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Rudolph-the-Red-Nosed-Reindeer Christmas Cake
“The piece de resistance” Rudolph is an original cake design planned and constructed by Mum and I. He stands 44cm tall and his body is made from a rich fruit Christmas cake, with chocolate antlers/ears, chocolate tail, and chocolate covered candy canes for the legs, chocolate eyes, and a marshmallow covered in red […]
Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes, Christmas, Festive and Celebrations
Chocolate Christmas Pudding Truffles
These truffles are very simple to make and are a great way to use up any left over Christmas cake. The mashed up Christmas cake base of these truffles gives them a close textured fudge-like consistency, (just like cake-pops) and when covered in chocolate the Christmas cake tastes delicious. We used Whittaker’s 50% […]
Celebrating Spring-time with Cake
Spring has sprung! As it is officially the first day of Spring, I wanted to share a photo of a beautiful floral cake that celebrates the arrival of spring. The pretty cake I am referring to features on the cover of the September issue of Taste New Zealand Magazine. Unfortunately…… due to copyright […]
Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes
Home-baked Luggage
Whose mother travels on the bus with her carry-on luggage bursting with home-baking? Mine does, that’s who. Mum’s carry-on bag contained no less than Plum Cake, Feijoa Muffins, biscuits, lemons to make a Lemon Syrup, and a pot of butter! Mum stepped off the warm bus and into a bitterly cold wind that […]
Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes, Festive and Celebrations, Travel
Mocha Cake
Mocha flavour is a combination of chocolate and coffee. This Mocha Cake combines a coffee flavoured cake sandwiched together with two layers of Chocolate Butter Cream, finished with a Chocolate Ganache icing. This cake is very quick to make: just place all ingredients in a bowl and beat together….and done! The following recipe […]
Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes, Icings and Fillings
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