vanilla buttermilk cake

Fantasy Drip Cake

There is a craze of everything ‘fantasy’ or ‘unicorn’ at the moment; milkshakes, cupcakes, frappes etc. More often than not, the item does not include anything actually unicorn related, but has more of a pastel fantasy colour scheme. This is where I was going with this cake. It’s my sister’s birthday and I like to…

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…

spiced orange and cranberry chocolate bark

Spiced Orange and Cranberry Chocolate Bark

The second item in my 2014 Christmas goodie box is my Spiced Orange and Cranberry Chocolate Bark. Chocolate bark is a very easy gift to make, and even easier to customise. The only thing that limits you is your imagination. All you need to decide is a theme, whether that be a flavour, a holiday…

Black and White Layer Cake

I seem to have made a lot of cookies lately, which is great, I love doing them, but now and then you want something a little softer. This cake was inspired by the book I reviewed this week. I realised it had been far too long since I had made a chocolate cake. The sponge…

Egg Nog Chocolate bark

Egg Nog Chocolate Bark

There are certain flavours that scream Christmas – gingerbread, cinnamon, nutmeg, cranberry and of course egg nog. Last year I made chocolate bark for the first time as part of my edible Christmas gift hamper. It was extremely popular, so I wanted to include some again, but much like with the fudge, I didn’t want…

zebra cookies

Zebra Biscuits

With some Amazon vouchers I received from a generous family member for Christmas, I decided to use it as an opportunity to snag a couple of new baking books. I had recently seen an advert for the celebrity Great British Bake-Off book, I remembered that I had been meaning to pick up their books for…