When I was pregnant with my first child, I had all of these notions of what I did and did not want for my first born. One that sticks out the most in my now patchy memory (lol!), is that I wanted him or her to have wooden toys once they were old enough to … [Read more…]
I know. Mince pies. In September! What is going on?? It is how I feel when as soon as the kids go back to school, the supermarkets and shops are full of Christmas merchandise! However, I do have good reason for my festive baking – the GBBO of course!
Every Christmas for as long as I can remember I have received a Terry’s Chocolate Orange. It is a chocolate which makes me think of Christmas because of this! I have fond memories of trying to break each one open by banging them down hard on my bedside table, to open them up and then … [Read more…]
With a little more than 2 weeks to go until we all find out if we have made it on to the ‘naughty’ or ‘nice’ lists, it is a good time to bake some Christmas inspired cakes.
Christmas is coming!!! Yes I have mentioned the ‘C’ word yet again on my blog, afterall it is just 6 weeks until the BIG day. As I have also previously mentioned on my blog, I am not a successful biscuit baker so I find it MUCH easier and indeed less stressful, to buy biscuits. However, … [Read more…]