Planning a 50th Birthday Cake: Ideas, Flavours & Sizes
50th birthday cake ideas for elegant milestone celebrations, including number cakes, florals, chocolate, classic flavours and personalised designs.
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Recipes, cake craft, commissions and honest notes from Reshmi Bennett’s kitchen.
21st Birthday Cake Ideas: Elegant, Bold and Properly Celebratory
21st birthday cake ideas for elegant dinners, big parties and everything in between, including number cakes, grown-up flavours and personalisation.
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18th Birthday Cake Ideas: From Number Cakes to Proper Party Cakes
A practical guide to choosing an 18th birthday cake, from age-shaped number cakes to chocolate, colourful and personalised designs.
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How To Bake In A Heatwave. Don’t Do It.
Practical heatwave baking advice from Reshmi Bennett: bake early, pre-bake where possible, keep chocolate protected, use ice for buttercream and ganache, and know when not to turn the...
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Bespoke Bunny and Bees 1st Birthday Cake
A portfolio case study: Bespoke Bunny and Bees 1st Birthday Cake. For current made-to-order designs, browse our birthday cake collection.
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Bespoke Corporate Cake for Din Tai Fung
A corporate cake case study: Bespoke Corporate Cake for Din Tai Fung. For current made-to-order designs, browse our corporate cakes.
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Forget Flowers: Valentine’s Gifts People Actually Want Now
By the time you are queuing for petrol-station roses on 13 February, the romance may already be in trouble.The nicest Valentine’s gifts tend to have one thing in...
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Why everyone is buying Valentine’s cakes in 2026
Why Heart Cakes Have Become A Valentine’s FavouriteFlowers are lovely, but cake has one useful advantage: it becomes part of the evening. You bring it to the table,...
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Does Alcohol Cook Out of Cake? Guinness Cake, Children & Pregnancy
A careful guide to alcohol remaining after baking, what Guinness cake contains and when an alcohol-free alternative is the sensible choice.
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Why Most Birthday Cakes Are Bought Out of Guilt
By someone who has spent far too long watching people apologise with sponge There is a particular kind of silence that arrives at 8:47pm, the night before a...
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The Bitter Truth of Chocolate Pricing
There are few modern shocks more unsettling than discovering that the humble chocolate bar — once a dependable, end-of-day comfort — has crept into luxury territory. Prices have...
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Guinness Draught, Extra Stout or 0.0? Which Is Best for Cake?
A practical comparison of Guinness Draught, Extra Stout and Guinness 0.0 for chocolate cake, without pretending that one can guarantee a particular crumb.
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