Celebrity dress cupcakes

Every baker I know has a little trademark piece that they love making, that nobody does quite like them. So I'm super excited to be releasing my new 'Dress' cupcake range.  The pieces I started with were inspired by a a very girly friend of mine who, like me, loves all things fashion. For her leaving do (she's ditching picturesque Edinburgh for the hustle and bustle of London), I wanted something extra special... this is one of my besties I'm talking about here! I got thinking about all the times we'd coo'ed over fab pieces that...

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Contrasting Heart Cupcakes

A couple of months back I posted a picture of valentines cupcakes that I wanted to try for myself. So, with a few spare cupcakes and a bit of extra fondant to hand, I made a batch this week. These cupcakes are brilliant for valentines day, but would be perfect any time of year for those deserving loved ones... YOU'RE GONNA NEED... Cupcakes Jam Butter cream Packet of ready to roll fondant Red gel food colouring Circular cutter Small Heart shaped cutter Grease proof paper STEP 1 Lay down some grease proof paper to roll...

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Easy Marbled Chocolate Cake

I saw this cake on the fabulous Iced Jems sight whilst I was away and, after my bad experience following other people's tutorials (ref: patchwork cakes), I thought I'd try it out for myself. In all fairness to iced Jems, the tutorial was pretty spot on..though I've mentioned a few things that I had issues with that she either didn't have trouble with, or just missed out. YOU'LL BE NEEDING 3x bars of milk/dark chocolate 1x bar of white chocolate 1 round sponge cake Chocolate butter cream Grease proof paper Sharp knife STEP...

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