Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Orange, Tray Bakes, tagged chocolate, Chocolate Orange, chocolate orange crispy squares, Christmas, christmas baking on December 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I keep buying Terry’s Chocolate Oranges to make this recipe, but then we end up eating them and I have to buy more! Chocolate orange is one of my favourite flavours, so I was very excited to see this recipe in Decembers Sainsbury’s magazine, a great recipe to make with the girls too. Click here to try it out, it’s definitely worth it!
(more…)Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, Spices, tagged Christmas, christmas baking, cupcakes, gingerbread, gingerbread cupcake on December 23, 2022| 1 Comment »
I feel like I might be overdoing the gingerbread baking a bit this year! But it’s so Christmassy I can’t resist! I always make a box of 6 cupcakes for the girls teachers and teaching assistants for Christmas, it gives me a good excuse to try another recipe or a new decoration. Click here to find out more.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, White, tagged Christmas, christmas baking, Christmas cake, fruit cake, Silhouette House Cake on December 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This year I really wanted to make a completely white Christmas cake, something elegant and something that could be made in advance. I also couldn’t resist using some LED light to add some Christmas sparkle! Click here to see some more pics of this gorgeous white cake.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Spices, Tray Bakes, tagged Christmas, christmas baking, gingerbread, Gingerbread marshmallow slice on December 21, 2022| 1 Comment »
My Christmas baking this year is very gingerbread themed, so here’s another gingerbread recipe I found to try out. Rich and the girls love marshmallows, so this sounded like a winning combination! Click here to find out more.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Red, Spices, White, tagged Christmas, christmas baking, Christmas cake, Silly Santa hats on December 19, 2022| 1 Comment »
It’s definitely now one of our Christmas traditions to give our best friends Matt and Beckie a Christmas cake as a Christmas present. I love being able to decorate an extra Christmas cake and choose a silly design that will make Ellie and Freddie smile! Click here to see which recipe I used this year.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Spices, Tray Bakes, tagged christmas baking, Gingerbread Man Rocky Road, rocky road on December 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I love the idea of popping some gingerbread men into some rocky road, such a fun idea! I made a big batch of gingerbread the other day, so have been using it to make various things including the gingerbread men for this rocky road, it’s so Christmassy and makes the house smell amazing when it’s baking. Click here to have a go at this festive rocky road.
(more…)Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Other, Tray Bakes, tagged Christmas, christmas baking, Fudge, Peppermint Oreo Fudge on December 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe there are only 10 days till Christmas, I’m not sure where the time has gone! Finally getting round to doing some Christmas baking and really enjoying trying out some new recipes. Making fudge is a really simple easy thing to do for homemade Christmas presents and it keeps for ages, so it’s perfect for giving to friends and family over the next couple of weeks. Click here to keep reading and try the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, Winter, tagged christmas baking, Christmas cake, fruit cake, Reindeer Cake on December 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I can’t resist making more than one Christmas cake and giving one as a Christmas present to our best friends is the perfect excuse to make another one! So here’s this years second cake, another silly design! Click here to read more.
(more…)Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Spices, Winter, tagged christmas baking, gingerbread, mince meat stuffed gingerbread on December 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I saw this recipe in the Waitrose magazine last Christmas but didn’t get round to making it. It’s a recipe from John Whaite (who won GBBO in 2012) and it’s a perfect Christmas flavour combination of gingerbread and mincemeat, yummy! Click here to see the recipe.
(more…)Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, Winter, tagged christmas baking, Christmas Cupcakes, cupcakes cakes, snowflake cupcakes on December 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I volunteered to make some Christmas cupcakes for Emily’s Rainbow’s group for their final session of the year as they were having a Christmas party. Emily requested something with snowflakes, which is good as they were quick and easy to make. I also made the same for her teachers as Christmas presents too. Click here to find out more.
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Gloverly Cupcakes 