So due to me buying and cooking far too much Christmas dinner I am still thinking of ways to use up my leftovers. So far I have made a turkey, stuffing and ham pie served with the roasties and vegetables from Christmas Day reheated, a vegetable soup, a turkey and cashew nut byrani and a … [Read more…]
I do like eating Christmas Cake, and by that I mean the traditional one made with fruit and topped with marzipan and fondant icing, but it is not something I often buy or make mainly because not many people in my family enjoy eating it. I have fond memories of my Nanny making one every … [Read more…]
I really enjoy eating panettone but it only ever appears in supermarkets at Christmas and is presented in such beautiful packaging, that it costs a lot of money so I usually wait to buy a couple when they are reduced! Following my new found love of making dough, I knew that this Christmas I would … [Read more…]
I really love making cakes (as if you had not already guessed!), but I have not made many themed celebration cakes. It is not because I do not have the ideas , I have plenty, it is just that I am no good with using fondant icing having not had any training or much practice, … [Read more…]
Making my own Christmas pudding is something I have only been doing since I was pregnant with Burton, and now it has become a tradition which I enjoy and very much look forward to each November (sometimes December like last year as we moved house at the end of November). Since Burton was two I … [Read more…]