Mini Victoria sponges for Tanya

I made some mini Victoria sponge cakes for Tanya's birthday this weekend.

I used my usual vanilla cupcake recipe, cutting the cakes in half
before filling with whipped cream and slices of strawberry.

As a finishing touch I made little T stencils and dusted the cakes with icing sugar.

And I packaged them up in one of the brilliant leopard print
cake boxes Emma got me for Christmas.

Here's Tanya eating one of her cakes!

Haribo cakes for Roberta

It was Roberta's birthday so I made some lemon buttercream mini cupcakes.

And here's the birthday girl with a cake!

Blackberry, blueberry and lime drizzle cake

Here is another mega-berry lime drizzle cake,
like the one posted a few weeks back...

I read somewhere that you should coat the berries in flour and
sprinkle a few over the top of the dough to keep them from sinking.

I love the way the blackberries explode when you cut into the cake...

And here's a slice.

Dave's leaving buffet

Unfortunately it's Dave's last day at work,
but that meant we all got to enjoy an awesome party buffet.

Trish made a truly amazing spread, which included a turkey snake roll,
raspberry Victoria sponge and courgette and tomato muffins.

Here's Dave doing his leaving speech...

And here he is modelling his "Global Meltdown" Fontis T-shirt.

Guinness & chocolate cake for breakfast

I walked to the tube today*, so was feeling pretty virtuous...
So virtuous that I was about to buy a breakfast croissant from the cafe.

But thank goodness I didn't, because Nigel had brought
in an ENORMOUS Guinness and chocolate cake.

His sister Hilary made it for him for his birthday,
and it tastes absolutely amazing.

We are calling it the breakfast of champions.

*It's a 15 minute bus ride usually, honest.

Beetroot blinis

So here are some beetroot blinis from a Yotam Ottolenghi recipe.

Served with creme fraiche, sugar snap peas, rocket and almonds.

Blueberry, raspberry and lime drizzle cake

This is a cake my mum made the other week.

It's a super tangy lime drizzle with lots of fresh berries,
in this case, blueberries and raspberries.

Very, very tasty indeed and you could make it with any berries you like.