Having fun baking and decorating cakes- come along for the ride.
Have you ever tried to measure really small amounts of liquid, sugar, almond essence or alcohol before? It can be tricky can’t it? Measuring jugs nearly always start at 50ml or 100ml. What if you need 30ml of brandy? Or you have tripled a recipe and need 6 teaspoons of vanilla essence? I know you can just …
Have you ever been to Jerusalem? It’s an amazing city full of diversity and amazing sights, scenes, sounds and smells. Being Jewish I’ve been a few times and even though it’s the original ‘old city’ it always seems different each time I go. I have really, really fond memories of Jerusalem from when I went …
If there was ever a man to teach me how to bake its’s Paul Hollywood. I mean is it me or does he have the bluest eyes on TV? Now I know that I should start a book review with “This is what this book is all about” but really! You can’t get past them. …
I’ve been updating some blogs from the past and THIS is my all-time favorite Brownies Recipe. It takes a ton of chocolate and I think that’s what makes them sooo gormet. Since originally writing this blog post in 2012 Bex has worked at many foodie magazines, written a book, got married and had little one. …
When my friend Sam asked if I wanted some of her Mum’s freshly grown/picked rhubarb I jumped at the chance. I had never baked with it before so I did what every cake obsessed blogger would do. I trawled through all my cook books looking for a nice juicy cake recipe to share with …
How to get great results with this Madeira cake recipe When I was one years old, my mum made her first shaped birthday cake. It was a number one! I wish I had a photo of it to share with you. It started a long family tradition in shaped birthday cakes for many (let’s just say …
