The great British baking revival continues apace in 2013 with more and more people making cakes than ever before. With so much renewed interest in baking comes a renewed interest in taste as well. Lovely though it is the traditional Victoria sponge with lashings of jam and vanilla buttercream has some serious competition from more …
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Flavour Trends for 2013
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Whimsical Alice In Wonderland Cake
This cake has got to rank as one of my favourite cakes to have done. It is a three tier wonky Alice in Wonderland-themed cake for a three-year-old’s birthday party. All the tiers are gluten, wheat and dairy free lemon cake which goes to show with a bit of planning the same kind of fabulous …
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Fender Stratocaster Guitar Cake
Last week I was asked to make a copy of a Fender Stratocaster for a 40th birthday cake and this is the result. The cake itself was a very sophisticated coffee and walnut using real espresso – not a flavour I have done much recently but I had forgotten how nice it tastes. The body …
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Celebration Generation – Evil Cake Overlord is a Must Read
I find my cake inspiration all over the place and on both sides of the Atlantic, drawing from a wealth of blogs, books and video clips. It isn’t often that I actually want to shout about a book though but Evil Cake Overlord by Marie Porter at Celebration Generation is definitely worth a mention. I …
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Writing Desk Cake
I am a great believer that when it comes to doing cakes that look like other objects they should look as realistic as humanly possible. This cake was for a lovely gentleman celebrating his 80th birthday with family and friends and he wanted to be able to include all their names and have some sort …
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Car Cakes and Back to the Future!
It seems everyone wants car cakes at the moment. First a Honda Civic for a 30th birthday and then a Delorean a la Back to the Future complete with Marty McFly and the Doc. They both turned out really cool and the recipients really loved them. I wonder what Michael J fox would make of …
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Austin 7 Cake
And the winner of most challenging cake of the week goes to….. This isn’t the greatest picture in the world, taken with my new iphone which, being technically incompetent, is taking me a while to get used to. However, this cake, which turned out lovely in the end took me hours to make. The wheels …
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Metropole Wedding Fair and Stuff
I thought I had better get on the old blog and update it as I have been rather lazy of late and haven’t bothered – well primarily because there hasn’t been an awful lot new to say. But ta da! I now do have something to say! Pink Rose Cakes will be exhibiting at the …
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