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Gingerbread Marshmallow Slice

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Spices, Tray Bakes, tagged , , , 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.

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Silly Santa Hat Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Red, Spices, White, tagged , , , 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.

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Gingerbread Man Rocky Road

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Spices, Tray Bakes, tagged , , 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.

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Chocolate Peppermint Oreo Fudge

Posted in Chocolate, Christmas, Other, Tray Bakes, tagged , , , 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.

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Reindeer Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, Winter, tagged , , , 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.

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Mincemeat Stuffed Gingerbread Biscuits

Posted in Biscuits, Christmas, Spices, Winter, tagged , , 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.

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Snowflake Cupcakes

Posted in Christmas, Cupcakes, Winter, tagged , , , 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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Clementine and Marzipan Muffins

Posted in Christmas, Fruit/Veg, Nuts, Other Cakes, tagged , , on December 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Having warm muffins for breakfast is always a popular weekend treat in our house and these have a really lovely Christmas flavour. The squidgy warm marzipan pieces inside are very yummy. So why not give these a try, click here to see the recipe.

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Birdhouse Christmas Cake

Posted in Celebration Cakes, Christmas, Figure Modelling, Fruit/Veg, Iced Cakes, Spices, Winter, tagged , , , on December 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »

Christmas cakes are my favourite type of cake to decorate, it’s how Em and I first got into cake decorating when we were little. We always used to choose a design and have a go at making it. It always makes me feel Christmassy! This year I decided to make a big cake, as you can never have enough fruit cake. Click here to find out more about my Christmas bird house cake.

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Chocolate Orange Panettone

Posted in Bread, Chocolate, Christmas, Fruit/Veg, tagged , , on December 16, 2021| Leave a Comment »

As chocolate orange is one of my absolute favourite flavours I couldn’t resist making these as a treat for breakfast in the run up to Christmas. I knew the girls would love them too, the only problem was that one just wasn’t enough! Click here to try this recipe.

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