With Spring temperatures already in full swing here, it’s time to make some easy cupcakes with light, delicious and fruity flavours. These passionfruit and coconut cupcakes are simple to make, and you can choose to use a simple passionfruit icing or a rich buttercream to …
I made these cupcakes to commemorate International Women’s Day, that is held every year on the 8th of March. Interestingly, in Italy this is mainly celebrated with the ‘Mimosa’ flower (an acacia) and you will see little bunches of yellow everywhere. I find this interesting …
With Christmas just around the corner, it’s time to start baking! Whether you’d like to make these as an original gift idea, (I often made cupcakes at Christmas time for my children’s teachers) or you want some festive looking place cards to enhance your Christmas …
Sometimes I think I won’t make a traditional Christmas Cake, but then I usually get a big attack of the guilts and decide Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without it. Even though I know my son Joseph probably won’t even taste it, I have this need to …
Making and decorating a Gingerbread House at Christmas time can be a fun and satisfying activity. It can also be an activity that starts off well, but ends in tears and may risk having you throw pieces of gingerbread at the closest wall in frustration. …
I’ve always loved seeing photos of sliced layer cakes that have graduating shades of colour in the layers and I’ve always wanted to make one. I decided Annabella could help me, and I started by making a dose of a very basic madeira cake …
It’s a bit odd that I haven’t really posted many fondant decorated cakes on my blog. The truth is that I don’t decorate cakes as often as I once did, but if asked I am happy to pull out my rolling pin, cutters, gumpaste, ball …
One of my great loves (and what I’m probably known most for in Italy) is cake decorating. Although I don’t make nearly as many celebration cakes as I used to, occasionally on this blog I’ll share some of my past cakes that I am particularly …
