This pink birthday cake is a two-tier cake with gumpaste roses piled on top.
Fondant Special Agent Oso
I didn’t take step-by-step photos of this one, so you’ll have to bear with me. I will try to explain how I made this to the best of my abilities. You are going to need: Fondant in yellow, white, greeny-turquoise and black (and a tiny dot of light brown) Red royal icing for the trim […]
Sweet Potato Cupcakes, Muffins and Cake
Can you really make cupcakes, muffins, and cakes with just one recipe? Yes! You most definitely can! This sweet potato cupcake recipe is light enough to use for cupcakes, yet it has enough body to pass for a LOVELY muffin if un-iced and slathered in butter. For a cake, just use a cake tin and a sour […]
Choux Pastry Recipe
A simple choux pastry recipe with step-by-step photos and instructions. These choux buns are perfect served with whipped cream and chocolate water ganache.
Special Agent Oso Cake
Since the boys – Bine’s and mine – were born 3 days apart, we decided to have their 1st birthday parties together. Bine came up with the idea of having it at Gambado‘s and at about £10 a head for the kids, it was worth every golden penny!!! So ball-crazy Jaco got his soccer ball […]
Soccer Ball Cake – How To
Making a ball cake is easier than you might think, provided that you buy a special ball cake pan. Here is how I did it.
30 Day Muffin Recipe
A tasty and straightforward 30 Day Muffin Recipe with bran. As the name implies, the batter can be kept in the fridge for up to 30 days. Simply Perfect!
Ice-cream Cone Cupcakes
I think these Ice-cream Cone Cupcakes are out of this world cute! Even Zazzi – the cake snob – ate them :) I’m struggling to remember when I made these. It must have been last Sunday…I suppose…yes, definitely last Sunday. When Pieter and I made our Valentine’s cookies. I got the idea from YouTube, actually. […]
Valentine’s Day Cookies – Rolled Sugar Cookies
Rolled Sugar Cookies are so simple to make. And if you dip them in sugar glaze or flood them with royal icing you can create no end of cute cookies!