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Setting up your own business – How to get started

April 26, 2012 by Helen 2 Comments

A selection of the paperwork needed to set up a small business

One of the most common emails I receive are those asking for advice on what to do if you are thinking of starting your own business. Due to the state of our economy, a lot of people have found themselves in the position of having to ...

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How to make a Peppa Pig Cake Topper – Tutorial

April 24, 2012 by Helen 55 Comments

sugar Peppa Pig Cake Topper sat down on a blue surface

I've made thousands of Peppa Pig cakes over the years (maybe a teeny exaggeration but not much!) so now it's your turn. Here's how to have a go at making your own Peppa Pig Cake Topper using our good old friend, the Walnut Whip (walnut gets ...

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Filed Under: Cakes, Children's Birthday Cakes Tagged With: Cake decorating tutorial, Homemade Cake Topper, Peppa Pig Cake, sugarcraft

Camel Cake – Cake of the Week

April 22, 2012 by Helen 5 Comments

Cream coloured cake with a sugar camel lying on the top

A much less stressful week for cakes this week so why on earth was I so last minute finishing this camel cake? I was due to deliver it on Friday at 2pm and at 1.20PM I'm still putting the last minute touches on it. I always have been better ...

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Filed Under: Cakes, Celebration Cakes Tagged With: novelty birthday cake, sugarcraft

Disney Castle Cake with Mickey and Minnie

April 15, 2012 by Helen 13 Comments

4 tier castle cake in the style of Disney

I wasn't going to post about this Disney Castle Cake. It was a really difficult cake to make - not just because it was massive and Disney characters are really hard to get right but because of what the cake meant. I got asked to make this ...

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Filed Under: Birthday Cakes, Cakes, Children's Birthday Cakes Tagged With: Homemade Cake Topper, novelty birthday cake

Chocolate Roses Wedding Cake

April 8, 2012 by Helen 10 Comments

Four tier chocolate square wedding cake with milk and white chocolate roses

Happy Easter Everyone. Hope you are having a wonderful day. We have unexpectedly come home early from our second caravan trip of the year - Violet became unwell yesterday and we didn't want to chance her spending the night vomiting in the ...

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Filed Under: Cakes, Celebration Cakes, Wedding cakes Tagged With: Cake decorating tutorial, Chocolate, sugar roses, Wedding cake

Why I won’t be doing wedding fayres anymore and how to survive them as a stallholder

April 5, 2012 by Helen 4 Comments

  Over the past 4 years I've attended a fair few wedding fayres as a stall holder. I've been to good ones, quiet ones and ones that have almost made me want to have nothing to do with the wedding industry ever again. Wedding Fayre ...

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Top 5 Kitchen Inventions Under £5

March 27, 2012 by Helen 1 Comment

I love a bargain and very few things beat the feeling of getting right good value for money. With this in mind, I introduce you to my entranklement drawer and my favourite kitchen utensils under a fiver (Its rather famous around here ...

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How to prevent travel sickness: SeaBands Review

March 27, 2012 by Helen 34 Comments

See this picture above? What do you see? The beautiful sea behind and the promise of some warm weather? Yep, all that but so much more ...I see me smiling. And up until recently, that was quite rare on a boat. What you can't see on the ...

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Yellow Tea Roses Cake

March 6, 2012 by Helen 5 Comments

1 tier white birthday cake with handmade sugar yellow tea roses on top and a yellow board

I love a yellow cake - The bright beauty of yellow tea roses are perfect for all manner of occasions. This is a repeat order for a family I have got to know. One of the Mums was 80 in December and the other Mum is 80 this week. What a ...

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Filed Under: Adult's Birthday Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Cakes Tagged With: Sugar Flowers, sugar roses, sugarcraft

Pink 50th Birthday Cake

February 26, 2012 by Helen 1 Comment

2 tier white birthday cake with a large pink 50 at the front and a pink sugar bow detail on top

I'm just back from a child free weekend! Yes, me! I've spent the weekend getting pampered and spending time with 7 other lovely ladies here. The occasion was to celebrate on of my best friend, Sue's 50th birthday. This weekend was just one ...

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Filed Under: Adult's Birthday Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Cakes Tagged With: Birthday Cake

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Hi, I'm Helen. Mother of 3, Wife of 1. Tired since 2002. To be found in the kitchen or poolside.
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