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02-08-12

Photo courtesy of Konditor & Cook

A royal cakeover

As a final note, before we move on from cakes to a more energetic topic, our friends at Konditor & Cook (from whom we’ve had too many birthday cakes than is really healthy) have a great story about an enormous edible portrait…

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Bake

21-07-12

Wedding cakes

A slice of married life

The gorgeous Choppy is getting married today! And while we wait to see kind of cake she tucks into, I’ve asked other hitched colleagues what baking beauties were served on their wedding days…

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19-07-12

A shower of baby cakes

I made these little fellas for my friend’s baby shower party. Cupcakes and baby showers – they both seem to be the thing to do these days!

Bake

11-07-12

The Cake Master™

In the Brookes family, my brother Tim holds the title of Cake Master™. High-flying property litigator by day, calorie craftsman extraordinaire by night, he produced this little (sorry, ENORMOUS) chocolate and salted caramel beauty – officially the best cake I have ever been made – for my 29th (ahem) birthday earlier this year.

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Bake

09-07-12

Easy Elmer

Our celebration for Tobias’s first birthday was coming up and we needed to inject some colour into this winter baby’s party. Elmer is a classic kid-pleaser, and a very cheerful little elephant, so we decided to work our theme around him.

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Bake

06-07-12

Becky says things about… baking

It is a truth universally acknowledged that cake is one of the best things in the world. Cake can heal, cake can bring joy, cake can bring people together. If only Britain and Germany had sat down over a nice cup of tea and a slice of lemon drizzle and discussed all their differences in 1914, then the world would be a very different place.

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30-11-11

Scotch Whisky Dundee Cake

  Ingredients 6 ounces currants 6 ounces sultanas 4 ounces glace cherries 3 ounces mixed candied peel, finely chopped grated rind 1 small orange grated rind 1 small lemon 5 ounces butter, at room temperature 5 ounces soft brown sugar [...]

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29-03-10

The Cake of Obscenity

I can’t really claim credit for this little beauty; the recipe comes from a friend of mine. But I can say that every time I make it, the feedback is so joyous and effusive that I’ve started fancying myself as [...]

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