Lemon is a classic flavour for a cake and works well for a crowd as everyone loves it. Recently I baked a cake for my friend Fiona’s birthday party and needed something that would feed around 30 people. I chose a light lemon sponge cake, filled with raspberry jam, and covered in buttercream. On top…
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Lemon And Blackberry Loaf Cake
Lemon drizzle cake is without doubt one of my favourite flavours for cake and I love the almost pudding-like texture when the lemon syrup has absorbed into the cake. Here Ive added blackberries into the middle of the mixture to create a fruity, colourful loaf which is perfect with a dollop of greek yoghurt or…
How To Save Your Baking Failure
I’ve had many a cake fail in my time and I like to think the only reason I’m good at baking now is because I’ve made so many mistakes in the past. One of the most frustrating things in life for me is spending loads of time and money making a cake only for it…
Banana And Salted Caramel Loaf Cake
I think we can all agree that whatever we bake – or eat – adding some salted caramel to it can only make it better. At the same time, banana cake is an all-time favourite classic of mine so naturally here I’ve merged the two together. Banana cake is relatively easy to make and can…
Surprise Lemon Drizzle Birthday Cake
March is always a busy time for me as five of my closest friends all have their birthdays within a few days of each other so it means spending a lot of time making birthday cakes. This lemon drizzle birthday cake was for my friend Nina which I decorated with the simple addition…
Eight Of The Best Rhubarb Cakes
It’s rhubarb season and that means it’s time to incorporate the colourful, tangy fruit into your bakes. I first fell in love with the flavour when alongside custard, in both warm, comforting crumbles and in the hard-boiled sweet form but there’s now a wealth of recipes out there to bring it into your baking. The…
Zingy Lemon Drizzle Cake
The varieties on a traditional lemon cake are endless and here I’ve gone for a round lemon cake drenched in lemony syrup and coated with flaked almonds. It’s incredibly easy to make and looks beautiful topped with icing sugar and almonds. I also threw in some dried blue corn flowers to add a little extra…
Chocolate, Hazelnut And Coffee Cake
In general I usually shy away from chocolate cakes, opting for a lemon or Victoria sponge instead, so I’ve tried to develop a chocolate cake recipe that works. I love Nutella more than life so here I’ve added in chopped, roasted hazelnuts to create a similar flavour and the addition of coffee makes the whole…
Surprise Smarties Chocolate Cake
A few months ago I started volunteering for the brilliant charity Free Cakes For Kids and the latest bake I made was a smarties chocolate cake. It was a for a three-year old boy and I decided to have a relatively simple design but with a hidden smarties ‘surprise’ inside. The charity works all over…
Banana and Cinnamon Fairy Cakes
When you add bananas to cake something special happens as no only does it become infused with the banana goodness, the texture develops a beautifully squishy feel. If you’ve got some bananas in your fruit bowl which are looking more brown than yellow, they will be perfect to use as when it comes to bananas…