Vanilla Easter Biscuits with Royal Icing

    The eggs only. They look eggs-tra specially eggs-cellent.   We didn’t put all our eggs in one basket: we added a chicken and bunnies as well. A pretty blue bowl of pretty biscuits :   “Time consuming but absorbing, and fun to make” – this how Mum described the making, baking, and icing […]

Posted by Admin on May 3rd, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Biscuits, Easter, Festive and Celebrations, Icings and Fillings

Christmas Cake Icing, Almond Paste Recipe, and Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes”

Finished “Christmas Candle Cakes”   This is a companion piece to the blog I posted in December called “Mum’s Christmas Cake Recipe”, and is also linked to the blogs “Christmas Cake Recipe (CT’s)”, and “Christmas Cake Recipe (Uncle Charlie’s)”. Here I am describing how to make the Almond Paste (marzipan) and apply the royal icing, […]

Posted by Admin on January 4th, 2014 | No Comments Posted in Christmas, Confectionery, Desserts and Puddings, Festive and Celebrations, Icings and Fillings

Chocolate Birthday Cake

 This is the wonderful cake Mum made for my birthday this year.   The recipe is called “Rose’s Chocolate Cake”**       I live two hours away from Mum, so over the phone she had asked me to choose what type of cake I wanted for my birthday this year. It always has to […]

Posted by Admin on October 1st, 2013 | No Comments Posted in Cakes and Cupcakes, Festive and Celebrations, Icings and Fillings