Halloween Cookies

Nov 3rd, 2010 by Gemma | 0

Yes, we’re still with the Halloween goodies, get used to it, we’ve got at least another week of Halloween themed treats. I know, I know, any good blogger would have planned ahead and made them before the holidays so they could go up early and provide you lovely readers with inspiration.. Well, I never said [...]

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Halloween Pumpkin Cake

Nov 1st, 2010 by Gemma | 0

Our centrepiece cake this year was a pumpkin cake. Well, actually it was a butter cake, but it was shaped like a pumpkin.. that still counts as a pumpkin cake right? We were attempting not to be left with too much leftover cake so we just made it an 8 inch round cake, 3 layers [...]

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Pumpkin Ice Cream

Oct 4th, 2010 by Gemma | 0

Pumpkin ice cream is a little confusing, the flavours, the warmth of the spices all taste like pumpkin pie. But pumpkin pie has neither this texture, or the temperature of the ice cream! To have something that is cold, frozen in fact, but gives off a warmth tricks the palate so it no longer knows [...]

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Happy Bluesday

Aug 2nd, 2010 by Gemma | 1

July seems to be a popular month for birthdays. This is a cake we made for one of the many July babies, though we won’t mention how old this one was turning *grins* The recipient is a regular on the blues dancing scene so the design needed to incorporate that general theme. A testament to [...]

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Four Birthdays

Jul 27th, 2009 by Gemma | 0

July saw four friends sharing a birthday party. We wanted a cake that would give each person a cake at least partially tailored to them, while coming together into one presentation. We briefly considered a tiered cake, with each person getting a tier each, but put that idea to the side after deciding that it [...]

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