Category Archives: Fruit cake

Celebration Carrot Cake (Sunderland AFC!)

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

I LOVE a good excuse to make a birthday cake and, even better, this one was a very special birthday cake.  An 80th birthday cake for a stout Sunderland AFC supporter… EIGHTY! You’d NEVER know it. So, we decided to … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cakes 2012

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

Christmas Cakes 2012 – I wish I had photographs of all seven of them but sadly, I don’t! The end of 2012 became incredibly busy here.  I had a presentation/assignment to do for university, we moved house and I had … Continue reading →

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Carrot Cake (Oil-free, Gluten-free)

Posted on June 9, 2012 by

Carrot Cake (oil-free, gluten-free) I have been on the hunt for the perfect carrot cake recipe for about two years. No joke. Being a vegetarian, I feel it’s a duty to nail this one. But have you ever just felt … Continue reading →

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English Country Crumble Cupcakes

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Imagine, if you will… It’s July.  Warm sunshine bathes your face.  Bees buzz busily at fragrant lavender, softly brushing it with warm furry bodies.  Marigolds nod their heads happily in the oh-so-gentle breeze.  Poppies spring up, opportunists in the English … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cakes 2011

Posted on December 25, 2011 by

  Ok, told you I’d post my Christmas Cakes when they were finished!  Thanks to Mich Turner of http://www.lvcc.co.uk (Little Venice Cake Company)… I completely copied the design but it was my first, so I wanted the reassurance of good … Continue reading →

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