Vanilla Sprinkle Birthday Cake

This classic birthday cake consists of soft and fluffy vanilla cake with lots of added chocolate chips and is filled and coated in a smooth vanilla buttercream. To finish it off there are some piped swirls on top and, of course, a good amount of sprinkles! What would be better to celebrate somebody’s special day?…

Strawberry Crumble Cookie Bars

Hello again everyone! It’s been a while since I last wrote a post on here, and it’s good to be back 😊 And I’ve brought with me the recipe for these brilliant cookie bars – a melt in your mouth biscuit base, a layer of juicy strawberries and finally a crumbly topping with cinnamon and…

Italian Meringue Buttercream

I’ve got a little bonus post for you all this week: I realised I never wrote out my recipe for my favourite buttercream, Italian meringue buttercream! If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you will have seen it mentioned in a few of my posts, especially the cake decorating ones. But it somehow…

Unicorn Drip Cake

So, last weekend I was working hard to make sure a little girl would have her dream unicorn cake at her birthday party and this was the result! A unicorn cake with a pink chocolate ganache drip, a lovely colourful mane and a golden horn! I had been wanting to make one of these for…

Lemon & Raspberry Madeleines

Well hello again! (Just so you know, in my head this is said with a really silly voice) 🙂 This week I have got the results of a bit of an experiment for you. I have had a Madeleine tin lying in my cupboard for absolutely ages now and had never used it. So I…

Marble Bundt Cake – Marmor Gugelhupf

So this week I have got a nice and simple cake for you: a vanilla and chocolate marble cake covered in a yummy layer of chocolate! I have baked it in a bundt tin, but it is also perfect for a loaf tin using about half this recipe. But whichever shape you choose, you will…

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Hi again everyone! So spring has finally arrived in the UK – we’ve had some really nice and sunny weather over the last few days ☺️ It’s supposed to go back to being grey and cold again from tomorrow, but I’m hoping the sun will poke its head out again soon! My theory is that…

Easter Wreath With Nut Filling

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you are all having a lovely Easter weekend with family and friends with some great food, sweet treats and maybe a little Easter egg hunt. 😊 When I was a kid, I used to love the Easter egg hunts at my Grandparents, because they had a really big garden with…

Hot Cross Buns

Hot cross buns are one of the most classic British bakes for Easter, so of course I have got a recipe for you this week to make them yourself. I had never heard about hot cross buns before I moved to England a few years ago, but since I tried them for the first time…

Easter Cheesecake

Today I bring you the first Easter recipe this month: a raspberry cheesecake decorated with Easter eggs! I love cheesecake; it’s so lovely and smooth and creamy, not too sweet with a nice subtly tangy flavour from the cream cheese. This recipe is a no-bake one, so you don’t even have to turn on the…