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Date of post 11/1/2011
We're supporting the 2011 BBC production of Junior Bake Off. Keep your eyes peeled for those cupcake cases, stands and sprinkles that have been supplied by us, and why not try and create your own favourites at home. Best of luck to all the competitor [...]
Lets go abit Dotty
Date of post 5/30/2011
At Funky Muffin, we've known for ages that polka dots are great, never in or out of fashion and perfect for any occasion.Well this weekend, some famous fashionista's agreed.Katie Holmes said " I love polka dots.I am a polka dot fan and I am not afrai [...]
Recipe Storage
Date of post 5/14/2011
We've just taken delivery of some lovely new recipe storage ring binders.In 4 designs and each featuring section dividers, lots of lined blank pages for you to put your own recipes and a plastic sleeve for keeping recipe clippings. A perfect gift [...]
Giant Cupcake Pan
Date of post 11/10/2010
We've just taken delivery of this giant cupcake pan, the perfect addition to any cupcake lovers kitchen. Ideal for making one gigantic cupcake to share.You could make a double flavoured version with vanilla cake mix in the bottom and chocolat [...]
More Time for Baking!
Date of post 10/31/2010
With the nights closing in, it's the perfect time to fire up the oven and get baking. As well as our great range of cake cases, decorations and icing equipment, we've also got some exciting new products to make your baking just that little bit easier [...]
Ryder Cup Cakes!
Date of post 10/1/2010
If like me you've got golfing fans at home and this weekend there's going to be lots of telly watching with whoops and ahhh's, why not get into the spirit and bake some Ryder cupcakes! You can either be patriotic with someunion flag cupcake caseso [...]
More from Simply Cakes
Date of post 9/22/2010
One of the many things we love about baking is the variety of flavours and designs we are able to create.Watching "The Great British Bake Off" last night, yet again I was amazed at what Miranda, Ruth and Ed produced given the same brief.Miranda serve [...]
Orange & Blue - A Great Combination
Date of post 9/10/2010
Thanks to Dave from Simply Cakes in Morecombe, Lancashire for sending us this photo of his stunning orange and blue creation.The cakes were made in blue foil cupcake/muffin cases and topped off with orange cake sparkles.Thanks Dave for taking the tim [...]
Village Show
Date of post 8/26/2010
It's always nice to find out what Funky Muffin bakers create in their own kitchens. We were delighted to hear of one customers success in their village show. Third prize for their coffee muffins, beautifully presented in some of our brown muffin wrap [...]
Foil Cupcake Cases
Date of post 5/23/2010
We've recently taken delivery of some new foil cupcake cases and we were interested to see how good they looked after baking.Lucy's daughter made some delicious carrot and pineapple muffins with a cream cheese frosting in them and the cases and muffi [...]
Springtime Baking
Date of post 4/12/2010
We've recently taken delivery of some lovely plain coloured cupcake cases.They are made from good quality paper which means they tend to hold their colour better than some other makes. At Easter, I made some buttermilk muffins with lemon drizzle i [...]
Annabelle's Cookies
Date of post 3/14/2010
It's great to get the kid's into cooking at an early age.One of the ladies in the warehouse - Heather - sent us this lovely photo of her gorgeous 2 year old granddaughter Annabelle making good use of ourSnapfit Star cookie cutters .They are great for [...]
Welcoming Whoopies!
Date of post 1/20/2010
There has been a lot of articles in the press recently on the latest craze from America - The Whoopie pie. Try as I do, I can't help thinking about Michele Pfieffer on the top of a grand piano whenever anybody mentions making whoopy, but moving swift [...]
Cookie Creations
Date of post 11/22/2009
Thinking of my James Brown cookie cutter we were contacted this week by Vicky, who had recently purchased one of our bone shaped cookie cutters. Not altogether surprisingly she had gone on to bake special dog cookies, made from wholemeal flour, peanu [...]
Muffin Meanderings
Date of post 11/17/2009
I am now experimenting with a multi-layered muffin mix that would allow me to express a number of different camper van emotions in a single muffin, but I am unsure about the abilty to form a good join without actually merging the flavours. Ah well,ex [...]
Muffin Metaphor
Date of post 9/11/2009
My dream of owning a camper van is a few days old now and reality is once again striking home. Things like knowing the back end of an engine from the front seem essential, to a certain extent just knowing it looks good isn't really going to keep it o [...]
Baking Bravado
Date of post 8/12/2009
This week we took delivery of some new kids baking kits, everything you need to encourage your (or somebody else's) sproggetts to take to the kitchen and boldly go where no flour has gone before. The contents of the kits vary depending on your partic [...]