Team-GB-inspired Olympics cupcakes
Red, white and blue - Team-GB-inspired cupcakes From what I’ve heard, the Olympics have started! As we don’t have a TV, we didn’t watch the opening ceremony live, and I haven’t got round to downloading...
View ArticleChocolate and marzipan star cupcakes
When an email popped into my inbox the other day, from a friend asking if anyone could bake cakes and/or sell them to help her and her sister raise money for charity, I thought that I could help....
View ArticleCupcake of the month (February): choc-fudge-nut
For Christmas I was given a calendar which has not only a picture of a different type of cupcake each month, but also the recipe for how to make it. This has inspired me to bake some cupcakes each...
View ArticleCupcake of the month (March): vanilla, with little egg nests
You may remember that back in February I introduced a new monthly feature on the blog – Cupcake of the month – inspired by a calendar I was given for Christmas with a different cupcake recipe each...
View ArticleCupcake of the month (April): parsnip and ginger
This might sound a bit wacky, but I promise you it works. Baking cakes with parsnip is no different really from carrot cakes. The cupcake recipe in my calendar for this month was simply a ginger one,...
View ArticleCupcake of the month (May): After Eight
Continuing my cupcake of the month feature baed on a cupcake calendar that I was given for Christmas, this month we have a mint and chocolate recipe, which I’ve given the name ‘After Eight’ for obvious...
View ArticleCupcake of the month (June): cheesecake cupcakes
This month my cupcake calendar came up with a more unusual type of cupcake, one which I’d never thought of doing before. The idea was to make little cheesecakes in cupcake cases – an actually very...
View ArticleCupcake of the month (July): red currant
I’ve not felt like baking in this baking heat, but yesterday saw a slight reprieve in the daytime temperature around here, a mere 24 degrees, so I seized the opportunity to sneak in July’s cupcake of...
View ArticleCupcake of the month (August): rich chocolate
It’s that time of year again when my favourite TV programme is back on – the Great British Bake Off! In fact I haven’t watched any other TV all year; we don’t have a licence because since having kids...
View ArticleCupcake of the month (November): lemon
When I was packing up the recipe books the other day, I came across my cupcake calendar that has a recipe on for each month of this year. I said back at the start of the year that I would make a type...
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