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I have been a little slack on updating the blog but not on the cake mission. I have finished my second large cake project, a two tier modern wedding cake. Now that I have finally worked out how to get photos off my phone I can put up all the cake photos I have been taking. The cake has a casade of flowers on the side. I thought after the last cake I would never make another sugar flower again but

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Heaven. What more do I need to say?! It was a night filled with some of the things I love cupcakes, cocktails & friends. It was a good night and I learnt I can make a mean cosmopolitan. I crazly made over 50 cupcakes on the cocktail theme. I made a B52 cake with amazing B52 frosting, cosmopolitan, whisky sour with lemon frosting, mojito which not as successful as I would have liked, it needed

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Well as usual I spend Valentine's Day alone and happy. I wanted to share some love with my friends so I made some cupcakes. Oh what a surprise!! I made rosewater cakes with sugarpaste hearts and gliter to had that special touch. I did have a slight hicup in that I do not own one heart cutter. I'm not sure how this occured but somehow I have gone through life without a heart shape cookie cutter. I

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I'm so sad I did not win the Iron cupcake competition :( I did not seriously think I was going to win but next time!!! It was sooo much fun and so much cake. I few of my friends turned up to support me which was amazing (I also think that the idea of eat as much cake as you like may have drawn them in) I nearly didn't enter when I arrived as the standard of entries was totally out of this world (

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Tasting session was a success!! Everyone seemed to like the cakes and had a good time. I was very pleased with the turn out and a big thanks to all that came and ate cake. It is hard job I ask of my friends but they do it so well. I did recieve some initial doubt about the flavouring of the cake. Beetroot is infact a very yummy flavour for a cake. It not only adds an earthy flavour but also turns

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I have returned after a very cakie Christmas. I am back at work and so time for baking is horribly restricted. I have found time this weekend to do a trial bake of a new recipe. In honour of the new invention I am holding a tasting session at the local for friends. I am hoping they go down well as I have made 18 cupcake and that is too many to eat even for me. To decorate the cakes I have been

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Well Santa has been in the night and left a stocking full of goodies. The presents are under the tree and the Chicken is being prepared. I am in charge of the roast potatoes and I planning on doing the best ever.  Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas xx 

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To indulge my love of Christmas I spent the day baking Christmas goodies. I did of course start with the wonderful mince pie. I was lazy and used bought pastry and even used bought mince meat, it's all about the smell of them cooking not where the pastry came from. Disaster struck my lovely mince pies. They stuck to tin and sadly had to be distroyed in the process of removal (my dad was rather

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I have been getting in to the Christmas spirit this week by making Chocolate Christmas fruit cakes. I have made 9 mini cakes (baked 1 at a time as I only have 1 4" tin) I am planning to give them to friends and family as little gifts. After a very long day of baking I covered the boards and got down to the hard stuff of covering the cakes in marzipan and sugarpaste (I find it very tricky to get

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I am sad today as it was the last of cake decoration course last night. What will I do on Monday nights?! I am amazed at the cakes that we all produced. At the end all the cakes came together to look stunning. I have mine on the kitchen table and everytime I walk past it I am shocked at how good it is. I'm not saying that it is perfect but it is bloody good for a first attempt. In the last class

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Well what a few weeks I've had!! I was horribly ill with chest and sinus infection and just as that had finally cleared up I pulled a muscle in my back. So due to my body falling apart I have not been hot on the blogging but fear not I am back (even if my shoulders are different heights). I have still been going to the cake decorating class despite the feeling of death. My cake is still not

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Update on the cake that is a hat. This week I learnt snail trail icing and painted some branches onto the cake. The icing is very hard. You have to sqeeze the bag and then remember to stop squeezing at the right time and it really hurts you hand. We all had the claw by the end. As for the painted it is rather simple. You just painted using food clouring paste and paint straight onto the cake. I

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I have been working on some new recipes for a few weeks now and I have finally done a trial batch of Cocktail Cupcakes. I was working on two to start with. This weekend I made Coffee Chocolate Flip and Cranberry Kiss. They were quite successful considering it was a first attempt. Both need more alcohol and a little tinkering but the base is at least there. Coffee Chocolate Flip Cranberry Kiss

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I have begun down the road of perfection. I have started my cake decration class. I have had two classes so far and I am really enjoying it. I did not realise how long it took to decorate a cake. We are decorating a fruit cake (the same one every week so it should be ready for christmas). So far I have put marzipan on the cake and last week I put the sugarpaste on the cake. Oh my it takes about

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It is a very sad thought but I can't wait for Monday. I will be starting my cake decoration and sugarcraft course. I got my list of things to bring today and so I am off to the shops in the morning to get my last minute items, one of which is an apron. I was hoping to take a home made one but it has as yet not appeared. Mum does have two days to magic one up! It has been a slow week on the

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Having finally found tinned pumpkin I can now begin to experiment with all the pumpkin recipes that I have. I started with of course the best possible thing to do with pumpkin, I made a Pumpkin Pie. Oh my was it was good especially when you squirt a little cream on it. Yummy yummy. I was a bit silly and forgot to take photos of the mighty pie but it was enjoyed all over the country (as I took the

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The quest is over!! I have finally found and purchased tinned pumpkin. I have searched high and low but finally found it in what is probably the only Waitrose store which stocks it. Woo hoo here comes the pumpkin (just in time for Halloween)

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Last night I went to Ping Pong to celebrate Esmay's birthaday. I of course baked a cake. This time I had a my friend Esme helping to bake the cake which was very useful as we were short on time. I went with a chocolate marble cake with chocolate frosting and to top it all of mini cupcakes to decorate. I like the marble effect before it is cooked but it seems to get lost in the cooking process.

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It is my great friend Esmay's birthday today. So Happy Birthday Esmay! As part of her gift I made her some special cupcakes. They were vanilla cake with rosewater frosting. I have named them The Esmeralda in honour of Esmay. 

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During my quest to find the tinned pumpkin I ventured into Selfridges and of course could not stop myself from sampling some cupcakes that they sell. I bought four mini cupcakes from Lola's Kitchen. I love the size of them as it means you can eat a few and not feel too bad or sick. I selected four of their signature falvours - peanut, Oreo, coconut and chocolate. The decoration of all the cakes

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The quest to find tinned pumpkin continues. I was oh so hopeful at the beginning but now I am starting to lose the will to live. I searched the Internet high and low but could not find any in stock (or under £5) I was correctly informed that Waitrose stocks it and on their website you can order it but they do not deliver to my area. There is still hope if I can get it delivered to a friends house

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I could not believe my luck when the most amazing cake arrived at work on Friday. I nearly exploded with excitement at the combination of my love for amazing cakes and children's story. It was a Gruffalo cake! Oh my it was good. It was exactly like the pictures in the book. The kids loved it and so did I. I don't think my skills are quite up to making a Gruffalo yet but it something to aim for.

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Having finally tracked down a copy of the October Sainsbury magazine I am now able to try out the some new ideas from the cupcake masterclass. The article which is all pretty and girly (which cupcakes do not always have to be) has some useful tips but nothing ground breaking in it. I do like the idea of cinnamon icing. This lead me the thought of an autumn/Halloween cupcake of pumpkin cake and

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As I was hunting through my old photos of previous cupcake adventures I came across some photos of me and my friend Esme in New York (the home of the mighty cupcake)a few years ago. While there we went to the famous Magnolia Bakery on Bleecker street. Oh my god! It was cake heaven. Not only were the cupcakes amazing and delicious but they were the size of my head. What I love about Magnolia

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Just a quick note to say my cousin sent me a link to an article about a cupcake shop in Ottawa called Isobel's Cupcakes and Cookies. Check out the amazing frosting!! The article also gives a frosting recipe which I shall have to try.

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Some photos of recent cake experiments including the pink castle cake for my birthday.

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Last night I went to the Queen of Hoxton bar for a vintage and craft fair with my good friend Amity. I of course brought cakes as a gift. So here we are posing with the cupcakes. They are mint choc with double choc frosting. I have done this flavour a cake a few times and it is a favourite of mine and many of my friends. I am still having problems with the cake sinking. It doesn't make any

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The wonderful cupcake has been a mystery to me for many years. I hold these delicious cakes in such wonder and awe that I have decided to master the art of the cupcake. Join me in my adventure to create not only tasty delights but beautiful cakes.

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