Catherine Kelly

Mum of 3 & keen advocate of getting kids cooking & baking at home & in school. Usually end up doing quite a bit of gingerbread at Christmas and as a project with the Year 1's in school each year. Love baking and decorating cakes, dream of being organised, tidy & sorted - but our kids have other ideas ;-)

Will at some point learnt to get to say 'no' to things, get to bed at a sensible time and make myself a priority once in a while. Or maybe not... I'm a mum, after all...! ;-)

Valentines Biscuits: Heart shaped frozen yoghurt sandwiches

It may be a bit cold outside to be thinking about ice-cream in February, but my girls decided these Valentines Biscuits were the perfect thing to do with our freshly …

Do you struggle to know what recipe to use for the perfect cake - birthday cake or otherwise? If you do, this is the recipe for you...simple, yet very effective.

How to get that birthday cake right EVERY TIME

I see lots of posts in groups on Facebook, etc. asking other mums for advice on baking cakes, birthday cakes in particular of course, and there are always masses of …

Improving your family photography with My Photo School

I’ve always loved photography, would have loved to have made a career out of it if things had been different. At various points, I have taken some pretty good photos …

Christmas Gingerbread Baking with @makeyourowncake

Gingerbread is thought to be the oldest biscuit there is. Ginger has been used as a preservative for hundreds of years and the spices are said to warm the blood. …