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How to Make a Cake Stand for Cupcakes and More! (Ideal for a Wedding)

Glass cake stand

Here's how to create your own fantastic crystal cake stand. A one tier structure would be good to display a cake. Multi tiers would be perfect for a very individual cupcake stand for a wedding, christening or birthday. You could even use it for a floral arrangement or as a tiered fruit bowl!

A selection of glass wear
Glass cake stand, using a small candle stick
Glass cake stand, using a tall candle stick
Glass cake stand

Family Easter 2010

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Banana cake Easter 2010

We had a lovely family Easter, both the children were home plus Bobbin (dog). Alice and I baked, knitted, crocheted, made organza flowers and shopped, a bit of mum and daughter bonding. This is the recipe for the Banana Cake we made for Easter, this recipe is great if you want to use up very ripe bananas. For the topping we melted chocolate then decorated it with chocolate animals and Maltesers.

BANANA CAKE

Alice Ashley and Bobbin at the Secret Garden Cafe, St Albans
Alice Ashley and Bobbin in Romland, St Albans
Bobbin with Teddy
Alice in the Marlowes, Hemel

Lemon Drizzle Cake

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Lemon drizzle cake

What a difference a day makes, yesterday I sat in the garden with Daryl chatting, drinking coffee, enjoying the warm sunshine. Today the weather is miserable, time to create some faux sunshine in the form of a lemon drizzle cake, bask in its warm lemony glow!

Lemon Drizzle Cake 

Ingredients

Banana Cake

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Banana cake

This recipe is great if you want to use up very ripe bananas

Oven temperature 180C (350F, Gas 4)
Grease a 20cm (8in) deep round sprung cake tin 

  1. 125g/4oz of butter 
  2. 185g/6oz caster sugar 
  3. 2 eggs 
  4. 185g/6oz self raising flour 
  5. 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 
  6. 3 small very ripe mashed bananas 

In a mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar. 

Beat in the eggs one at a time 

Beat in mashed bananas 

Sieve flour with bicarbonate of soda and fold into mixture 

Carrot Cake (Passion Cake)

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Carrot cake

I made this cake for Ashley's birthday. It really is the easiest carrot cake recipe. I cut-out the recipe from the Family Circle magazine in 1983. It never fails to please and it's so moist. It will keep for two weeks without the frosting if wrapped in cling film and stored in a tin.

INGREDIENTS 

Russian dolls tree decorations
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