Week ending 14th December

A little more baking this week, Christmas cakes due to be iced next week but I did manage to get the marzipan on this week, and have also managed a white loaf, another giant cupcake, some mini ginger cakes with an orange butter-cream filling and topping, some plain cupcakes with a festive green swirly topping and festive sprinkles, plus a raspberry hazelnut meringue roulade from Mary Berry's Baking Bible.  

First of all I started the week on Sunday with a large white loaf

Then I made another giant cupcake - third one I've done now, getting a bit better at the icing hopefully, need an excuse to make another one now please ;-)

Then I decided it was time to marzipan the Christmas cakes so the marzipan had time to dry out before the icing went on next week

Then mini ginger cakes with a nice little topper of mini gingerbread men, (good old sainsburys) and an orange butter-cream filling

and next the plain cupcakes with a festive topping in green - the topping is actually darker than it looks in this photo

Finally, for this week anyway, I had a go at a raspberry meringue roulade, which I have to say is very moreish - not good for the diet but hey ho its Christmas !!

Come back next week to see what I decide to do about the tops of the Christmas cakes (still undecided at the moment)