Minnie Mouse Chocolate Cake

It was my colleague's leaving lunch andShe wanted a salted caramel and chocolate cake. She also likes Minnie Mouse so I thought I could use my half spheres to make a Minnie Mouse shaped cake.

Date and Ginger Cake with Caramel Glaze – Delicious Magazine

When we saw this recipe we couldn't resist stepping away from the cookbooks temporarily to give it a go.

My attempts at a Sacher Torte

So, I have been on a hiatus from keeping this here up to date. Really no time alongs all the other things going on in the past couple months. I have been baking though up until we did our glorious ride to Brighton! I raised £600 for Macmillan, most of it through #CakeMonday - so …

#CakeMonday for Macmillan: Marbled Chocolate & Banana Loaf

I am taking part in the Challenge Cancer Cycle from London to Brighton in September for Macmillan Cancer Support and decided in order to fundraise for them, I will bake cake every Monday for my colleagues and ask them for a contribution! This is the second #CakeMonday at work and after the surprising amount of people who …

#CakeMonday for Macmillan: Lemon Meringue Pie

I am taking part in the Challenge Cancer Cycle from London to Brighton in September for Macmillan Cancer Support and decided in order to fundraise for them, I will bake cake every Monday for my colleagues and ask them for a contribution! For my introduction to #CakeMonday I went with a tried and tested recipe which had huge success …

Colour experiments…

My friend showed me this video of amazingly colourful chess type cakes and sort of challenged me to put this on my baking agenda. I have had very little success with colouring cakes as usually the colours turn brown or something similarly unappetising... However, I have recently bought some Dr. Oetker colours and was up …

Happy Easter!

So, I decided to properly cook for Easter. Strange things are happening... I have given up chocolate for lent... and I succeeded. I usually eat chocolate on a daily basis and although I do love it, I was more concerned about the subconscious habit making me trip up. However, I did not and only had …

March – dodgy bakes…

Thought I did not bake as much recently...but I was wrong. I think it was stretched over the entire month and not within a span of two weeks! Also work was quite stressful due to end of year rubbish, so I should have baked more often to relax... Rhubarb Cake and Rhubarb Crumble (1/03/15) I …

February Procrastination – Baking intensification

I have lost track of updating this blog in the last 8 weeks... I need to get better at it... February became somewhat intense on the baking front... and it won't be surprising to hear that my essay was due in the middle of it...! However, I had the fortune of tasting some yummy cakes …

Tia Maria & Mascarpone Cake

You can tell, I have not done much for Uni this week. However, in my defence I have been to an all day Psychological conference on 'Relationships' before I started baking this Saturday! Not that this has much to do with my current module, but it was very interesting with brilliant speakers. My brain needed …