Hello there fellow cake people! Hope you’re having a lovely 2018! It’s time for new year’s resolutions … um in my case a list of cakes I’d like to make this year! Yay! First looking back at 2017 in the featured photo above you can […]
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Week 55 of cakes and how to make a beach cake – easy! :)
Beach cakes are such happy creations, fun and easier than you’d think using your favourite sponge cake and frosting. Cream cheese frosting works perfectly and there’s a recipe for this and the decor below. Though considering the decorations involve digestive biscuits (aka Graham crackers), blue […]
Week 48 and 49 of cakes, a matcha and vanilla angel cake recipe and pineapple tart taste test!
There’s been a lot to celebrate the last few weeks with pancake day, Chinese lunar new year, Valentine’s day and my first angel food cake with its wonderful texture! Now for a quick run-down of homemade goodies to hopefully inspire you in some way. Chinese […]
Weeks 46 and 47 of cakes and healthier mini Swedish princess cakes recipe
The mini princesses will appear later. First a quick roundup of cakes made in the last two weeks. The char siu bao (steamed barbecue pork buns) were amazing. You could make them for Chinese New Year! 🙂 Other possible fillings for them are boeuf bourgignon […]
Weeks 44 and 45 of cake, healthy stuff and meat! And what’s up with xylitol?!
The new year ushered in a healthier period and a savoury Chinese treat. There were a multitude of buckwheat and nut superfood biscuits (cookies) for me and mum to nibble on between all the naughty Christmas edibles still hanging around. The biscuits were surprisingly tasty […]
Week 42 of cakes – a comedy of errors at the Cordon Bleu, the final vote and Xmas recipes
Learning from my baking mishaps during the last week of the Cordon Bleu pâtisserie course, we’ll be looking at what not to do with a croquembouche but first can you spot what’s wrong with my Triomphe de noix? The walnut caramel mousse cake hiccup If […]
Week 41 of cakes with some savoury petits fours – at the Cordon Bleu Paris
Yes, we had a savoury break and discovered the wonder of inverted puff pastry. You make it by hanging it out of the window upside-down. Sorry, I meant by having the butter on the outside of the dough instead of inside as in classic puff […]
Week 40 of cakes and chocolates – at the Cordon Bleu, Paris
A run-down of last week’s cakes and chocolate you can vote for if you’d like to see them up on the blog with adapted and simplified recipes! 🙂 There’s the delicious multi-layered Opera cake with joconde sponge, coffee buttercream and syrup then chocolate ganache and […]
Week 39 of cakes from le Cordon Bleu pâtisserie course in Paris! Please vote! :)
Last week’s cake production was a little crazy, even by my standards! I gave some away to my landlord for his family and friends and to the homeless in the street, who looked happy to be given cake. One started eating a macaron immediately. This […]
Week 38 of cakes and Paris
From a mourning Paris I’ll just quickly give you the cake run-down first. The day before leaving for Paris I made a heavenly Raspberry, goats cheese and fig pavlova. The topping is easy and delicious and if you haven’t discovered pavlovas yet then do consider […]
Week 37 of cakes and experiments!
Oops, I was so busy in the kitchen I forgot to do this weekly update so it’s a bit late and bursting at the seams with cakes! A bit like me. lol. There were the Chocolate, chestnut mousse and spiced apple verrines. Lovely elements layered […]
Week 36 of cakes plus la Castanyada chestnut plans and Halloween recipe ideas!
First the cake roundup. I’d been deprived of cake-making while my French visitors were here so of course I went crazy in the kitchen after they left. I wonder if I have cakeitis or compulsive bakingitis. Cheesy grin. Ooh and talking about cheese my Goats’ […]
Weeks (32) and (33) of cakes and cake bunting!
Not just one but two weeks of cake roundup! This pile-up of sweet treats was caused by my recent visit to family in the UK where we were busy not only making and eating cakes but also visiting pâtisseries, restaurants or the farmer’s market to […]
Week (31) of cakes, icing and climbing! And another festival!!!
It’s nice to make little treats but as a master pâtissier recently said it’s easier to create a strong visual impact with BIG cakes so it’s good to bake those too. Another thing I discovered was the huge difference icing can make to appearance and […]
Week (30) of cakes, healthier sweeties and tempering…
Another week of cakes living la vie en rose and green. The Ispahan raspberry, rose and lychee cupcakes were a lovely pink and delicious. Hermé’s layers of flavour really do create magic. And the coconut oil sponge is so light and moist! The healthier marshmallow […]
