Modern Buttercream Piping

I made 200 of these little Coco Cake chocolate and vanilla mini cupcakes for Engine Digital's 7 year anniversary part-ay! I also made ...

Sesame Crisps

After hours of rolling puff pastry from scratch one weekend, and then the intense stress that led up to my first attempt at macarons the w...

No scales, no tins, no electric whisk...

When he read my recipe for chocolate and beetroot cake , a friend said, "That sounds amazing. I'm going to need to get a cake tin, ...

Laser Level Learning

Sometimes you happen upon something that's just too good not to share. I have used this technique before, but was doing it again this w...

The other guy in my life..not related to cake at all!

I think I told you a few weeks ago that I have a new camera, well, I have been taking pictures like there's no tomorrow and I wanted to ...

Martha Stewart's Maple Cupcakes with Maple Frosting (#14)

Martha says: "Here the crimson autumn leaves are cast in marzipan and placed atop maple-flavored cupcakes and frosting." Layla say...

Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats

Rest In Peace to ChubChub, our beloved kitty. 2000-2009 Cats the musical. Ridiculous, right? But still, Grizelda crooning those powerful not...

Pineapple Jam & Coconut Vols-au-Vent - Daring Bakers Sept 2009

If you had told me a year ago that I would soon have my own food blog I wouldn't have believed you for one single second. If you told me...

Blim Market! Coco Cake Cupcakes!

I had a lovely time at my Coco Cake Cupcakes table, catching up with old art/craft buddies and meeting some awesome new people at last week...

Chocolate and Beetroot Cake

Chocolate and beetroot is one of those combinations that probably shouldn't work, but does. And really well too. Although it doesn't...