Cake of the Month Club – Melanie Makes Meringues

Cutting + sticking + sewing + baking. My creative life.

October Cake of the Month

I'm a bit behind with Cake of the Month and I'm having a catch-up. I invested in three very good quality 20cm loose bottom cake pans from Lakeland so that I can make the layer cakes from the Hummingbird Bakery books.The question for October Cake of the Month was : -I…

September Cake of the Month

September Cake of the Month was a Hawaiian Macadamia Nut Cake. It smells absolutely delicious when it's cooking and the recipe comes from Nigella.comSo, here's the question: -To win the September Cake of the Month answer this question - If the following heads of state competed in an arm-wrestling tournament…

Cake Update

Let's have an update on my recent cakes. I had a break from Cake of the Month in August as I really needed it! Yesterday I finally made the winning cake for July Cake of the Month. The question was: -I am going to make an intergalactic, time-travelling Dr Who…

June Cake of the Month

Here is the question I posed for June Cake of the Month: -June Cake of the Month! I am going to go with "What is your favourite word?". I love words, I used to read the dictionary a lot when I was little. Put your current best choice in the…

May Cake of the Month (only a little bit late!)

Here's what happened with May Cake of the Month :-It's May Cake of the Month time! A Rapture related question for you, how would you like to spend your last day on Planet Earth? Leave your answer below and you could win a fantabulous, rapturous cake (if I'm still here…

Royal Wedding

I made a Royal Wedding care package for my Australian namesake and I can finally tell you about it as it has arrived. It took over a month! I thought it was lost in the post. The parcel contained union flag serviettes, small notebook and stickers and a tea cosy…

March Cake of the Month (a little late!)

Here's what happened with March Cake of the Month : - For March Cake of the Month I will make you something from The Whoopie Pie Book (which is new and I haven't even used it yet) if you can come up with the best answer to the following question; if…

February Cake of the Month

February Cake of the Month. Sorted.Here's what happened: -It's February Cake of the Month!! This month I am giving away cherry coconut brownies, they are limited edition as they are from an Australian Women's Weekly recipe and require one of my friends to send over a Cherry Ripe bar from…

Return of Cake of the Month!!

I am happy to announce the return of Cake of the Month! Wahey!! I am doing it for my facebook giveaway fun this year and January's cake was a Chocolate Malteser Cake. The recipe was from Feast by, everyone's favourite, Nigella Lawson. Answer a question of my posing and you…

Happy New Year!

Computer at home is on the blink and awaiting the lovely Amanda, computer engineer extraordinaire. Haven't been able to blog since before Christmas but I have battled through the snow and I'm at my husband's office downloading photos and typing. Don't want to let my readers (I mean reader -…

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