About me

Hello and thank you for stopping by!

I guess you liked a few of the things you have seen on here and you might like to know a little more about me.

Let me introduce myself, I'm a British born chinese living in UK and a stay at home mum with two children. My husband supports me with my passion on baking as he gets to be the first to taste it all. And I just love baking!

I started baking about 10 years ago. It was only celebration cakes I baked for friends and family, just a few cupcakes but nothing serious. I took a long break with baking when my children arrived.
I simply have no time., life was pretty busy with my two!

It's only recently I've started baking again where I posted a few cakes on my Facebook and had positive response from my family and friends. So I decided to set up a seperate facebook page naming it 'Mandy's baking journey' for just my bakes and to share recipes on baking groups to meet other fellow bakers.
Then I started this blog to keep a journal of my bakes and it is now going global!

All the celebration cakes I make are my own creations and ideas which I always decide the last miunte. I source my recipes from books and the internet and like to adjust the recipes to suit my family's tastes.

I haven't taken up any baking classes or have any training. I'm simply a normal mum with a busy life with kids and just want to bake for my family.
I want to show everyone that baking is fun, its not difficult if you have a good recipe & given the right method.

If I can do it so can you!

If first you don't succeed, try, try again!

Thank you for visiting my blog, I hope you enjoyed what you have seen today.
You can like my Facebook blog for more updates of my baking journey.


Picture of my gorgeous kids. 


Me with my daughter. 






34 comments:

  1. Anonymous24 March 2014 at 06:36

    Hi Mandy,
    Found you through the Facebook group All About Cake Decorating.
    Your baking creations are amazing. Glad I stumbled across your blog.

    xoxo
    Angela

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    1. Mandy25 March 2014 at 06:16

      Hi Angela, thanks again. I have got your message on Facebook and absolutely delighted to hear great feedback about my blog. I hope to be able to continue to inspire and just amazing support I have from everyone. Thanks! Xx

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  2. Anonymous1 April 2014 at 14:41

    Hi Angela I also found your blog through All About Cake Decorating. Im amazed with all your cakes! U must be proud! I am going to try your Moist Chocolate cake 2morrow. Wish me luck haha!. Kelly.

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    1. Mandy2 April 2014 at 13:31

      Hi Kelly, you referring to me? Hope you like the moist chocolate cake. Mandy x

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  3. Unknown9 April 2014 at 20:44

    Hi Mandy, I saw ur cakes from mummies @ home and m really inspired by you to trying baking a "real" cake for my family. So far I have only been baking cupcakes and brownies, not daring to "venture" into baking cakes as I m still a noob at baking. Hopefully with you step by step tutorials i can do it too...

    I hope to find time to try your kitkat strawberry cake. I think my daughter will love to help me. =)

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    1. Mandy13 April 2014 at 18:26

      Hi Debbie,
      Thank you for your message. Don't be afraid to try your first cake, I hope my tutorials will help you and I'm sure after your first cake you won't look back to buying one from the shops.

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  4. Anonymous3 May 2014 at 09:30

    Keep up the good work! Your cakes look AMAZING!!!!!!!

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    1. Mandy3 May 2014 at 11:01

      Thank you for your kind comments, would be lovely to know who you are. If you're on here again please do leave your name. Thank you once again.

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  5. cormick5 May 2014 at 02:25

    Hi mandy. May I know what type of mixer u using?

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    1. Mandy5 May 2014 at 03:02

      Hi Cormick,
      I have a Kenwood stand mixer but I hardly use it. I prefer using my hand held electric whisk.

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  6. cormick5 May 2014 at 10:23

    Oh ic. . Thanks for the reply. . Cos actually im getting a mixer. Im from singapore. . Mixer here is kinda expensive. . So im wondering is it worth paying so much. . Or jux stick to a cheap one.

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    1. Mandy6 May 2014 at 01:59

      If your new to baking then I would just get something that's on the moderate range. I have been using my hand held mixer since the first day I decided to try baking and its still going strong. I'm just so used to it and only use my stand mixer for bread dough or whisking large amount of egg whites for chiffon cakes.

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  7. Anonymous5 May 2014 at 12:12

    Hi Many I stay in the US and wanted to know abt the oven temperature here for baking. Is it the same as UK as the preheat for most of the oven is 350 F here as compared to degrees. Can I set it to the ones which are mentioned or shouldI go with the one designed as per US. Please help.

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  8. Anonymous5 May 2014 at 12:16

    Also you have mentioned some basic temperature as 180 degrees can i set the same and try it. Also at what temp do you preheat your oven.

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    1. Mandy6 May 2014 at 02:04

      I'm sure it's all the same you just have to convert the degrees to Fahrenheit. When the recipe states the temp you bake with its the same temp you preheat your oven.

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  9. SS19 May 2014 at 20:24

    Mandy, you are amazingly talented and creative. Firstly thank you soo much for the step by step pictures. I can't begin to say how elated I'm to finally find a cake blog which specializes in whipped cream and fruits ( precisely what i like to do). Thank you ..I will be on your blog for the next week or two totally in awe of your creations. Could you tell me how do you stabilize cream cream to create the rosettes or basketweave creations. Thanks in advance.

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    1. Mandy20 May 2014 at 02:30

      Hi Shetty,
      Thank you for your lovely comments, so nice to hear from you and to know how much you like my blog.
      I prefer to use a cream aternative as it's much more stable than fresh cream, it's does contain dairy so I cannot call it non dairy.
      Not sure if you can buy something like this from where you are.

      But otherwise if you do use fresh cream, add 1tsp of gelatine with 1tbsp of water and absorb for few minutes, dissolve to liquid and whip your fresh cream (300ml) until it reaches soft peak, add icing sugar then slowly pour gelatine into the cream still whisking. Once you reached the stage where it's peaked but not too stiff. Put into chiller for 15 minutes for gelatine to set and it's ready to use. This would be stable enough for you to pipe rosettes and weave patterns.

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    2. SS20 May 2014 at 07:05

      Thanks for the quick response Mandy. I live in the USA and I have found something called Table cream ( unrefrigerated) which I believe is non-diary. I have mostly experimented with fresh cream and adding a bit of mascaparone cheese to stabilize it for some decorations. I will definitely try the gelatin version( I try to use it only if necessary). I feel like this kid in the candy shop on your blog Mandy. Do you see my excitement .:) Thanks a ton for being so helpful.

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  10. Fathiya20 May 2014 at 06:18

    Hello

    I found you in All about cake decorating and am so glad I have found you , I will began my journey of tasty and exceptional cakes with you, your cakes are absolutely simple , unique . Thank you for sharing

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    1. Mandy27 May 2014 at 17:01

      Hi Fathiya, nice to hear from you, I'm a huge fan on that group. Everyone is so helpful and sharing their baking knowledge. Glad to hear you like my blog. I hope to hear from you again.

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  11. Alicia23 May 2014 at 16:54

    Hi Mandy I think you are amazing!!!!!!!!!!! and thaks your recipes are delicious.

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    1. Mandy31 May 2014 at 16:20

      Hi Alicia,
      Thank you!!!! Happy to know you like it :)

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  12. Michelle P.27 May 2014 at 02:34

    Hi mandy,
    Stumbled on your blog on fb and loved it.. I'm fairly new to baking but I've never been so happier hehe. However my husband and i are gluten free which is a very big challenge for me when it comes to baking. Could you pls help everyone like us will are gluten free yet enjoy baked products.
    Lots of happiness and cookies to you.
    Michelle

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    1. Mandy31 May 2014 at 16:19

      Hi Michelle,
      I have not worked with gluten free products but my friend have followed a few of my recipe replacing flour for gluten free flour. Her son have a list of food allergy and the main ones are eggs, dairy and wheat.
      She was quite happy with the results and replaced some other ingredients like dairy free butter so maybe you can try that too and see if you like it.

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    2. Michelle P.1 June 2014 at 11:48

      Thanks so much mandy..I'm going to give that a shot.

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  13. Unknown9 June 2014 at 08:06

    Hi Mandy

    This is Janet Chen here. Hope you will get my message.
    I admire your skill in coating the cream cake with smooth surface.
    I always have problem coating the cream as the cake crumbs always stick on the cream.
    Are you able to give some guidance?

    Regards,
    Janet

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    1. Mandy11 June 2014 at 17:06

      Hi Janet, if that's the case then crumb coat it and put into fridge to chill then take would set it firm so you can the layer it with cream.

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  14. Unknown10 June 2014 at 02:27

    Hi
    Mandy .. got to know your blog in fb. I am also a stay home mom. Baking for my children only. Very proud and admire you can bake so well without going thru any training. I hope someday I will be like you. Love your bakes so much. Hope you can continue sharing yoyr recipes althought I know you have been thru some conspiracy and ppl taking your baking photos as their own. I hope you don't get dishearted over this. Cos there are many genuine bakers and love to learn how to bake better like me to get good recipe and try out. All the best to you. And looking forward to see more new recipes.

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    1. Mandy11 June 2014 at 16:51

      Hi Michelle, thank you for the encouraging message. It's been an exciting journey for me and since posting my work on fb I have had tremendous support from my readers. Yes some people have really been unethnical by copying my recipes and photos but it's all
      Part of the parcel if I am
      Sharing my baking to the world. Lovely to hear from you. Thanks you for stoping by.

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  15. Claire22 July 2014 at 02:29

    Hi Mandy

    Love the things that you make and especially love how you're not stingy with your knowledge of baking! :)

    Thank you for sharing so many recipes with us readers.

    I previously saw a Berrymisu Cake recipe that you shared but can't seem to find it anymore. Thought of trying it out. Could you kindly direct me to it again?

    Thanks and God bless!

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  16. Ren12 October 2014 at 20:52

    Hi Mandy, came across your blog when I saw your spidey macarons and they are so professionally made. I will definitely try that but my "ain't that stable" hands will be a challenge to pipe the spidey. Wonderful blog you've got here with so much baking ideas. Thanks for sharing!

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  17. Unknown23 October 2014 at 03:12

    Hi Mandy,

    I wanted the recipe for the round two tier black forest cake that you have made, I want to make it for my husbands birthday, I would be highly obliged if you could help me with the same.
    thanks & regards, Cookie

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    1. Mandy24 October 2014 at 13:40

      Cookie,

      You an find the recipe in My baking journey tab on the top and it's under My Valentine's day cake.

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  18. Unknown21 October 2015 at 00:07

    mouth watering cakes. yum!

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