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Quilled Snowflake Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, gold, Iced Cakes, Other, White, tagged , , , , on December 24, 2016| Leave a Comment »

p1240155This year I have been slightly more organised than last year and managed to make and decorate my Christmas cake on time! I wanted to try something different and designed a cake with quilled snowflakes. We learned how to quill icing on our Squires cake course last year, a technique I had never done before. It’s quite therapeutic and fun to create different shapes and fit them all together. Click  here to see my snowflake designs.

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Chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Cupcakes, tagged , , , on December 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

P1240059.JPGI’m always looking for quick simple ideas for decorating cupcakes, time is limited with a 14 month old to look after! I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought they looked pretty easy. Click  here to find out how to make these pretty chocolate Christmas trees.

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Gingerbread Star Tree

Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Spices, tagged , , on December 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I bought a set of star cookie cutters several years ago to make a star cookie tree and never got round to using them, so I thought instead of making a gingerbread house this year I would make a tree! Anne and I are still holding up our Christmas gingerbread baking day and it didn’t disappoint this year, can’t think of a more fun way to spent a day than baking with a friend! Click  here to see my star tree creation.

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White Christmas Silhouette Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Iced Cakes, Other, White, tagged , on December 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

img_4751Every year I like to try a different Christmas cake design. I usually do something slightly silly but this year I came across this cake on Pinterest and really wanted to give it a go. It’s very different to anything I’ve ever done before. Click here to keep reading.

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Fig, Apricot and Pistachio Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Iced Cakes, Nuts, Spices, tagged , , , on December 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I never got round to writing about my Christmas cake last year and as I tried a new recipe I thought it was worth adding to our Christmas blogs this year. The recipe was from the Sainsbury’s magazine and was a really lovely moist squishy Christmas cake. Click

here to see the recipe for this yummy cake.

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Santa’s Spa Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Iced Cakes, tagged , , , , , on December 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Today I have spent all day decorating my own Christmas cake – it took way longer than planned but I’m pleased with the finished cake. I’ll hopefully post it later in the week, but first, here is a cake I made for the office for a charity raffle last week. Click here to keep reading.

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Sour Cherry Stollen Bars

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, gluten-free, Nuts, Spices, Tray Bakes, Winter, tagged , , , on December 16, 2016| 1 Comment »

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It’s always fun to try new recipes of traditional things that people have reinvented. So when I was looking through my Christmas Olive magazine and came across a gluten free baking section I was very excited to see a recipe for Stollen bars. My husband’s family love Stollen – they spent several years living in Germany where Stollen originated. This recipe is amazing and well worth baking this Christmas. Click  here to try this recipe.

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Rudolph Cupcakes

Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, tagged , , , on December 15, 2016| Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago I made some cakes to take down to the Leeds office when I went for the day. Given it was December I decided that I should make something Christmassy. I hadn’t been food shopping so I was limited with what flavour I could make so just went with vanilla. The decoration was an easy choice – I made these cakes last year and really wanted to put them on the blog but never got round to taking photos. Click here to keep reading.

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Frangipane Mince Pies

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Pastry, Spices, Winter, tagged , , , , on December 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

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I’ve been making the same mince pies for years so decided to try something different this year. I had a look through my recipe books and found Nigella’s frangipane mince pies which sounded really good. I also made my own mincemeat too and used a different recipe which wasn’t as good as Delia’s so I’ll be going back to her recipe next year! Click  here to try these mince pies.

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Sticky Gingerbread Bundt

Posted in Christmas, Other Cakes, Spices, Winter, tagged , , , , on December 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Last weekend Becky came up to stay for a long Christmassy/girly weekend! Of course, the weekend involved plenty of baking. I saw the recipe for this in delicious. magazine last year and really wanted to try it but never got round to it so when I saw it again this year I thought it would make a good pudding for Friday night as well as being suitable to have with tea/coffee. Click here to keep reading

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