Cake
First things first, happy [belated] birthday Jolene!! Her birthday was actually last Thursday, but alas work commitments took her away to far flung and desperate lands so we had to postpone the day until Saturday. As is now traditional in the house Jo was allowed to choose what sort of cake she wanted and I [...]
I made this cake at the request of my wee boy who wanted it for his seventh birthday, no doubt he wanted it due to the large quantities of chocolate involved and the extremely pretty picture in the recipe book which was all swirls and twirls of chocolate … not a finish I was able [...]
I made and decorated this as a birthday cake, although it’s probably best described as a ‘cafe cake’. It seems we have developed something of a family tradition over the last few years, namely that the birthday person chooses a cake from the cake book and I make it for them. This time around it [...]
Finally, it’s time to decorate the cake! It’s only been two months but now is the moment we’ve been waiting for, it’s time to finish it in advance of the main event … the eating! First thing you need to do is turn your cake onto an appropriately sized cake base or plate, I use [...]
Continue reading about The world’s best christmas cake … ever! ~ Part 4
Christmas is almost upon us and we should be looking to decorate the cake in within the next few days, I suspect that I’ll be aiming for Monday, although only so I can get a post up here, otherwise I might be inclined to leave it for a couple more days and either do it [...]
Continue reading about The world’s best christmas cake … ever! – Part 3
A little post about making marzipan and a reminder that your cake needs fed … The world’s best Christmas cake … ever! – Part 1 can be found here. It’s not too late to begin, but you do need to get a move on now … there’s feeding to be done! Feeding the cake is [...]
Continue reading about The world’s best Christmas cake … ever! – Part 2
Not many people like your average fruit cake, most people don’t like your average fruit Christmas cake … I don’t make average fruit Christmas cakes. And everyone like them. When I was little I remember Christmas cakes as being dry and largely unpalatable, the grown-ups seemingly forced themselves to partake – it was Christmas after-all [...]
Continue reading about The world’s best christmas cake … ever! – Part 1
You may well be forgiven for believing that the only interest this site has is for needlework, carving, sculpting, painting or photography, yet there is another aspect to MadeStuff, stuff that we all make all the time, i.e. food! Of course I’m not about to reproduce every recipe I ever complete on here, after-all, sausage [...]
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