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Saturday Night Cake Away

For someone who is frequently baking cakes for other people, there is usually no cake in our house. I find this most frustrating on a Saturday night, when the children… Read more »

When life gives you lemons….

Today was always going to be ‘one of those’.  Middle child destroyed the contents of my makeup bag before 9am, eldest child needing serious talking to after school, middle child… Read more »

Back to school…..

As this is my first time as a fully-working-from-home Mum, I’ve been keen to get myself organised and make sure that the workaholic in me doesn’t take over, and that… Read more »

Curiositea Parties!

We are delighted to announce that Curiositea will be expanding to include bespoke party table packages; specialising in parties for pre-school children. We will provide you with a bespoke party… Read more »

Cup Cake aka Mums Bran Loaf

For ages I’d meant to ask my Mum to share with me her Bran Loaf recipe, and then when I finally had it in my grasp I’d somehow never got… Read more »

May the Force be with you…

Pin It My attitude towards cakes is always tested when it comes to cakes made for my family. In particular those made for my children. This year my son wanted… Read more »

A ‘proper’ birthday cake…

We’ve had a flurry of birthdays over the last few weeks (and yes my house does seem to have been full of cake and our cardboard and paper recycling has… Read more »

Happy New Year!

Despite vowing not to make any New Years Resolutions in 2012 one had to be to “learn how to blog again!” Since my fantastic new website launched last year, I’ve… Read more »

Autumn Apple Traybake

If I knew you were coming I’d have baked a cake!  Well, that was what should have happened, but the idea to bake a half-term cake for my parents who… Read more »

The Lazy Sunday Pudding Experiment

This pudding was most certainly an experiment, but I was so pleased with the outcome (taste-wise at least!) that I had to share it.  I had some sponge cake trimmings… Read more »