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Cinder Toffee Recipe
Now that we’re in the middle of this Coronavirus outbreak, all confined to our homes to prevent the spread of this horrid virus. More and more people are getting into and rediscovering baking-which…
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Tutorial Video: How To Make Peony Roses For Cakes
It’s finally here! My first sugarcraft tutorial video, the much requested Peony rose tutorial. Hope you like it and if you give it a try, hope it works for you 🙂 If you…
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Recipe: Frangipane Tart With Amaretto & Pear
I was watching Great British Bake Off last week, and was blown away by the Frangipane Tart, I had to make it! To anyone living in UK or Ireland, it’s more or less…
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Rhubarb Jelly & Custard
There’s one thing I love as the Summer starts to wind down and that’s the amount of gorgeous fruit that we see pouring into greengrocers, rhubarb for example! I’ve always loved rhubarb and…
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Review: Dr.Oetker Mug Cake Mix
I was doing some shopping the other night and I always have a nosey in the baking section y’know, to see what’s new…, baking is what I do after all! I noticed some…
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The Most Delicious Chocolate Cake!
If ever you make yourself a chocolate cake, make it this one, you will not be disappointed! So as I mentioned in my last post (VHI Women’s Mini Marathon), there was a bit…
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Gooey Brownies
I think I’ve done it! I’ve perfected my brownies! I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago but I was struck down with the Winter Vomiting Bug….and let me tell ya,…
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Edible Gifts: Seasonal Shortbread
I don’t know if I’m getting carried away with the Christmas baking..it’s just slightly past mid November and already I’ve made mince pies, I’ve always been a devil for premature Christmas though! I…
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Cream Cakes & The Classic Coffee Slice
You’ve got to love a good old cream cake! They always take me right back to Dublin in the 80’s, there are still loads of old fashioned bakeries dotted about the city, selling …
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Recipe: Home Made Butter
We love trying our hands at making our own! We’ve brewed our own beer, wine, made our own spaghetti, ravioli…..and even butter! I’ve my husband to thank for this and it couldn’t be…
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Harvest Season
So Summer is starting to get away from us, nights are once again getting shorter, it’s not so hot anymore and those of you who have kids are silently rejoicing in the secret…
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Easter Bake Off!
Well, I may have mentioned in one of my last blogs that I was baking an Easter Cake for the competition my in-law’s now hold every year!! Well it was announced at Christmas…
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