Lemon Frosted Easter Cupcakes

We have been baking some Easter cakes today and they turned out brilliantly! Calleigh really enjoyed mixing and then decorating the cakes. It's a serious business though and took lots of concentration- hence the look in most of the photos! 

She totally looks the part in her Harrods apron. 

The recipe for the cupcakes you can find here

Valentines Day Cupcakes

Made using a strawberry cake mix and pink strawberry frosting. Cut some strawberries into heart shapes for a Valentines inspired look!

Calleigh loved them as always.. I don't think there's a cake she hasn't loved yet haha!

Christmas White Chocolate Cheesecake

Ingredients:

• 165g Digestive Biscuits, crushed
• 65g Butter, melted
• 6 leaves of gelatine
• 500g Crème Fraiche
• 100g Caster Sugar
• 2tsp Vanilla Extract
• 100g White Chocolate
• 250g Ricotta Cheese
• Decorations

Method:

1. Mix together the crushed biscuits with the melted butter and press into the base of a lightly oiled 18cm springform cake tin. Keep in the freezer whilst you prepare the filling.
2. Soak the gelatine leaves in cold water until really soft. Heat the crème fraiche and sugar really gently, stirring often in a saucepan until the sugar has dissolved. Now add the softened gelatine and vanilla extract to the mixture and stir until the gelatine has dissolved. Leave to cool.
3. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate over boiling water and whizz up the ricotta cheese until smooth. Then add the melted chocolate and the cream mixture and mix together.
4. Pour the mixture over the crumb base and place in the fridge to set, preferably overnight.
5. When set, carefully remove from the tin and decorate as desired.







Christmas Tree Cupcakes

It's December so it's time for lots of festive baking! I love making cupcakes (and we all love eating them). Most recently I tried my hand at a very festive Christmas Tree Cupcake. The cupcake itself was made using a Christmas packet mix from Pillsbury and the icing was a can of green icing from Betty Crocker. A bit of cheating there but the actual making of this cupcake wasn't important to me, it was all about the decoration.

This was my first attempt and I must say I am quite proud of how they turned out. 

To make the Christmas Tree start with a blob of icing in the center of the cake and then work your way out to the edge of the cupcake in strips (about 4 or five should do). Next start on the upper layers using the same technique and so on until it forms a tree shape.

Calleigh loved them, she didn't care much for the shape she just wanted to dive into eating it.. And she did!