Hello Bake & Decorate friends and a very jolly welcome to our November issue. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I hope you’re as excited as I am for the best season for baking and sharing with friends and family.
There’s loads of festive inspiration in this month’s magazine and for this issue I’ve given you an alternative Christmas cake recipe which is a decadent, rich chocolate and peppermint torte cake. I’ve decorated it with my ‘Holiday Cheer ‘ sprinkles which I have created in collaboration with the brilliant team at Scrumptious Sprinkles. You can find them over at . I hope you’ll give it a go. It looks impressive but is actually very easy to make. If you’d like to see any videos of how to crumb coat and second coat a buttercream cake with tips for getting your cake really neat, I’ve got some videos of