Last weekend was the 30th wedding anniversary of my OH’s Aunt and Uncle, and his cousins arranged a surprise party for them Saturday afternoon with lots of their friends and family present. All the guests were asked to contribute something to eat and , of course, I offered to make a cake (or 3!). With … [Read more…]
I know, I know it is not really blackberry season but when I saw some big fat juicy looking specimens at my local Morrisons last week not only did they look appealing but they were very reasonably priced too, so into my trolley they went ready to use in a bankholiday weekend dessert. Whilst doing … [Read more…]
For my OH’s birthday back in February I decided to make him a cake based on one of his favourite chocolates. Last year I made him a Fererro Rocher Cake which meant that this year I would use a Terry’s Chocolate Orange to base his cake around. I had actually spotted some chocolate oranges on … [Read more…]
I recently bought myself a new cake pan in the sale, as you do, an Easter egg one which I thought would make a lovely cake for Easter Sunday when my family and I go to my OH’s parents for our traditional Easter Sunday lunch and egg hunt. I also adore mini eggs, they are … [Read more…]
Ever since Jenson’s Raa Raa The Noisy Lion Party ended last year, he knew immediately what kind of party he wanted when he turned 3……… a MONKEY party of course!!! This was quite an easy theme to put into place and I went with a brown and yellow colours for the tableware and balloons and … [Read more…]