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Hi everybody, Continuing with my adventures into all things chocolate, I had a go at making filled chocolates. I used white, milk and dark chocolate then decided to try using candy melts as well so chose red for the roses and hearts.. I melts the chocolate and using a small brush coated the...

Hi, I have started to have a go at making hot chocolate bombs. first I melted some dark, white and milk chocolate in the microwave and then coated the inside of the moulds, as I have only one mould i had to do each type of chocolate at a time. i let the chocolate harden in the fridge then when...

Hi Angie, I am incapacitated at the moment till I have the all clear to start doing things again, so to stop being bored and to partially get my baking fix, I am looking for recipes, good thing I love looking at different recipes and discovering new things to try. Thinking forward to Christmas...

Decided to make my Halloween cake yesterday, I made a 6” round chocolate cake and filled and crumb coated with orange flavoured and coloured butter icing. I then covered with purple fondant. things went a little haywire with the decorations, I was fairly happy with my bats, though the painting...

Hi Angie, I am looking to bake some Halloween cookies using moulds (and if they work do some Christmas ones later) but need a recipe that doesn’t spread as I want to decorate them. Do you have a fail safe recipe that keeps its shape but isn’t too hard (I.e. when you eat it not to make 😂)...

Hi, a quick question. when you pop a cake into the fridge before crumbing it, do you cover it or put it in uncovered. Jennie.

I was asked to make a cake for one of the gardeners at work who was expecting a baby girl. I was surprised but really pleased. I decided on a teddy and toy theme, with Some baby items. The cake was a vanilla sponge but to add a surprise I added sprinkles to it. I had never made a teddy topper...

I really enjoy making birthday cakes for my friends at work. Recently I made a jigsaw cake for Kate who loves doing them, we had a new starter and wasn’t sure what she was into but I knew she loves animals, bugs etc, possibly that is why she applied for the wardens job on our estate, so I made a...

Hi, Can anyone help please? I use candy melts to make my own chocolate covered sweets and filled chocolates, but I find that when melted it is rather thick. How do I make it thinner, to coat without a) changing the taste b) loosing the ”crack” when you bit into it. I would like to be able to...

I made this cake for a colleague who was leaving to go and work as a kitchen gardener in a large hotel. It was the first time that I had made such a cake and was really proud especially when asked where I had purchased it from and the reactions i received when I said that I had made it.

I have been given a bag of red velvet cake mix. I would like to halve it as it is too much for one cake. Can I just weigh out halve the mix and halve the other ingredients you need to add I.e. oil etc..

Hi everyone, just joined as I need some help and advice please. I am baking a birthday cake with a garden theme, I am also adding a deck chair (made out of fondant), rug and book. as my friend adores ginger the cake is ginger and as a fun idea I want to put a gingerbread man reclin in the deck...