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St Helens Saints Rugby Cake

October 31, 2011 by Helen 8 Comments

One tier cake in the shape of a rugby pitch on a green board with a sugar rugby player

Coming from St Helens, rugby cakes are always a popular choice. Our new, Saints Rugby League Stadium is due to open this month and you would have to be living in a hole not to feel the buzz in the town. In fact, the new stadium and a new ...

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Pony Cake

September 30, 2011 by Helen Leave a Comment

Yahoo!! I've got to the end of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) where I have posted every day. Apologies to the people that have received every single post - I promise not to be quite so frequent from now on. Having said that, it has ...

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Should I do ‘Rude’ cakes?

September 27, 2011 by Helen 11 Comments

This is the rudest cake I do - To some people it may even be too rude. I have to admit I did think twice before I took the order on. The sad thing is, this isn't the rudest cake I have been asked to do. Just last week I received a call ...

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Radley Handbag Cake

September 3, 2011 by Helen 9 Comments

White cake on a blue board with a black and blue sugar handbag cake topper

What do you get for the lady who is mad on handbags for her 50th Birthday? A Radley Handbag cake of course! This cake was made as a present for my good friend, Donna on the occasion of her 50th Birthday (Shhhh, I purposely didn't put a ...

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How to make a Hello Kitty Cake Topper

June 12, 2011 by Helen 2 Comments

After the success of the gruffalo tutorial, I wish to present another 'How to' tutorial - How to make a fondant Hello Kitty cake topper again using a creme egg middle. I have had a few people asking what to use if creme eggs are not ...

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Tutorial – How to make an Edible Gruffalo

May 6, 2011 by Helen 19 Comments

Chocolate gruffalo edible cake topper sitting on top of a pale blue cake

Earlier this week I posted a picture of my Gruffalo Cake and the response was incredible. I had many a discussion on Twitter about people making cakes for their children's birthdays and decided to post some tutorials of popular ideas for ...

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Simple Peppa Pig Cake

May 6, 2011 by Helen 2 Comments

Peppa Pig Birthday Cake

I am having the type of day today when it is hard to imagine completing any task - even getting a wash load in the machine seems impossible. No particular reason, just one of those days. So it is nice to look back over the last week and ...

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Peppa Pig Girl’s Cake

January 15, 2010 by Helen 2 Comments

Sugar Peppa Pig on top of a 1 tier birthday cake

Well I promised a Peppa Cake next but then I forgot to take a proper picture before I delivered it (I actually have done 2 recently but forgot to take a picture of either) - I don't think a quick snap whilst travelling in the car counts but ...

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Buzz Lightyear Celebration Cake

November 30, 2008 by Helen 1 Comment

Buzz lightyear sat on a cake

I haven't dropped off the face of earth but am back with a new vengeance! This is one cake of many that I have done in my absence from the blogging world. It was ordered by a lovely girl who has had many cakes from me before. This was for ...

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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.
I'm here to help you find easy, tasty family recipes and gorgeous bakes for busy households.

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