Easy double choc finger cake

I decide to publish this cake first because its a really nice easy one to get started with. The ingredients are simple, and I can whip one out pretty fast... YOU WILL NEED 1 Cake Board 1 Round cake Buttercream of your choice Jam (optional for filling) 2 x boxes of Chocolate Fingers 1 or 2 bags of M&Ms 1 meter of ribbon Step 1: Make yourself a basic chocolate cake, cut in half and fill with whatever takes your fancy (see my recipes section for sponges and buttercream) Note: It doesn't need to be a chocolate sponge, but...

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Basic Recipes

What cake blog would be complete without a basic recipe page? I'm not a fan of sites that drone on and on about the basic sponge recipe in every step by step guide. I know how to bake a sponge (and you'll end up getting the hang of it soon enough). My blogs, I plan to keep simple; they'll tell you to have your sponge ready before the decorating gets going....it's all about the decorating. So here are a few 'needs' to get you going. A nice basic vanilla sponge/cupcakes This recipe can be used for a standard cake or for basic vanilla cupcakes. You're gonna need... 150g caster sugar 150g butter/stork, softened 150g self-raising...

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Equipment

Before you get yourself all excited about baking, there's some things I think should treat yourself too. Some of them are essentials/things I wish I'd known about when I first started baking, some of them are just things that'll make your life a damn sight easier guys and gals... ESSENTIALS 1.  Mixing bowl. Pretty self explanatory I'd have thought. Though buy yourself a deep one if you can, because I make a total mess every time I whisk something! 2. Scales. Again, self explanatory 3. Sieve. Do you see a pattern here... 4....

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Intro

Lots of people have been asking me where I learned to make cakes... the answer is that I Googled and You Tubed my butt off! I'm self taught, but I found it really difficult to find sites that did step by step photo instructions for a full cake. So... in this wee blog I hope to do just that for you. simple, simple, simple (well...sometimes) Please Note: Reading through blogs before, there always seems to be some an angry know it all who has to point out how something isn't right. I don't claim my ways to be the only ways...they're just what worked for me...no haters please :) Sarah...

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