Category Archives: Frosting
>Cookies and Cream Cake
I made a cake! Let’s have a party. I hardly ever make cake. Well, not traditional cake anyway. Brownies, blondies, cookies and pies are much more to my liking, so that’s what I end up baking most of the time. … Continue reading
>Oreos
Oreos. Great with milk. Great in ice cream. Great by themselves. And now you can have homemade oreos. And you can put as much vanilla “creme” in the centres as you like! These actually taste like oreos. That’s the first … Continue reading
>Vanilla Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream
Continuing on with wanting to learn more about cupcakes for my new job, today I decided to make a simple vanilla cupcake. This is a denser cake, not as light and fluffy as I would expect a cupcake to be, … Continue reading
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>Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting
On Tuesday, I started a new job at a lovely little cupcake shop! I haven’t made too many cupcakes in my time, so I thought that I should give them a try, if only to learn more about them and … Continue reading
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>Nutella and Cream Whoopie Pies
Nutella and cream has always been a popular combination at my house. When I was growing up Mum would make the crepes and Dad would whip the cream while I stuck my fingers into the jar of Nutella. Then crepes … Continue reading
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>Chocolate Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies
Before Borders went broke, massively on sale and then shut its doors, I used to love going in there and spending hours sitting in the comfy armchairs and looking through all the baking books, deciding whether they were worth buying … Continue reading
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>Devil’s Food Cake
On Tuesday it was my brother’s 12th birthday. I wanted to make him something special to celebrate the milestone, and at the same time use the opportunity to try out a new recipe. I don’t really love cake. I mean, … Continue reading


