The final Wedding Cake – Cake of the Week
Well, we are finally there. The final wedding cake went out this week. This was an order I have had since April (around the time I decided to put Aardvark Cakes to sleep for a while) I didn’t want to...
View ArticleWomen’s Institute County Show – Cake of the Week
Its typical isn’t it? As soon as I stop making cakes, I win an award for them. They always say that you should be relaxed about doing any sort of art/craft (whoever ‘they’ are!) I’ve mentioned on here...
View ArticleYellow Wedding Cake – Cake of the Week/The Gallery
Regular readers will know that every now and then, I like to take part in The Gallery. A photo sharing linky devised by Tara Cain where we all ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ over each other’s pics. Every week, Tara...
View ArticleIce Age Cake – Cake of the Week
I’ve got a confession – I’ve never seen Ice Age. In fact, there’s tons of children’s films I have never watched. I’ve never seen Shrek either but I can more or less repeat the script word for word...
View ArticleCake of the Week – Extra Tall Rose Wedding Cake
Its been a while since we’ve had a Cake of the Week – The Costello clan are here, there and everywhere for a couple of weeks but I found these pics of one of the more unusual wedding cakes I have done...
View ArticleCake of the Week: Parma Violet Cake
For one night only this cake was also known as The Violet Mary Costello Cake. (see photo!) I have a new addiction – crushing up sweets and concocting various cake recipes. This was my offering to our...
View ArticleCake of the Week: Swiss Roll – A revelation!
How have I gone 39 years without making a swiss roll? Even more to the point, how didn’t I know that they were so easy and so satisfying to make? Last Sunday we were having a family getogether as we do...
View ArticleScooby Doo Cake – Cake of the Week
Why did no-one tell me about the joys of plastic figures earlier? I spent years of my life that I will never get back making teeny sugar figures and now I discover how brilliant pre bought figurines...
View ArticleTatty Teddy/Me to You Birthday Cake: Cake of the Week and a rare family photo
Please excuse the look and layout of the blog. It is sick. Very sick. A new flashy blog look will be up soon! We had a lovely day yesterday. We held Violet’s 7th birthday party. We were brave and...
View ArticleBaked Cadbury’s Creme Egg Cheesecake
Warning! If you are on a health kick, you might want to look away NOW! When I posted an Instagram picture of this going into the oven, someone described it as ‘Heart Attack alert’. This is definitely...
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