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Lemon, vanilla and chocolate fairy cakes (recipe)
Can I pipe the icing straight into my mouth? – JD, 4 JD and I are making the most of our last few days at home before he goes back to pre-school and I go back to work part-time. Today we had some...
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Cupcake icing in a can – an experiment
It’s swirly! – JD, 4 As regular readers will know, JD and I love cooking together, and since he is now preparing to start school in September, I’ve been making an effort to give him more and more...
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Cream and sprinkles party cakes with milk chocolate spoons
You can’t have too many sprinkles – Me These most definitely do not go on my list of healthy recipes, but they are a lot of fun if you need a centre piece for children’s tea party. This recipe makes...
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The secret to perfect chocolate buttercream frosting
Can I lick the bowl, please, or shall we share? – JD, 4 I love making cupcakes. It takes minutes to whip up the batter and get them in the oven and once they’re cooked and cooled, you have 12 little...
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Spiced Christmas cupcakes with marzipan frosting
Twas the night before the School Christmas Fayre and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…except mummy, who was stirring cake batter furiously while rifling through the spice cupboards...
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Jaffa cake cupcakes (recipe)
These went down a storm at work – Mark Today, as part of ‘A Mummy Too cooks with’, I’m bringing you a recipe from Jenny of Mummy Mishaps that is nothing short of genius, combining cake, chocolate and...
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Win two gorgeous cookbooks in time for Christmas (Twitter giveaway)
Can I make some all by myself? – JD, 6 I’ve been sent some gorgeous cookbooks from Parragon’s ‘Love Food’ range that are just perfect for Christmas. Read on to learn more about them and you could win...
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Bemused by baking? These recipe videos will help
Can we bake today? – JD I haven’t always been a keen cook. There was a time, not very long ago that my baking was really quite rubbish. I learned through three things, really. 1) I read a zillion...
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Halloween creative fun! How to make oozing slime cakes & gory brain cakes,...
Halloween is so much fun. We love it and every year we try to come up with creative new ways to celebrate. This year, we’ve developed these slime cupcake (chocolate and lemon curd) and brain cupcake...
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Mini mint choc chip cupcakes (Usborne Children’s Cupcake Kit recipe and...
The Usborne Children’s Cupcake Kit is lovely gift set, providing you with a lots of step-by-step, illustrated recipes for delicious and colourful cupcakes, as well as cake toppers and enough cupcake...
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Easter nest cupcakes
These cute Easter nest cupcakes are made with a simple sponge, topped with a chocolate cornflake nest and mini eggs. They’re a lovely activity to do with the kids this Easter weekend. 5.0 from 2...
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Ultimate Baileys chocolate cupcakes with a surprise inside
From the dark chocolate chips in the rich chocolate sponge, to the smooth and creamy chocolate and Baileys frosting, to the velvety milk chocolate Baileys ganache you’ll discover inside – these really...
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Vanilla fudge cupcakes with a salted caramel core
I almost forgot to share these with you! They were made on a whim, photographed quickly, eaten with great enthusiasm and then filed under ‘must blog’. So here they are, vanilla cupcakes with fudge...
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The secret to perfect chocolate buttercream frosting
Over the last few months, I've been experimenting with toppings and I'm really happy with the chocolate icing pictured above. It's made from butter, icing sugar and plain chocolate and pipes...
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Spiced Christmas cupcakes with marzipan frosting
Twas the night before the School Christmas Fayre and all through the house, not a creature was stirring… except mummy, who was stirring cake batter furiously while rifling through the spice cupboards...
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Jaffa cake cupcakes (recipe)
These went down a storm at work – Mark Today, as part of ‘A Mummy Too cooks with’, I’m bringing you a recipe from Jenny of Mummy Mishaps that is nothing short of genius, combining cake, chocolate and...
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Win two gorgeous cookbooks in time for Christmas (Twitter giveaway)
I've been sent some gorgeous cookbooks from Parragon's 'Love Food' range that are just perfect for Christmas. Read on to learn more about them and you could win them too!
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Bemused by baking? These recipe videos will help
Kenwood has produced a series of step-by-step video recipes to help you conquer your fear of cooking (apparently that's called 'mageirocophobia' - who knew?!) and start on your journey to producing...
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Halloween creative fun! How to make oozing slime cakes & gory brain cakes,...
Halloween is so much fun. We love it and every year we try to come up with creative new ways to celebrate. This year, we’ve developed these slime cupcake (chocolate and lemon curd) and brain cupcake...
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