Sweet and Scary Hallowe’en Goodies

Having grown up celebrating Hallowe’en with little more than apple bobbing in a bin bag, the explosion of this spooktastic celebration still takes some getting used to. Trick or treating appeared in my neighbourhood some time after The Goonies rather than E.T., like carol singing only with menaces passing without event just in time [Read on...]

Top 10 Treats from Waitrose this Christmas

With thanks to Waitrose for inviting me to their Christmas launch last week. And the popcorn. Any disappointment I might have had last week about not being asked to attend the opening of Bompass and Parr’s The Complete History of Food evaporated when I received an invite to the Waitrose 2010 Christmas press launch. It [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...]

Appearing in Panto… Montenegro style

Anyone following me on Twitter will be sick to death of hearing this. I have had no broadband since I got back from our holiday in Montenegro earlier this week. I am therefore posting from my mobile which is a bit fiddly. Normal service should be resumed next week. In the meantime I share [Read on...]

Emma Bridgewater Factory Shop in The Potteries

Gladstone Pottery Museum: My dad and son in the Emma Bridgewater factory shop: Five years ago I bemused my colleagues with news of a trip I’d taken to Stoke on Trent. I had spent a happy day with my husband viewing the bottle kiln at the Gladstone Pottery Museum (pictured above), with it’s cafe [Read on...]

Daytrip to Primrose Hill, North London

Today, despite all the weekend tube and rail closures, I have made an expedition to Primrose Hill to check out the cupcakes at Primrose Bakery. After a pleasant walk past London Zoo along the canal (from where we saw vultures in the Snowdon Aviary) we climbed Primrose Hill itself and made our way to [Read on...]

Magazine Binge in Selfridges

It’s a less frequent pilgrimage to me than it used to be, but whenever I am in this end of Oxford Street (maybe once or twice a year at most these days but am resolving to try harder), I always make a point of visiting the WHS concession at the back on the ground floor. [Read on...]

Pros and cons of multi tier cake tin

Three tier cake tin

Quick review of the Chicago multi tier cake tin. [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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