Blog: Baking

Learn how to make traditional Christmas Cake with this easy to follow recipe...     Prep 45 min + soaking and maturing Cook 90-110 min Serves 10-12 250g currants 250g...

Creating Your Own Innovative Cake Business Opportunities Thanks to TV shows like The Great British Bake Off, Britain has become more bonkers than ever about cakes and baking....

The Real Reasons Why Lemon Drizzle Cake Is The Nation’s Favourite... Lemon drizzle cake is officially Britain’s favourite type of cake, according to The Independent. A...

Vegan chocolate cake recipe with chocolate peanut butter ganache Veganism is more popular than ever! With more and more people choosing to live on a diet free from animal...

Mary Berry ditches traditional Victoria Sponge method... Former Queen of the Great British Bake Off, Mary Berry, has admitted that she no longer follows the traditional Victoria...

Goosnargh Cakes When Janet Berry told me she was going to make Goosnargh Cakes, I said "what?"  We are all familiar with Bath Buns and Eccles Cakes but I hadn't heard of...

Homemade flowerpaste Michelle Pattinson of VS Cakes has shared her home-made recipe for flower paste/gumpaste with Cake Life readers! "I love making sugarflowers and am often...

Lemond Curd Recipe Who doesn't love delicious lemon curd? With it's bright and zingy taste our homemade recipe is sure to tickle your taste buds. Lemon curd makes a wonderful...

Janet Berry, a baking and sugarcraft floral expert, is sharing her recipe for elderflower cordial with Cake Life, the perfect accompaniment with her lemon curd cake! Elderflower...

Jan Berry of Jan Berry Sugarcraft is a qualified pastry chef, sugar floral expert and Cake International competition co-ordinator and Jan will be judging at the show Friday 2nd...

Karen Keaney's Bread We are all feeling the cold at the moment, even if you don't have any snow, it is freezing in the UK at the moment! So, if you are stuck indoors with no...

Retro Cake Decorating Who doesn't love retro! Mish Pattinson of VS Cakes shows Cake Life how to create a bit of nostalgia this Christmas. Please send your retro designs to...