Fairy cakes are more delicate, with less icing and more suited to children’s parties. Those buttercream heavy beasts sold in the West End would start sheer sugar warfare at the average toddler’s get together [Read on...]
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Some weeks ago, a friend requested a moist fruit birthday cake covered in slabs of marzipan for a Siamese cat loving relative. I hadn’t made fruit cake for years but remembered it being easy enough. However when choosing a recipe I found many that required days of steeping fruit in alcohol. Fortunately Nigella Lawson’s [Read on...] My submission to The Gallery for the Cybermummy Photo Competition Theme: “Motherhood” Organising birthday parties was probably my main incentive to have a child. Daydreaming over Nigella Lawson books about having a little helper to stir the batter and plead whether they can lick the bowl out yet. Studying complicated animals made out of food in [Read on...] Today I had been intending to post pictures of chocolate brioche for the Monthly Mingle organised by Meeta, What’s For Lunch Honey? and hosted this month by my friend Jamie at Life’s A Feast. The ingredients for said chocolate brioche have been taunting me in the kitchen all last week whilst I was busy [Read on...] I’ve seen the light. In November it is very definitely outside. Most of these pictures were taken outdoors, my first time photographing food in the garden. Given the gloom indoors on even the sunniest day, I am really pleased with these pictures and will be heading out there to snap away in my hat [Read on...] I say #1 as I know three Marthas who are all 2 years old. I have promised my friends each a batch of cupcakes with their child’s name on them – fortunately everyone’s names have six letters or less so they will fit into these plastic boxes. Today is Martha’s birthday and we are meeting [Read on...] 
Quick review of the Chicago multi tier cake tin. [Read on...] |
 
 
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