Bespoke Cakes, Cupcakes and Cookies
I thought I would put the tutorial for these cute little cookies together as they are so similar! Roll out your sugar paste, cut out using the same cutter as your cookies. Fix your cookie to the top of your cookie using a watered down royal icing. Using a bone tool make some marks in …
Halloween is fast approaching so why not delight your 'trick or treaters' with some delicious spooky eyeballs! I won't lie, these do take a little bit of time to make. But I am sure you will agree, the finished cookies look awesome! You don't need many tools to make these cookies - I forgot to …
 This is one of the easiest and most effective ways to decorate your cookies! All you need are a few bits of equipment.    - Pre-baked and cooled cookies - You need some flower cutters in a range of sizes - I chose 5 leave rose cutters as the are a really simple …
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These have to be the most simple and tasty cookies I have ever baked! The first batch I made didn't make it to be decorated as me and Kyle ate the lot.. Whoops! Thankfully, this dough mixture make loads of cookies, so far I have made about 40 smallish cookies. Once again I turned to …
 Since moving I have been wanting to sort myself out and ear a bit more fruit and veg... I started out well and then soon found myself avoiding my fruit bowl. Look at how sad they look! Not wanting to waste food, I decided the best way forward was to turn them into a …
 I don't know about you, but I LOVE autumn. I totally get that, for most, Summer is the most popuar season- but for me, Autumn is the best. The  golden leaves falling on the ground, its still light (ish) in the evenings, its still warm(ish) and you get to wear your beautiful boots which …
I just love baking brownies. They are so simple, quick and absolutely delicious!  My favourite recipe comes from 'The Hummingbird Bakery' an american inspired bakery in London. This is on my to visit hit-list every time I am there. Their brownie recipe is my absolute favourite and is always a sure-fire success!  The trick …
My knowledge of the German language is rusty and impartial to say the least, so my first trip to the local supermarket was interesting.  I did thankfully look up certain items on my list so that I knew what I was looking for - Flour - Mehl Sugar - Zucker Butter - Butter Eggs- Eier  …
So the time has finally come for me to ship my life over to Germany. My fiancĂ©e - Kyle has been over here since April. For the past couple of weeks I have been busy packing up our lives, shipping it across to Germany, donating loads of bags of stuff to charity - the last …
Rachel Bakes 