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Cupcakes for Golau

Cupcakes for Golau
Posted in : Cakes, Occasions, Swansea on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com

This week I’ve been busy making cupcakes for a Cake Sale at Singleton Hospital Radiotherapy Unit, raising funds for Golau – South West Wales Cancer Foundation. This is a charity close to my heart but one I hadn’t actually heard of before Greg’s diagnosis.  The Golau Cancer Foundation is the cancer charity based in Singleton
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Valentine Prosecco Cupcakes

Valentine Prosecco Cupcakes
Posted in : Cupcakes, Occasions, Recipes on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com

What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, then with a Prosecco Cupcake? This recipe is a variation of my ‘Very Vanilla Cupcakes’ (posted on May 25th 2017).  The only difference being the addition of a Prosecco syrup to the sponge and frosting. To prepare the Prosecco syrup, gently heat 200ml Prosecco and 75g Caster sugar
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Being Positive….. 1 year on.

Being Positive….. 1 year on.
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A year ago today my life was changed forever when I lost my Husband Greg at the age of just 41.  Although he’d been diagnosed with seemingly incurable stomach cancer almost a year earlier, it was still a huge shock that he died so suddenly that day.  But typical of Greg, he was as kind
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Rainbow Rocky Road

Rainbow Rocky Road
Posted in : Chocolate, Recipes, Traybakes on by : rachgriff@hotmail.com

Whilst looking through old photographs earlier, I spotted this Rainbow Rocky Road that I made last year!  This is a very indulgent Rocky Road!  It is intensely chocolatey and packed with treats!  It’s an easy, no bake recipe and you can substitute in your favourite biscuits or sweets.  Just make sure that the quantities follow
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