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Trick or Treat?

Debbie, Baking for Therapy

Hi everyone

Much to my disappointment, I’m rarely asked to make Halloween goodies, and especially not this year!

But it got me wondering…..what’s your go to Halloween theme? Do you prefer ‘Trick’ (scary)

or ‘Treat’ (cute)?

As I haven’t had the opportunity to bake anything this Halloween, I thought I’d give you a few examples from each category 🎃

From the ‘Trick’ section, take a look at these terrifyingly realistic creations from ‘Epic Confections’, ‘How to Cake it’ and ‘The Lovely Baker’

For ‘Treats’ try these from ‘Cakes by Lynz’, ‘The Icing Artist’, and ‘Sugar and Crumbs’

And for a bit of both, how about these clever two sided cakes from Koalipops?

I hope you find something you like in there! There are so many to choose from the talented cake artists I follow 👻 🎃 🧙‍♀️

Like I said, I haven’t done many, but I dug through my photo archive and found these to show you 😀

  • Oozing brain
  • Dracula’s castle
  • Monster
Vampire Hedgehog!

I hope you have fun with your boys and ghouls today. I have my pic n mix ready just in case any local kiddies and their parents decide to do some social distanced ‘Trick or Treating’! (If not, I’ll just have sweeties for me 😀)

However you decide to celebrate, please remember…

Stay safe and healthy

Debbie ❤️

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The Castle and Dragon Cake!

Debbie, Baking for Therapy

Hi everyone

A few weeks ago I told you that I would be taking an online class with Gerry Chiu broadcast from the Sugar and Crumbs kitchen.

Well, albeit later than expected, here I am to show you how I got on 😀

My Cake! Tutorial still available here: https://www.sugarandcrumbs.co.uk/cute-dragon-and-castle-with-gerri-chiu-online.html

It all starts out with a 6” round and a 4” round cake. They were both between 5-6” high, so 3-4 layers depending on the depth of your tins.

I used my Madeira Sponge recipe with buttercream filling and white chocolate ganache under the sugarpaste.

I used Renshaw flower and modelling paste for the dragons and other details, Renshaw Premium Coverpaste for the board and Select Ireland Platinum Strawberry flavour to cover the cakes (it is delicious!)

The inspiration!

The cake was won by Viki Shaw, an inspirational young woman with two beautiful twin girls who absolutely loved the cake 🥰 You can read more about her journey to becoming a ‘rainbow mum’ below.

https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/106069037

Summer and Isabella both making a beeline for the dragon!

As this was a paid class, I can’t divulge the individual processes that went into the making of the cake. What I can tell you is that I did it over 3 days (more if you count the baking which I did the week before and froze!) I followed along for a while on the day, then just watched, finishing off at my own pace over the next two days 😀

I’m really pleased with the result. Gerry is a fabulous tutor, and as always whenever we’re ‘in’ the Sugar and Crumbs kitchen, we have so much fun!

You can find Gerry’s personal Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/Studio8cakes

And a list of all the classes available at Sugar and Crumbs here: https://www.sugarandcrumbs.co.uk/shop.html?cat=144

Until next time

Stay safe and healthy

Debbie ❤️