel food colouring has infinitely improved my confidence making icing. After the problems I’d had getting the right colours when making the Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake, I decided to invest in some gel food colouring. Mine are little pots of Wilton gel food colouring which come in a box of eight colours. They [Read on...]

HELLP! I’m supposed to still be pregnant!

Today’s post is my contribution to the March of Dimes Fight for Preemies blogging event with Bloggers Unite. I never read “birth stories” on pregnancy forums. I always found them tedious.  Trust me. I end up with enough material for a flipping novel.  I have kept this post as short as I can and there are lots [Read on...]

Fight for Preemies: March of Dimes Blogging Event November 17th 2009

Quite often when browsing online I notice groups or initiatives based in the USA and I wish there was an equivalent in the UK.  I had never heard of March of Dimes or Bloggers Unite until a few days ago but when I saw the image above relating to an online event supporting a [Read on...]

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    Possibly healthiest burger ever. Olive & shittake! #wildfoodcafe #nealsyard (Taken with instagram)


    02/03/12

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    In love! #lecrueset #valentines ramekins in M&S #westfield (Taken with instagram)


    01/28/12

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    Am being taunted by pictures of Parisian hotel bars in press releases. The 34th floor La Vue bar at Hotel Concorde La Fayette. #Paris #hotels


    01/23/12

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    Busy editing the book today - tantalising sneak peak! (Taken with instagram)


    01/16/12

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    KitKat Chunky frenzy! I’m nabbing the peanut butter ones, which would you choose? #chocolate 

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    01/16/12

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    Valentine’s treat using Renshaw’s red Ready to Roll coloured icing.


    01/11/12

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    Two limited edition Valentine’s cupcake flavours available from Peggy Porschen Parlour, Belgravia:

    Strawberry & Champagne and Chocolate Raspberry Kiss make the perfect cupcake couple for Valentine’s Day. Cupcakes priced at £3.50 each, available to pre-order for collection online at www.peggyporschen.com from February 1st 2012.


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