Christmas pudding
Christmas pudding We have inherited the Christmas pudding tradition from the Victorians who not only used suet, dried fruit, apples, candied peel, breadcrumbs, spices, and eggs, but also grated carrots. And there were almost as […]
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Cherry Coke ham
Cherry Coke ham This recipe for Cherry Coke ham was first made popular by the celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, although here we have left out the cloves (the family doesn’t like them) and we have […]
Christmas cake icing
Christmas cake icing This Christmas cake icing is a traditional recipe ideally to go with my super fruity Christmas cake. So while you could use it on any cake, please bear in mind that the […]
Mince pies super fruity
Mince pies super fruity Paul Hollywood is someone who likes his mince pies super fruity with pastry that just melts in the mouth so had we been competing in the Great British Bake-Off with this […]
White chocolate cranberry crumbles
White chocolate cranberry crumbles I had a few dried cranberries left over from my white chocolate cranberry celebration cake and had been dying to try a Christmas version of my crumbles for ages – enter […]
White chocolate cranberry celebration cake
White chocolate cranberry celebration cake Several Christmases ago I treated myself to a Nordic Ware Holiday Tree Bundt. It’s the perfect vessel for this white chocolate cranberry celebration cake. It was a bit of a […]
Ultimate Christmas mincemeat
Ultimate Christmas mincemeat Here is the best tried and tested recipe for the ultimate Christmas mincemeat to create memorable mince pies that really sum up the festive season. You can buy it ready made in the […]
Gingerbread hot chocolate
Gingerbread hot chocolate Having made the awesome discovery of gingerbread Christmas tree perches, I wanted to make the perfect gingerbread hot chocolate to accompany them. Most of the recipes I found cheated by using gingerbread […]
Mulled wine Bellini
Mulled wine Bellini I can take no credit for this most amazing of cocktails and only a crazy person would consider tweaking with the mulled wine Bellini recipe, because it’s already absolute perfection – that’s largely because […]
Christmas gingerbread
Fussy eaters that they are, while my kids can endure relatively spicy food, they both often complain that gingerbread men (or at least the ones we buy in stores) are often a little punchy for […]
