Strawberry Milkshake Skull Cake

Strawberry Milkshake Skull Cake

My sister, like me, likes things a little on the macabre side. Last year I made her a Nightmare Before Christmas birthday cake. This year, I wanted something that reflected the macabre on the outside, but my sister is also a little girly sometimes – more so than me, that’s for sure – so I…

pumpkin pie fudge

Pumpkin Pie Fudge

October is one of my favourite months. Not only does it signal the return of The Walking Dead, but also Halloween. It is also the time when the recipes I work on invariably have one thing in common – pumpkin. I am a big fan of pumpkin and have several recipes on here involving this…

Spiced Pumpkin Layer Cake

Spiced Pumpkin Layer Cake

Another year, and another birthday. I had adamantly said that I would not make my own cake like last year, but that went out the window when I spotted Tescos were selling Libby’s Pumpkin Purée. Previously, I have had to order this online and pay extortionately, but now it is much easier to explore my…

Tutorial: Spider Cake

I was asked by a good friend to make a birthday cake for her cool kid. The birthday girl in question is not a typical girly girl. No, this kid likes dinosaurs, snakes, spiders and all things awesome. To start off, I baked one half of a sphere cake pan. This was placed flat side…

Zombie Head Cake

I made a zombie head birthday cake the other day. Who would want such a disgusting thing, I hear you cry? ME!! I love the TV show The Walking Dead, and I am extremely excited and anticipating season 4 which starts in a few weeks. Yes, folks. I made my own birthday cake. I have…

Halloween Sandwich Cake

Halloween sandwich cake

The Pièce de résistance of this year’s Halloween buffet was a 3 layer sandwich cake, covered in smooth orange fondant, and decorated with a hand piped Halloween freeze in black royal icing. I used a standard victoria sponge recipe x 1.5. I split the batter into 3, then using a gel colourant dyed one layer black,…