Our cakes are better than the GBBO, we get to eat them too! 6/09/14

Whilst watching the Great British Bake Off I was thinking about all the amazing cakes from the past months made by me or my very talented family and friends. Too good not to share and they tasted amazing too!

The chocolate fudge rat birthday cake made by me. One of my favourite/weirdest creations.

The most extravagant cake, plain sponge with cream filling, buttercream icing decorated with Malteasers and white and milk chocolate fingers. Made by me.

Strawberry cake with cream cheese icing and topped with strawberries. Made by Annie-two-pies.

Vanilla icing cupcakes with pink glitter made by me and Kath.

Salted caramel cake decorated with mini oreos, chocolate buttons and pebbles. For Olivia's 18th birthday, made by Sophie.

Another birthday cake (I want to say Sophie's 22nd?) plain sponge with cream filling decorated with fruit and chocolate fingers. Made my my mother.

Apple pie made by my nan, decorated with a little mouse and some apples by me.

A trio of brownies, carrot cake and raspberry macaroons. Made by Fiona for a come dine with me night. 

The periodic table of cakes, made to raise money for the ChemSoc. Made a variety of the chemistry PhDs (can't remember everyone...) But decorated by me, Jaclyn, Fiona and Iain.

Millionaire shortbread with plain and white chocolate. Made for a group meeting by me.

This has made me hungry, thank goodness it is Sunday tomorrow!

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Let Them Eat Cake. Part Two

So here are yet more yummy cakes (maybe a few sneaky biscuits too)!! Again made by myself, my sisters, or my mum.

 Raspberry Eton Mess Cakes

 Melting Moments

 Strawberry Daquiri Cakes

 Chocolate Fingers and Chocolate Button Cake

Queen's Jubilee Iced Biscuits and Cakes 

Queen's Jubilee Crown Iced Biscuit and Iced Butterfly Biscuit 

Fresh Fruit and Cream Filled Sandwich Sponge 

Cream and Strawberry Jam Filled Chocolate Dirt Track BMX Cake 

Fresh Fruit and Cream Topped Sponge with Chocolate Fingers Birthday Cake

Allotment Chocolate Birthday Cake 

Dairy Free Buttercream Topped Fairy Cakes 

It's a Boy!, Baby Cakes 

Half a Chocolate Finger and Malteasers Birthday Sponge Cake  

 Dairy Free Merengue Topped Fairy Cakes

Hope this has inspired you to get baking and to be more creative with decorating cakes! It is fun to do (and even better to eat them!!).

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Let Them Eat Cake... Part One

Now, I don't know how or when this started but looking through the photos on my phone there are a ridiculous amount of pictures of cakes. I'm not sure if this is normal or if I have a problem. I say I, but I actually mean me, my sisters (Sophie and Olivia) and my mother (Annie-two-pies). We make, I would say, an above average amount of cakes. 

Any occasion calls for a cake, whether it be a birthday, graduation, Easter, Christmas or even it just being Sunday...(Sunday actually calls for two cakes) WE LOVE A CAKE!! Now we started out like everyone else, little fairy cakes with icing on the top but as the years have gone on they have became more and more elaborate. 

I am quite proud of our cakes and thought I would share some of the pictures on my phone (more to come in part two). 

 Blueberry cake with a cream cheese and blueberry topping

Princess cakes for my 21st birthday cake

 Princess and circus themed cakes for my 21st

 Mille feuille with home grown red currents and strawberries

 Chocolate Easter cake with chicks

Periodic table of elements fairy cakes

Starry chocolate cream birthday cake 

 Fisherman catching a giant fish birthday cake

Lulu Guinness handbag cake 

Chemist birthday cake 

Lulu Guinness lips clutch birthday cake

An amazing fruit topped fresh vanilla cheesecake

Now I hope those have got your mouth watering or give you some cake inspiration, but keep your eyes peeled for part two... even more delicious amazing cakes (I know MORE cakes). 

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