This recipe is perfect for those who love traditional Christmas cake but maybe can’t be bothered to make a full size traditional cake! The sponge contains rum soaked mixed fruit & the frosting contains almond extract to give a hint of marzipan. The recipe is adapted from The Hummingbird Bakery’s ‘Cake Days’ book. Ingredients (to
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This is a gorgeous Christmassy recipe for fans of all things gingerbread! It is adapted from recipes by ‘Jane’s Patisserie’ & ‘The Hummingbird Bakery’. The quantity of cake mixture here is enough for a 2lb loaf cake & a number of cupcakes. Make sure not to fill your loaf tin more than two thirds full
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Autumn is well and truly upon us, so it’s time to enjoy some autumnal flavours! Here is a recipe for my favourite seasonal drink… in cupcake form! The cake recipe is adapted from www.janespatisserie.com and the frosting recipe is my own. Both use ‘Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix’ which is available on Amazon, or you can
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This recipe is adapted from ‘The Hummingbird Bakery Cookbook’. The sponge recipe is different from mine as it uses butter rather than margarine. Most of my plain sponge recipes use margarine as I find that it gives a light, fluffy sponge that stays fresh for up to a week. However, when I’m baking recipes that
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These cupcakes are a perfect treat for Easter time! They incorporate a chocolatey cupcake with vanilla frosting and a hidden surprise! Ingredients (for 12 cupcakes) 150g Stork margarine 150g light brown sugar 3 eggs 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract 120g self raising flour 30g cocoa powder 12 mini Cadbury Creme Eggs (place
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Malteasers are my favourite childhood chocolate. This recipe incorporates a malted chocolate cupcake with malted flavoured frosting. These are perfect topped with Malteasers, or as it’s nearly Easter….. Malteaser Bunnies! I’m already on my second batch this week! Ingredients (for 12 cupcakes) 175g Stork margarine 175g light brown sugar 3 eggs 140g self raising flour
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Today we celebrate St. David’s Day in Wales. St. David is our patron saint, and on March 1st we celebrate Welsh culture. What better way to mark the day than with a welsh cake, or even better, a welsh cake cupcake? This recipe is adapted from The Primrose Bakery’s recipe for Christmas Pudding Cupcakes! I
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The Espresso Martini was created in 1983 by Dick Bradsell at Fred’s Club, London. Legend has it that a young model requested a cocktail that would “wake me up, and then f*** me up”!!! So he created a cocktail containing coffee! A traditional Espresso Martini contains vodka. To create this cocktail simply combine 40ml vodka,
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With Valentines Day just around the corner, I have come up with two variations of my basic vanilla cupcake. Both are very simple to make and certainly provide a bit of wow factor! Simply prepare a batch of my very vanilla cupcakes (25/05/17) and tweak as follows….. First up are my Piñata (or Pin-heart-a!) cupcakes.
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Every couple of months I try to arrange a ‘family night’ with my Mum’s side of the family. This stems back to when we used to meet weekly on a Thursday night to share a meal and a few drinks together. Since the arrival of the youngest members of the family and the death of
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