More Glee Cake

So as you can see from a couple of my other posts, I love Glee, so was thrilled when I saw this in Morrisons today.


It's not as good as the three tier cake, I posted a few weeks ago, but really what can compare to that?!
I still love it :)

Happy Baking!

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Things I Love: Glee Cake

After my last post I decided to see if I could find myself on google images, you know, as you do... and while I was looking, I came across this master piece:


I mean, seriously wow... this is possibly one of the coolest cakes I've ever seen.

You want to know who made it?
Well so did I... and after having a little look around the internet I discovered that it was made by Piece of Cake Desserts in Arizona. As it turns out all of their cakes are pretty amazing, and if anyone has a spare $650 and fancies treating me for my 21st then I'd love one of these... it's just a shame I don't live in America!

If you want to read about this cake, check out their blog Here

Happy Baking!

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Glee Cupcakes

Ahh the Beautiful Cupcakes

This week was the Glee Season 2 Finale in the UK, and being the MASSIVE Gleek that I am, I decided that I couldn't let this occasion pass by without some form of celebration... so drum roll please... I present to you my Glee Cupcakes!
I must say that I was pretty impressed with my efforts and very much enjoyed nibbling my way through one or two of these whilst watching the New Directions competing in the nationals and Klaine saying 'I love you.' (aww)

Gleek

So you're gonna want to know how to make these, coz who doesn't love Glee, right? (and even if you don't love Glee, you must love cake, so you're winning either way!)
This is the easiest recipe in the world, but it's also probably the best sponge I've ever made.
The main body of the recipe comes from one which I was taught at school in home economics, but as usual I've adjusted it a little to make it even better!

Stars

Soo the recipe for four cakes is...

Ingredients

55g (2oz) Margarine
28g (1oz) Caster Sugar
55g (2oz) Self Raising Flour
1 egg
1stp Baking Powder
2tsp Vanilla Essence

Recipe

1. Mix the flour, sugar, egg and margarine together in a large mixing bowl for two to three minutes until fully combined.

2. To this mixture add the Vanilla essence and Baking powder and stir again until completely mixed.

3. Fill the muffin cases to just over half way.

4. Put in the oven for 15-20 minutes at 190C (180C Fan) Gas 5 until springy and a light golden colour.

Mr Shue Cake

For the topping it's the same school of thought as the Carrot Cake I made a few weeks ago, it's a case of trial and error and using a LOT of icing sugar!
The stars were bought from a lovely little online company called Top My Party Cake, who sell the best cake accessories ever and sold them to me for the bargain price of £3.79 - A bargain? I think so...Have a look at their site if you get a minute!
And for the final finishing touches I've used multi coloured sugar sprinkles and pink edible glitter, to give it that extra Rachel Berry sparkle :)

Rachel Berry Sparkle

Like I said before, I loved these and had great fun making them, so watch this space for more Glee Cakes next season!

Until Next time,

Happy Baking!

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Baking Boxes, Partial Lists and Apologies

My Baking Box

As it turns out, I'm a horrible liar and if you read this blog then I'd like to apologize(!)... about a month or so ago I promised that a list of order would be published imminently, but as it stands I've barely given it a second thought. I have my excuses, but they're not good enough... so shame on me... anyway, I don't have a list of order, but I'm gonna use the 'P' word one last time and promise that something will go up in the next few days (if anyone's interested?)

But until then I'd like to make a list of a few things which I'm thinking of including, so (as Kel would say) 'Here goes...'

1. Carrot Cake Cupcakes - These I'm hoping to make early on in the process, coz while I was away in the Lake District I went to the massive Lakeland shop, they have in Windermere and bought some mini carrots that I'm super keen to use!

2. Souffle - Just because it's really hard to make and I promised that it'd be the final thing I'd make in the summer challenge as a way of finishing the whole thing off with a bang, or a mini kitchen explosion.

3. Glee Cupcakes - Yes you heard me, I said glee cupcakes. I'm a MASSIVE gleek and proud of it, so I'm gonna make these to celebrate the airing of the Season 2 Finale in the UK - But how can you make the cup cakes Glee Cupcakes? well watch this space, coz I'm massively excited to show you!

4. Apple Pie - an old classic which just has to be done.

5. Flutterby Butterfly cakes - again these are already designed and will be cool - they have strawberry centres :)

6. Death by Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Spears - again a modern classic with a bit of a twist.

Okay so that's it for now guys, but by Wednesday I WILL have posted the rest so please check back soon! :)

Happy Baking

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