Join the BB Baking Club This month’s baking club theme is ‘Family favourites’ and it was inspired by one of the members who last month chose to bake her Mum’s pavlova recipe – a recipe that had been taught to her as a child and which she knew inside out. This struck a chord […]
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The theme for my baking club (yes I have a baking club – please do join if you want to be part of a fun cake community) this month is ‘Free From’. It was picked by the group and despite some initial ‘what on earth am I going to bake?’ worries, I’m happy to say […]
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What is it about cakes in miniature that are just so appealing? Honestly give me any dessert or cake and my first idea is always to create mini individual versions of it. But to me, there’s something so delightful about a tasty little morsel of a cake, something that you can eat 5 of rather than […]
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It’s no secret to you all by now that I have an extremely sweet tooth. Sometimes I forget that not everyone else in the world is the same way and suddenly my love of all things sugar laced becomes a bit awkward (like on a recent press trip when I was the only one in […]
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We’re now in month two of the baking club (have you signed up yet?) and this month’s theme was – baking with vegetables. This is something I’ve been keen to try for a while, especially since reading that often vegetables can be used in place of flour, or even sugar, in bakes making them lighter […]
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Join the BB Baking Club Happy Valentines Day! What better way to celebrate all things romance than by bringing you a delicious love themed bake! If your reading this post and thinking that the ‘difference’ in this red velvet cake might be that it’s not actually all that red, then no that’s not it, that’s […]
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The words ‘totally indulgent’ just wash right over us during the holiday season don’t they? I mean, everything is totally indulgent and we’re all of the opinion that the more indulgent the better. Like we’re aiming to get as many extra calories in as possible before the holidays are over, as if we’re about to […]
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Anyone else singing ‘Holiday! Holiday!’ right now? No, just me then. Isn’t the time in between Christmas and Hogmanay the best? The very BEST? It’s basically an excuse to do absolutely nothing. The pre-Christmas panic present buying and Christmas lunch stress is out of the way, you’ve entertained your loved ones, you’ve given and received, […]
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Seeing as my last post (talking about shopping for bikinis) was definitely not ‘in season’ for most of you reading, I thought I’d dedicate this next week on the blog to all things seasonal and celebrate a little of the festive ho-ho’s, a little of the party sparkles, and a little of the Christmas cheer. […]
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