by Ketta Shimmin | May 30, 2017 | baking, birthday cake, buttercream
I took my mum for lunch yesterday and she ordered a gin and tonic which truly signifies the start of summer. She barely drinks, but her annual bottle of Gordons arrives with the sunshine and is replaced by Stone’s Green Ginger Wine as the nights draw in. I’m really...
by Ketta Shimmin | Apr 7, 2017 | wedding cake, wedding cakes, Wedding Kent
Last May, I was asked by a local venue to produce a semi-naked style for a styled shoot at a beautiful woodland venue in Rolvenden, Kent. This style is very popular indeed this year, with the addition of metallic elements (like this cake), caramel or chocolate drips...
by Ketta Shimmin | Feb 22, 2017 | birthday, cake decorating classes, celebration
If you’ve read earlier posts on the blog or the story of the business, you’ll know that my friend Helen is almost entirely responsible for my career path! Her wedding cake was the first ‘proper’ cake I made 5 years ago and she is again...
by Ketta Shimmin | Feb 4, 2017 | baking, cake classes, cake classes kent, cake decorating classes, cake workshops kent, cooking with children, cupcake workshops, Flossie Pop News, flossie pops cakery, Workshop Announcements
I’m nearing the 5th anniversary of Flossie Pops Cakery and each year brings something new and usually surprising! I’ve taught adult classes since the business began and as a result of their success, three years ago opened my new teaching space in our...
by Ketta Shimmin | Apr 25, 2016 | baking, birthday, birthday cake, birthday cakes, birthdays
I was honoured to write this guest post for foodie blog, Meals Our Kids Love. Here it is http://mealsourkidslove.com/happy-birthday-us/?platform=hootsuite...
by Ketta Shimmin | Mar 21, 2016 | baking, cake, cake business, cakes, chocolate, chocolate cake, chocolate ganache, Easter
So if you don’t have time to bake, you can bid for an Easter cake (more details on the Flossie Pops website). But if you do, why not bake your own? Pop over to Meals Our Kids Love for my simple, chocolate-stuffed Easter cake recipe (so good that my lot gave it...
by Ketta Shimmin | Feb 26, 2016 | baking, cake sale, Mother's Day, no bake recipe
Too late to order a cake? See my easy-peasy, homemade Mother’s Day gifts recipes (also suitable for last minute bake-sale panic!) over on Muddy Stilettos ...
by Ketta Shimmin | Feb 26, 2016 | baking, cooking with children, cupcake gifts, cupcakes, raspberry, white chocolate
I was honoured to be asked recently by Meals Our Kids Love to contribute a recipe for Mother’s Day. These delicious raspberry and white chocolate cupcakes are a lovely project for kids to make with parents, or for a tea time treat anytime. Pop over to Meals Our...
by Ketta Shimmin | Jan 28, 2016 | Recipes
I’ve always wondered at what point you finally become ‘grown-up’. Is it when you leave home? Get your first job, find a partner, buy a house, have children, raise children or lose someone you love? At all these points, I’ve felt denial, although outwardly grown-up...
by Ketta Shimmin | Jan 16, 2016 | Flossie Pop News
No recipes today, I’m afraid. Sometimes blogging encourages me to make a more public promise, one that might be ignored if written in a journal and shoved in a drawer, so please bear with me! As another new year dawns, unusually I’m feeling really positive,...
