CAKEY BAKEY: VALENTINES ROSE CUPCAKES

I've been a busy little bee lately but that hasn't kept me away from the kitchen - mainly because we have a whole bunch of eggs that need using but still that's not the point. My aim was to make some fabulous, Pinterest worthy, valentines rose cupcakes...this didn't actually go to plan! Thankfully Kieran and I don't celebrate Valentines and these were just for a bit of fun!

TASTE THE RAINBOW CUPCAKES

I've got a lot of posts with reviews coming up so I thought I would break things up with a little bit of fun. If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram you may of seen that last night I decided to test out my Christmas pressies and bake some cakes...but not just ANY cakes, Rainbow cupcakes!

#BLOGMAS: MY LITTLE GINGERBREAD MEN

On the 3rd day of Christmas...I decided to attempt to make gingerbread men!

I've never tried to make gingerbread before and I usually cheat and buy the ready made gingerbread houses but this year we bought a fairytale cottage mould from Lakeland and some gingerbread man cutters and stamps. As I wanted to make some for Christmas day for the kiddy winks in the family I thought I would do a test run - and its a good job I did too, gingerbread is hard!

THE GREAT DENBY CAKE OFF - VICTORIA'S SPONGE BITES

Not only have I actually had a chance to bake something for once but these scrummy little bites are my entrance for The Great Denby Cake Off. 

Denby is holding a great competition and you could be in with a chance to win a top prize of £250 worth of Denby vouchers! Click the image above for more information and how to enter.

So on with the show, here are my "Victoria's Sponge Bites"

BAKEY WEDNESDAY - MADEIRA CAKE

I love baking and I usually have a little tradition of choosing a recipe from the weeks bake off and challenging myself to make it. Unfortunately due to the lack of time and lots of work going on I haven't been able to squeeze anything in. Until this week!

So finally, I present to you, my first creation - Madeira Cake.