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Fun Fridays ~ Cake Smash

Tracy — Fri, 17 May 2013 08:59:46 +0000

It’s been a long time since I posted a Fun Friday post so I thought I’d surprise you all with this gorgeous, but fun ’1st birthday cake smash’ photograph. Taken by Amelia at Cherry on Top photography, based in Australia. Her newborn and family photographs are simply stunning, you must check out her website. Have a fun Friday and a great weekend!!

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Can you have your cake & eat it? Week 5

Tracy — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:40:29 +0000

Hi and welcome to week 5 of my 5:2 diet. For those who are unfamiliar with my blog column ‘Can you have your cake and eat it?’ I’m undertaking an experiment to see if I can lose weight on the popular 2 day a week fasting diet ( known also as the 5:2 diet). For [...]

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Cupcake ATM in London?

Tracy — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:35:14 +0000

Have you heard the news? According to Thomas Cook In Flight magazine, a new London location is being sought for a new 24 hour cupcake “ATM”. The American cupcake chain ‘Sprinkles’ whose clients include ‘A listers’ such as Paris Hilton and Oprah, opened it’s first cupcake ATM in Beverly Hills last year and London is [...]

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Recipe ~ Easy Dark Chocolate Ganache

Tracy — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:15:43 +0000

Don’t you just love dark chocolate ganache? It’s one of my favourite toppings for chocolate cupcakes and chocolate cakes. Whilst on a family holiday in Cyprus recently, I noticed that the hotel we stayed in regularly served chocolate ganache in one form or another in it’s desserts. I am pretty certain that it was made using the same % of [...]

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Cupcakes,Creativity & Confidence

Tracy — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:00:07 +0000

I had the absolute pleasure of giving a talk and cupcake demo to the Anstee Bridge program. Anstee Bridge supports year 11 students who require an alternative to school, with the aim of helping them to engage in education. Many of their students come from disadvantaged backgrounds and Anstee assists in guiding them whether this be in further education, employment or [...]

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Can you have your cake and eat it? Week 4

Tracy — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:00:22 +0000

via onesheepishgirl Hi and welcome to week 4 of my 5:2 diet. For those who are unfamiliar with my blog column ‘Can you have your cake and eat it?’ I’m undertaking an experiment to see if I can lose weight on the popular 2 day a week fasting diet ( known also as the 5:2 [...]

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Cupcakes in California

Tracy — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:31:50 +0000

This year I seem to be on the road more than usual. I knew I had some trips in the diary but I had no idea I would be flying over to a business conference in San Diego, California. It was a marketing conference that a friend of mine was already going to, and it was to be attended [...]

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Can you have your cake & eat it? Week 3

Tracy — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:56:03 +0000

via allwomenstalk.com Hi and welcome to week 3 of my 5:2 diet. For those who are unfamiliar with my blog column ‘Can you have your cake and eat it?’ I’m undertaking an experiment to see if I can lose weight on the popular 2 day a week fasting diet ( known also as the 5:2 diet). For [...]

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Paris & Le Bon Marche – Part 2

Tracy — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:00:50 +0000

Following on from Part 1 of my recent visit to Paris, I wanted to share with you my trip to ‘Le Bon Marche’ which is one of the best known department stores in Paris. According to ‘Wikipedia’ the store was founded as a small shop in Paris during 1838, and began as a fixed price department store [...]

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Cake Business Interview with Elle’s Cupcakery

Tracy — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 07:26:39 +0000

I’m delighted to feature an interview with Elle who runs Elle’s Cupcakery, a bespoke cake company based in West Kent. They specialise in allergy specific cakes ranging from gluten free, dairy and egg free to sugar free. Their cakes are all made fresh to order and can be catered for any occasion big or [...]

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