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Coca cola cake
As we also had a lot of coca cola left from the wedding I decided to try out a new recipe. It’s Nigella’s chocolate and coca cola cake found on this blog: https://happydomesticity.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/nigella-lawsons-coca-cola-cake/ It’s pretty easy to make and I … Continue reading
Pre-wedding cake
I made a lemon drizzle cake and some delicious cheese scones for a tea and cake gathering the day before my sister’s wedding. The cheese scones were from a Paul Hollywood recipe and tasted great made with fresh rosemary from … Continue reading
Healthy (?!) chocolate cake
well, it does have vegetables in it! Plus it’s dairy free if you don’t eat the ganache icing… This recipe made a deliciously moist courgette chocolate cake. The tin I used was a bit smaller so I made a couple … Continue reading
Showstopper – Hannah’s death by chocolate birthday cake
There seem to be a lot of birthdays at work at the moment! Hannah requested a chocolate cake for hers so I decided to make this one decorated with Cadbury’s chocolate fingers and Maltesers I used Nigella’s chocolate cake recipe … Continue reading
Clare’s Birthday cake – Coconut cake with vanilla bean frosting
My friend at work, Clare, was heading back home to New Zealand for her birthday, but requested a very specific cake for her return…. I googled ‘coconut cake with vanilla bean frosting’ and there was literally one recipe that matched!! … Continue reading
Banana loaf
I had a couple of bananas that were getting old so I thought what better than to make a banana loaf! Regular readers will know I’m a fan of the Hummingbird Bakery’s recipe book so I followed their recipe and … Continue reading
Gerhard’s Masterclass, Konditor & Cook
so on Friday I had a very exciting day experiencing a whole day full of cake! I went to the Konditor and Cook masterclass run by its founder, Gerhard Jenne. There was a small class of 4 and we experienced … Continue reading
Zucchini bread
I’m trying to make this sound healthy as it has vegetables in it….!! I made 2 loaf cakes from this recipe so there’ll be no fighting over who gets to have some 😊 Here’s the recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/moms-zucchini-bread/ And the finished … Continue reading
A special cake for World Baking Day
I’ve had a couple of weeks free from baking so thought I should do something special for World Baking Day today. This is a recipe for a cake from one of my favourite cake shops – Konditor and Cook. It’s … Continue reading
Lovely lemon drizzle cake
It’s been requested a few times recently so I’ve made a lemon drizzle cake – actually 2, so there’s enough to go round! This is tried and tested recipe and usually turns out well: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4942/lemon-drizzle-cake Here are the finished products, … Continue reading
Frances Bakes 