This past week I had the honour of being involved in the first-ever Depressed Cake Shop pop-up in Christchurch. It’s a world-wide movement that started in the UK to raise awareness of mental illness and to also raise money for mental health charities, using the universal language of baking (read more here). All DCS baked goods… Continue reading Baking for a Grey-t Cause! {Depressed Cake Shop Christchurch}
The wintry weather has made me long for warmer times… and reminisce about the cakes I made during the summer wedding season. So here’s a post that has been waiting since last summer to see the light of day! No two cakes are the same, but sometimes I come across a cake quite different to anything… Continue reading A Midsummer Day’s Dream Wedding
A quick post here to show a few more photos including progress shots from the cake I submitted as my entry into the ‘Kiwi as – in sugar art’ collaboration. This collab involved a huge bunch of awesome New Zealand bakers, each creating a cake or cookie masterpiece around the theme of… New Zealand! So bring… Continue reading Kiwi As, Sugar! {New Zealand Cake Collaboration}
It started with a Donna Hay magazine. I love her simple, elegant food styling and delicious – often decadent – ingredient matching. And I love even more the tasty themes of the her latest issue – especially a whole feature on s’mores!! I made the s’more caramel slice (the first-ever recipe involving marshmallow that I have made)… Continue reading Mallow Out {Chocolate Marshmallow Slice}
I’ve been looking forward to sharing this cake – and telling the story that goes with it (as is my want)! I love a good theme and couldn’t help myself with the DNCE song reference – I was going to post a link to a video of that song, but thought I would look up the… Continue reading Cake by the Ocean {Chocolate Seashells Wedding Cake}
I know, I know – “Claire, d’you think you could have come up with a longer name for a recipe?!” Lemme s’plain… it’s a good story, promise! I saw an amazing recipe on the I Wash You Dry blog – Chocolate Peanut Butter Earthquake Cake. It had me at ‘chocolate’, let alone the combination with peanut butter… Continue reading Chocolate Peanut Butter Explosion Pudding Cake {The Case of the Disappearing Blokes Who Bake}
The southern-hemisphere summer is fading – not news for New Zealanders!! But the warmer weather (almost) always feels so short-lived, and soon I’ll be putting away my t-shirts to exchange them for more woolly options. I guess I was hoping this last month of summer would linger, but even though we got that extra leap-year day,… Continue reading Rainbow Sprinkles & Stripes {Baby Shower Cake}
Summer is well and truly here (although someone should really tell the temperature to keep up!) but the wedding season has been going for a few months longer. I’m playing catch-up with posting about this cake which I made in November for a lovely couple – an engineer and an architect. For those not familiar with the irony… Continue reading Pretty in Pastel Pink Wedding Cake + Fruit Cake Recipe
‘Tis the season to be baking! Nothing quite compares to the variety of treats specific to the Christmas season to motivate me to drop all other projects. And to indulge in a bit of nostalgia… Over the years the way I’ve celebrated Christmas has changed as the family that I spend it with changes. A… Continue reading Berry and Orange Zest Christmas Mince Pies
I try to publish something on this blog at least once a month – and my biggest motivator is my lovely MIL who asks me regularly when my next post will be up 🙂 Even though I’ve ended up on Oct 31sh with a not very Halloween-y post, I’m glad for the inspiration from my family to keep blogging regardless… Continue reading Three Weddings and A… (Birthday) Cake! {B-Day Cake At Last}
Sweet nor'westerly 