Loki Birthday Cake

A friend of mine and her daughter are big fans of Loki since watching The Avengers – but for entirely different reasons I expect. Personally, I am more of a Thor girl. Last month, my friend asked me if I would make her a Loki cake for her daughter’s 9th birthday. To construct this cake,…

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,…

Creepy Cupcakes

A sweet addition to the Halloween buffet. I made some deliciously moist Red Velvet Cupcakes. Red Velvet is a chocolate sponge, slightly sharp with buttermilk, and coloured a vivid red. Instead of the traditional cream-cheese frosting that usually accompanies red velvet, these cupcakes, sat in pretty purple cases, were frosted with an orange buttercream, and…

Eyeball Cookies

Eyeball Cookies

These iced sugar cookies are given a spooky touch by adding a eyeball rice paper topper. I used a cookie cutter shaped as a rugby ball/American football on the basic sugar cookie recipe below. After the royal icing set, I popped the rice paper topper on top. If are artistic and have the time, you…

Mummy sausages

Mummy Sausages

A little twist on the party favourite ‘pig in a blanket’ for your Halloween buffet. Take one packet of pork chipolata sausages Roll out a sheet of puff pastry, and using a pastry wheel cut into thin strips about 1cm wide. Lightly wet one side of the pastry to help it stick. Wrap each sausage…

Mini mummy pizzas

Mini Mummy Pizzas

Mini mummy pizzas are really simple to make, and great item to add to your Halloween buffet. Take one packet of English Muffins and cut each muffin in half. These will form the base of your mini pizzas Smooth a layer of tomato purée over the top of each muffin. Take some slices of mature…