Back in November 2009 (yes I know!! It’s a long time ago!) I filled a jar with dried apricots and amaretto liqueur. I wanted the apricots to soak in the liqueur for a little while whilst I thought of what to make with them. As it happens, they have been soaking until now, sitting in […]
Goodness me it’s been a while since my last blog post. We’ve had a really busy summer at Maisie Fantaisie making lots of wedding cakes and I haven’t had a moment. So my apologies to you for that. Last weekend was my nieces 7th birthday so we headed down to the cotswolds to help out […]
The summer has well and truly arrived and I think it’s time to go tropical! My last few weeks have been very busy making wedding cakes and I’ve been making the final adjustments to my new cake book, it’s looking so lovely and I’m so pleased with it! So this week I thought I’d take […]
I was strolling around Brixton market on Saturday and a bottle of rose water in the window of the Indian supermarket caught my eye. It was a lovely sunny day and I had been invited round to a neighbours for a cup of tea that afternoon. Always one to try out a new recipe on […]
As you can imagine, with the amount of wedding cakes that I make, I have a lot of left overs! So I incorporate this delicious cast aside cake in sweet and pudding recipes. The off cuts from my ‘chocolate framboise’ cake recipe became the perfect ingredient for a box of ‘Chocolate Cake Truffles’. Even after […]
I was having a sneaky lunchtime drink at The Groucho Club the other day and while relaxing my mind wandered to new cake recipes. I needed to make my own raspberry compote for use as a filling in my cakes - but I wanted to add a little something extra special. “Ah ha” I thought, […]
I know I shouldn’t, but I do love a Starbucks every now and again. (Any kind of takeout coffee always makes me feel like I’m Sarah Jessica Parker swanning around the streets of New York in an episode of Sex and the City!) And come the Summer time, I find their Frappuccino’s too hard to […]
