Tag Archives: Children

Snow Leopard And Cub Cake

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Claire
Snow leopard cake

It was J’s birthday, and as he’s still snow leopard-mad, he requested (and by requested, I mean drew a design for and left it lying around the kitchen were he knew I would see it) a cake with a snow … Continue reading →

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Kitten Playing Football

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Claire

My youngest son requested a birthday cake with his new kitten, Bella, on. As his other favourite thing is football, I decided to combine the two and came up with this cake featuring his kitten playing football in the grass. … Continue reading →

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Harvest Allotment Cake

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Claire

Having two children, that means I need to provide two donations to the local harvest supper auction, so my second was this  harvest allotment cake. With carrots, beetroot, parsnips, cauliflower, cabbages and potatoes, there is something for everyone (all made … Continue reading →

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Turbo Cake

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Claire

I made this Turbo cake for my youngest son’s birthday. I used a bowl for the shell part of the cake and carved the head and body from a square cake, before icing and assembling. The eyes were made from … Continue reading →

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Tiny Toes

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Claire

Is there anything cuter than tiny toes? Almost makes me want to nibble them (in a totally non-weird way!)

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Joshy and Alex

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Claire

Joshy’s first meeting with his godmother’s new baby, Alex. The love was instant and mutual 🙂

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My Princes

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Claire

Ok, so I know it’s not a great photo, but seriously, when they are this cute, that hardly matters. Today we had a photographer come to take photos of them dressed as princes for an article in a newspaper (more … Continue reading →

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Woodland Walks

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Claire

We had another lovely walk hunting for geocache in Gelt Woods, near Brampton, and I couldn’t resist showing you this picture of Ben, peeping out at me. It’s a great walk in the wood there – water, trees, flowers, birds… … Continue reading →

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Blencathra (apparently)

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Claire

Another glorious walk today, although the weather was more grey and murky, than the blazing sunshine we enjoyed last weekend. We took the boat across Derwentwater, and walked a couple of miles between High Brandlehow and Hawes End, stopping along … Continue reading →

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Bathtime

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Claire

A gorgeous, if last minute, photo of my incredibly handsome eldest son, in the bath tonight. Boys don’t deserve to have eyelashes like that.

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