Why do we eat Wedding Cake?
Your wedding day is full of so many significant moments, all enjoyed, shared, photographed and remembered. One of those moments is the cutting of your wedding cake. But why do we eat Cake?……it’s a tradition that goes back a while, right back to Roman Times in fact. Various different rituals of Brides and Grooms breaking and eating breads, pies and cakes…
Cranberry Flapjacks
Haven’t got much time this winter? Christmas is coming and its all go, go, go…..but you need something home-baked to get you through it all. Take a small break from all that Christmas planning……… Looking for an easy but scrummy recipe to bake? Then this recipe is perfect for you! Our delicious Cranberry Flapjacks are quick and easy to…
Chocolate Spiced Shortbread
Here’s a quick recipe from my submissions from the Good the Know website. It’s full of festive flavour and makes your house smell amazing!! Full recipe can be found here…….
Sticky Toffee Christmas Tree Brownies
So everyone…….how are the Christmas preparations going? Are you one of those annoyingly organised people? Do you have all you Christmas presents bought and wrapped? Christmas cards written and sent? Tree up and decorated? Really…..you’ve done all those things already. Hmph……s’not fair!! Don’t take my little outburst personally. It’s just that I have none of those things done. Not 1!!…
Mince Pie Cupcakes
Flash back 2 years ago when I first bought you the Hint of Christmas Cupcakes….. I have now practiced and perfected this recipe and am happy to present to you Mince Pie Cupcakes….the perfect, lightly spiced fruit cupcake as an alternative to rich fruit Christmas Cake. Ingredients 150gms Softened Unsalted Butter 150gms Caster Sugar 2 Eggs 2tbspns Milk 150gms Self…
Cake Chocolate
Now I know you may think the title of this post is a typo….Cake Chocolate? Surely that should say Chocolate Cake…..well, actually NO!!! This is one of the easiest recipes ever!! FACT!! What makes this recipe so easy is using an ingredient which has already been mixed. I promise I haven’t lost my mind, but this recipe includes…
Coconut Chocolate Cookie Bars
So…summer seems to be over. But hasn’t it been good?! Well it has here………… We’ve enjoyed warm weather (actually a bit hot on a couple of occasions, but I promised not to complain after last years rain!), long days and pleasant evenings filled with dog walks and sitting outside pubs with a cold cider. It’s definitely been a vintage…
Caramel Egg Filled Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
I have recently started a commission for Essence Magazine, which is distributed to homes in Surrey and can be found online. Its a great magazine….well, why else would they commission recipes from The Daisy Cake Company?!! Every month I provide Essence with a brand new, unseen Daisy Cake recipe, and I can now let you, my loyal blog readers,…
Its been a while……
Weeeeell, hello there stranger! How are you? I know, I know, it’s been a while, but you wouldn’t believe how busy I’ve been. Let me give you a quick run-down of what’s been happening since I spoke to you last. My dream of owning my own tea-room and cake shop was screaming louder and louder at me, so on December…
Waitrose Raspberry Cupcakes
Inspiration for baking comes in many forms. This week I got a text from my Mum. It read ‘Did you get the recipe from waitrose for cupcakes to enter their competition to win a cookery course. Thought you should enter that!! xxx’ Well no I didn’t, and yes I should. So in the age of technology, she photographed the…
National Cupcake Week
Did you know this week is National Cupcake Week? Have you rolled up your sleeves and baked anything, or are you more a cupcake purchaser? Whatever your preference, this is the week to indulge in little sponge cake parcels. Cupcakes are great. They are your own personal cake that you don’t have to share, because there is only ever enough…
Strawberry Blondes
Summer appears to have arrived in Surrey…..not sure for how long, but we’re being positive and saying it is NOW summer! I’m ignoring the small blip of the torrential rain and thundestorm earlier, which I’m calling a ‘summer shower’, as the sun is again shining, the dogs are panting and we’re slowly melting (but not complaining….honest!!) So, with the…
Multi Award Winning Artisan Bakery
