A few weeks back I made Malteser Bunny Cupcakes and they were delicious! So I decided to scale the recipe up to create a three tier Malteser cake for my birthday! I have used one of my favourite blogs (janespatisserie.com) as inspiration for this. I have used Jane’s malted chocolate sponge recipe with my own
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Some of my neighbours run a fruit and vegetable business and will often drop off some lovely produce on a weekend. Last week they brought me some beautiful blueberries (they know I’m partial to putting them in my Gin!) and I decided to make a cake with them. The following recipe is adapted from ‘all
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What better way to beat the January blues than with cake? Hummingbird cake is sure to add a bit of sunshine to the recent cold, dark days! It’s similar to carrot cake but contains banana, pineapple and pecans rather than carrots. It’s a beautifully moist cake covered in cream cheese frosting. This recipe is taken
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Today is my Mother’s 70th birthday! Happy Birthday Mam! To mark this milestone she requested a chocolate explosion cake, and I was happy to oblige! So here’s the recipe….. It’s fairly straightforward to make. My cake decorating skills are far from brilliant but I was pleased with the finished article! If I can do it,
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I’m really enjoying The Great British Bake Off this year. The ‘Spice’ episode from a couple of weeks ago was right up my street and left me desperate to make a Gingerbread cake! I turned to one of my favourite bloggers (Jane’s Patisserie) for inspiration! Here I’ve followed Jane’s recipe (Christmas Gingerbread Cake) for the
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This is a recipe that I’ve been making for years. It’s easy, and you’ve more than likely got all of the ingredients to hand. It’s ideal to make if you have a sorry, past their best, pair of bananas looking at you from the fruit bowl! Ingredients: 225g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2
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Continuing on my quest to use the garden apple windfall….. next up is Spiced Apple Cake (adapted from a recipe by ‘The Hairy Bikers’). This is actually a cake that can be enjoyed on a diet! As it uses brown sugar and oil, rather than white sugar and butter. Ingredients 500g prepared weight of Bramley
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As you might have noticed, I am quite partial to a Gin! I’ve adapted a recipe from the BBC Good Food website for this non bake G&T Cheesecake. It’s fairly straight forward, but does need to set in the fridge overnight, so needs to made in advance. Ingredients: 250g digestive biscuits 100g melted butter 600g
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A year ago today, I launched my blog, on what would have been Greg’s Birthday. So today is a time of reflection and celebration. Although the blog is just a hobby at the moment, I’m proud to say that I’ve managed to post 53 items that have been viewed over 6000 times by over 3000
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May is a very busy month in the Rees household! Both William and Morgan have their Birthday on May the 19th! (which also happened to be the date of a certain Royal Wedding!) This year they turned 9 and 3. So when there’s a Birthday, there’s a cake! Or in fact there were lots of
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