Baby cupcakes

A friend of mine had a gorgeous new baby recently and I went to visit them today so I took these along with me for the new family.

Monkey Bread!

I've wanted to make this for ages but just not found the time or excuse! It's basically cinnamon bread bit baked together with syrup. A lovely 'tear & share' bread that would be great to put in the middle of the table to nibble on after dinner. Either that or serve it warm with ice cream.

Chocolate Swirl Cupcakes

Chocolate sponge. Chocolate chips. Chocolate fudge icing. Chocolate stars. There's never too much chocolate.

Pudsey Cupcakes

We had some fundraising fun in the office for Children in Need so I put these Pudsey cupcakes together to help the cause.

Bright Flower Cupcakes

Some of the prettiest I think. I can't take all the credit for them though - the idea comes from the 'What's New Cupcake' book. I love that book - loads of great ideas for weird and wonderful ways to decorate cupcakes.

Rotherfield Christmas Fair

For the first time ever, I took some of my baked goodies along to the Rotherfield Christmas Fair. I had the 4" Christmas cakes I'd baked, all sorts of confectionery including vanilla fudge, peanut brittle and coconut ice, as well as biscuits and 4 flavours of cupcakes.

A classic

I think this was one of the first things my mum taught me to bake. Sometimes it's the simple one's that are the best and a good Victoria Sandwich rarely disappoints. This one has got some of my homemade blackberry jam in the middle.

Squidgy brownies

Chocolate brownies speak for themselves. Each slice of this weighs a ridiculous amount and covers your entire mouth in chocolate with a single bite. Neither of those comments is a complaint :o)

Sundried tomato & basil soda bread

Savoury??? Yep, it's some savoury baking from my own fair hands (and you really do need to get your hands stuck in to this one to mix it all together). It went really well with Amy's lovely casserole - a good dipping bread to mop up the sauce.

Cute cupcakes

I whipped up this box of cupcakes the other day. It was fun coming up with some decorations for them. They probably look at bit more suitable for warm weather rather than the current autumnal conditions but at least they look pretty!