Caking and Baking

Roscón de Reyes – Spanish King’s Cake A Recipe For The Traditional Spanish Sweet Christmas Treat About two years ago I started Spanish lessons and in December my teacher set …

Étoile de Sablée or posh Jammy Dodgers recipe These delicious and easy sweet pastry treats are a joy to make and eat!          Pastry is one of …

Melt in the middle chocolate chip cookies If you love Ben’s Cookies or Millie’s Cookies you will love this easy recipe When our local Ben’s Cookies closed it’s doors for …

How To Make Challah Bread A traditional plaited loaf that is as delicious as it is beautiful I am more used to sweet treats and cakes but I thought I’d …

The Best Millionaires Shortbread Recipe A perfect mix of all butter shortbread, creamy caramel and chocolate topping create this all time family favourite treat in my opinion you can’t go …

Perfect Scones Every Time With This Easy To Follow Recipe  You can have a batch of classic scones on the table in 20 mins   Whether you put jam first …

Easy Hedgehog Rolls Recipe for children and fun-loving adults Kids and Grown Ups Will Love Making (and Eating!) these super cute and tasty buns! I know its hard to believe …

In January Heritage & Culture Warwickshire decided to run an afternoon tea at Market Hall Museum, based on historic recipes held at the County Record Office. I was truly honored to …

How To Make The Perfect Victoria Sandwich My Go To Recipe For The All-Time Classic Cake   People often ask me what my favourite cake to make is and although …

Perfect Pumpkin Spiced Cupcakes Recipe Did you know there’s no pumpkin in pumpkin spice?? Well did you? I didn’t! For a few years now people have been excited about it …

It’s National Cupcake Week! So what is the difference between a cupcake and a fairy cake? If you hadn’t realised from all the hashtags across social media 18th to the …

Royal Wedding Fever Unusual Flavours And Rustic Finish Handsome Prince Harry and the beautiful Meghan Markel marry on the 19th of May 2018 and we couldn’t be more excited! The …

How Much Does A Cake Cost? Why does it cost so much for a bespoke cake? Each day people call or come into the shop to order their cakes for …

💝💝Finally I can share my news!!! 💝💝 I am so very excited to announce that I am moving Caking and Baking into its own little shop! The lovely Jenny at Sweet As is …

How to make easy Christmas treats. The cheats way to avoid writing cards to the entire class. Christmas is fast approaching and No.4 is bringing home Christmas cards every day …

Get Baking with Your Kids Baking at home is always so much fun, especially when you’re sharing it with your children. It’s a great time to get messy, get creative …

You probably spent a while deciding which cake you would like? Which cake would put the biggest smile on everyones faces. So with just a few simple tips you can …

Five Top Tips for Planning Your Wedding HOW MANY WEEKS DO YOU HAVE TO GO UNTIL YOUR BIG DAY? Hopefully the preparations are well under way and you have enough …

Sugar Cookies Recipe Inset Day? Smashed It #winning So today is Inset Day (or insect day as my 6yr old calls it!) which means my little cupcake is spending the …

  Staying in our going out this festive season we’ve got it covered! Come along to Binswood Hall on Tuesday 28th November from 6-8pm to sample a festive feast. Canapés …

The Trauma of children’s birthday parties. Eat The Damn Cake! Last weekend was No.4s (the youngest of C&Bs offspring) 6th birthday party. We booked the soft play gym within plenty of …

This week it is national chocolate week, what better time to have a treat?!   We have 2 special offers this week so you can make the most of this …

You Don’t need to sacrifice taste for healthier eating Low calorie and dairy free treats that taste as good as they look In my last blog I said that you …

Eating Cake Can Aid Weight Loss Can eating cake really help you achieve your perfect size? I know it sounds strange & I know you’re thinking I’ve lost the plot …

Cake for Breakfast? The perfect way to start to your day… and a way to waste less. We’ve all done it. You buy a bunch of bananas, eat a couple …

I spend my life in the kitchen, whether I’m creating my next fabulous bake or trying something new to feed my 4 fussy kids its often a lot of fun …

Baby showers have been around for a while now and they are a lovely way to make a fuss of a mum to be and literally ‘shower’ her with gifts …

I was chatting to a bride to be about her wedding cake a couple of months ago and it turned out I was unavailable to make her cake, she wasn’t …

THE cake that everyone is talking about!   2017 is the year of the drip cake.   This beaut of a cake started in Australia a year or so back …

Valentines day is a great time to celebrate with your partner or just go out with friends, with plenty of different gifts and romantic days out valentines day is enjoyed …

Cake, 99.9% of people love cake and a cake is a cake right? No No No! This gets my goat. As with most things in life there are varying quality …

Say I Love You with Cake Valentines is almost upon us once more, and what better way to say ‘I love you’ than with cake? We will have some great …

Fed up of this winter and need a mini break? We have been dreaming of these places… As a foodie I love going to different places and exploring quirky cafes …

The ingredients we use in our cakes and treats has always been very important to us. Free range eggs from Stratford and Callebaut chocolate. I have worked with Callebaut since …

Want something a little different on the dessert table this Christmas? Then try our blueberry cheesecake 🙂 Like what you see? Then join our cake club for free to get …

Christmas, it’s so stressful, right? No! Let us help you this year. There are a few ways we can help- Desserts– for that pre christmas get together/ Christmas lunch/ Boxing …

With veganism becoming more and more popular people are developing recipes to make some amazing things, we find this really exciting at Sweet As and love to experiment with different …

We met this awesome Popcorn company recently, Cousins Laura and Sam make gourmet popcorn from their base in London. They have 3 flavours- Salted caramel, Rich chocolate and Pecan pie. …

Top Five Baking Tips   We pride ourselves on creating only the finest and most delicious cakes and baked goods, using only the best ingredients. All of our cakes have …

Three Reasons Why you Should Bake with your Children   Do you ever allow your kids into the kitchen when you’re baking a cake? If the answer is no, why …

Last week I won The Women Who… Entrepreneur award at Coombe Abbey. This came completely out of the blue, the standard of entrants was so high. I was so chuffed …

Cake topper are all the range at the moment- and having a cake topper personalised means it’s also a great keepsake. We came across Miss Cake and love her work! …

Wedding Venues You Have to See So, hands up who received an extra special present this Christmas? The festive period is notorious for marriage proposals, with many partners popping something …

Ten Ways to Spoil Your Mother “A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for …

Answer- An unforgettable experience with you! Saturday 5th March treat your mum to a couple of hours of fun with us at Oken’s Kitchen. We have 2 hands on activities …