Celebrating Valentines with Meringues
Valentines Day is the perfect time to bake your loved ones something sweet and delicious as a treat. Baking something yourself shows that you have put some effort and love into a delicious gift. I am very delighted that I got to experiment with some ideas for meringues for Valentines as Sugar and Crumbs kindly […]
It’s Pancake Day….
….Yes it’s pancake day, yes it’s p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-pancake day! I love pancakes and make all sorts of pancakes throughout the year including thick, mini blueberry pancakes with yogurt and honey for a post workout breakfast to the delicious thin crepe style pancakes served with all sorts of toppings. I usually opt for the latter on pancake […]
Happy 2014!
Yes I know it seems like forever since we celebrated Christmas and the New Year (hope you all had a really good time!) and we are one day away from February already!! So after all the over indulgence of food and alcohol over the festive period, January 1st hit and I instantly, like many other […]
Mini Mince Pies
Happy Christmas Eve everyone! I’m getting rather excited now that I have a few days off work to spend Christmas with my family over the next few days. I am especially looking forward to enjoying Christmas dinner cooked by my sister tomorrow and round my future in laws on Boxing day, my tummy is rumbling […]
Stir up Sunday
It’s Stir up Sunday and I’ve started preparations for my mince pies and Christmas pudding. My kitchen is smelling extremely Christmassy with the aroma of spices and alcohol filling the air, I love it! I always make a big batch of mincemeat before making my Christmas pudding as I use some of the mincemeat in […]
Valentines Day Brownies
It’s a week exactly until Valentines Day! In case you want to bake something scrummy and chocolatey for your loved ones, here is a recipe for delicious chocolate brownies. These are really simple to make and can be left plain or decorated with any decorations to suit any occasion. I usually bake these when I […]
Valentines Day Surprise Cookies
It’s that time of year again where Christmas has passed, New Years celebrations are over and suddenly all the shops are selling things with hearts on….yes it’s less than a month until Valentines Day! I always think it’s nicer to make your loved ones something special at this time of year and cookies or cake […]
Spring wreath cookies
I seem to have gone a bit cookie crazy lately!! What with posting an Easter cookie tutorial last week and a cookie order completed today!! I’ve had this cookie wreath idea floating around in my head for a while now and the obvious choice for making wreaths would be Christmas right?! Well not exactly…I was […]
Crown Cake Toppers
I thought I would share this super easy tutorial showing you how to make little crown cake toppers. All you will need are some pearl dragees, flower paste, royal icing sugar mixed with a little water, a rolling pin, a craft knife, small paintbrush and a couple of modelling tools. First of all I […]
Happy Easter
It’s been a verrrry long time since my last blog post and Easter seems like the perfect time to bake something and get creative. A recent visit to the 99p shop resulted in purchasing this rather lovely Easter cookie cutter set They are actually very good quality, sturdy metal cutters! I made […]