National Shortbread Day Who doesn’t like shortbread? I love it? You can make all different types of shortbread? plain, chocolate, choc chips, raspberry, lemon, shortbread jammy sandwiches, shortbread hearts, and more. You can have one layer of shortbread or put a layer of buttercream on and have a sandwich or fresh cream in the middle […]
National Brownie Day
National Brownie Day Do you like Chocolate Brownies???? They come in all sorts of flavours today chocolate, double chocolate, white chocolate and raspberry, mint, milk and white chocolate, caramel just to name a few. Some people struggle to make brownies but it may be because they leave them in the oven too long and they […]
Christmas Handmade Chocolate Gifts
Christmas Handmade Chocolate Gifts I love Christmas, but it’s a busy time of year. I love making chocolate treats. My favourite is the chocolate houses filled with marshmallows or smarties. They look so pretty, I had a customer last year saying they didn’t open it until New year’s eve as it was so pretty decorated […]
National Pumpkin Day
National pumpkin day so many recipes to choose from. This is an easy soup, great for cold autumn nights. It can even be frozen I took this recipe again from http://www.bbcgoodfoodrecipes.com https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/spiced-pumpkin-soup-2 Spicy pumpkin soup I pumpkin about 1.5-2kg (save the seeds-toast them and serve with the soup 1 tbsp garam masala 2tsp ground […]
National Chocolate Cupcake Day
Today it’s National Chocolate Cupcake Day Do most people like chocolate cupcakes or plain vanilla ones? I like chocolate ones. How do you make chocolate cupcakes? How can you get them so chocolatey? Cupcakes are so popular now and can be decorated in lots of different ways Well here is my recipe Chocolate Cupcake Recipe […]
National Dessert Day
National Dessert Day So many desserts to choose from? Are you a chocoholic? what is your favourite dessert? Here is a good one below https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/self-saucing-sticky-toffee-chocolate-pudding Self-saucing sticky toffee pudding recipe Ingredients 200g pitted medjool dates 100g unsalted butter, softened plus extra for the dish 75g demerara sugar 75g dark brown soft sugar 2 large eggs […]
national handbag and cake decorating day
So we have 2 national days together wow, this was yesterday I love handbags, don’t you?? Different colours and styles for each outfit are great. Some bags are tiny and some large, whatever the occasion. Some can be expensive and some are cheaper. The brand depends on how much money you have. Some cheaper brands […]
Flavours and types of celebration cakes
Flavours and types of cakes Over the last 30 years, celebration cakes have changed a lot. First wedding cakes which were royal iced fruit cakes were popular and were separated by pillars. I remember making royal iced wedding cakes, they took a long time as you had to leave the royal icing dry in between […]
Allergies and Baking
Allergies and baking A new law was brought in last week called Natasha’s law. Natasha Ednan-Laperouse sadly died in 2016 of anaphylaxis after eating a baguette containing sesame. Her parents campaigned for this law. All businesses in the UK that make food items are affected by the changes. More details are on the link below. […]
Tips on collecting and delivering cakes
Collecting and delivering cakes? How many times have I heard from people and seen on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ConfectioneryandTraining cakes that have collapsed or fallen over? When this happens you have to think about what has happened. I remember years ago It was my daughter’s party and a friend of hers had the cake in the back […]
