I searched high and low for this Red Velvet Cake recipe and believe me, it comes through with the goods. It is childishly simple yet perfect in taste and texture. This Red Velvet cake is a simple stir together one. I was in the middle of experimenting how I could simplify making a Red Velvet Cake…
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Beautiful Buttercream Frosting. Perfect every time.
So you want to make a layer cake or just top a carrot cake with a perfect frosting?. This is How to make Beautiful Buttercream Frosting. Perfect every time. So what exactly is Buttercream Frosting.? Buttercream Frosting, as the name suggests is an icing, frosting, filling or decoration for a cake. At it’s most basic,…
Gluten Free Brownie Layer Cake and video
This is entirely gluten free and underneath all that colour and movement just a simple Brownie Layer Cake. Anyone can do it, promise. Give it a try This cake started off as a lazy kind of after thought. There is nothing like being able to incorporate slovenly laziness into your week to produce what some…
Gorgeous Chocolate Cake with Easter Eggs
This is a Gorgeous Chocolate Cake with Easter Eggs, but anytime you want a simple one bowl cake, this is it! I know that this may look a bit tricky but I promise it is quite easy. It’s all in the decorating. Make it up to 4 days ahead and keep it in the refrigerator….
Black Jewel Cupcakes
Black Jewel Cupcakes I got a call from a friend the other day. She wanted me to make some cakes for a party. That wasn’t it though and I didn’t expect it to be, this friend always has interesting ideas. She asked for cupcakes if I had time and preferably in black oh, with some…
Spooky Halloween Chocolate Cake
The first time I was ever in the US, I went to a Halloween party. I was totally unprepared for just how serious a dress up party at Halloween is there. My friend and I made a half hearted effort to find a couple of witches hats and trotted off to a party that blew…
How to make a Minion Cake
How to Make a Minion Cake! It was a little while ago now that I made this Minion cake. I got most of the help I needed from how to cook that.net. I watched a video Ann Reardon did and then worked on from memory. I wanted to make mine simpler by having it sit…
Pretty Ribbon Bow Cake. Girls love it!
Well hello again from cake central. So it seems there is no end to the cakes that keep leaving this kitchen. That means you have to suffer through them too I am afraid!. I thought maybe you would like to see how a Bow Cake is put together. Despite it’s appearance this cake is really…
Frozen Cake, Chocolate cake,Chocolate Buttercream
My neighbour asked for a cake for her 7 years old’s birthday last week. It’s cake season at my house. I have used the stash of flour and butter and sugar here, and bought more again. So, when I was asked if I could make a “frozen” cake I was more than happy to affirm…
Chocolate Cake with Kit Kat’s and Maltesers
How to make a Chocolate Cake with Kit Kat’s Almost everyone loves a chocolate cake and this is a good chocolate cake. I am always happy to make someone a cake. Usually I look forward to a bit of extra income but sometimes, you have just got to throw that to the wind and add a…
How to decorate a Spiderman Cake
Here’s a colourful and easy way to impress a Spiderman Fan. Follow this How to decorate a Spiderman Cake guide. I don’t remember having any such cake as a child. My Mother was never the frilly apron type. In fact her apron was not required much as her attitude to cooking was… why ? Admittedly…
Gluten Free Carrot Cake: Moist, easy
This is a multi tiered cake but on the bottom is a Gluten Free Carrot Cake. Have you ever made a cake this big? It weights about 25 kg I think. It’s completely gluten free and each layer is a different flavour. White chocolate and walnut mud cake on the top. Chocolate and Hazelnut in…