Stollen Bloody Stollen. This monster has sat on my worktop for the past FORTNIGHT
Mich Turner Christmas Cupcake Class
A Mich Turner Cupcake Class for Christmas – at the Make Lounge in Islington.
Banana Cake with Honey and Yogurt
This cake impressed me, it was a majestic size, rises heroically in the oven and slices into fat moist tranches without crumbling. You could walk into any bake sale proud with one of these under each arm.
Smarties Rocky Road
What do you get for being a smartie pants trying to make your cupcakes at the last minute?
Smartie pants rocky road. It’s one step up from cornflake crispies but the bottom line was I knew the children at the disco would enjoy them. Which is what counts.
Nigella Manger Mince Pies
Today’s Christmas Giveaway is for a set of Steenberg’s Christmas Spices Survival kit, Christmas Chai Tea and Steenberg’s Stollen Spice Blend.
Chocolate Chestnut Puddings with Dates – Easy and Festive
Beyond heating cream and blitzing chocolate in the food processor, all you need to do with these puddings is pour into the glasses and lick the spoon afterwards.
Introducing Forever Nigella
Forever Nigella. Share culinary moments dabbling with the domestic goddess and exercise the voluptuous depths of Ms Lawson’s heaving repertoire.
Maison Larnicol Saint Malo Brittany
Today we go to chocolate heaven and back. Maison Larnicol is truly wonderful. I discovered it on holiday this summer in St Malo, Brittany.
Waitrose Christmas Range
Get set for twelve fabulous days of present giving lined up between now and December 17. There will be books, hampers, cookware, chocolate, you name it, it’s being given away here over the next twelve days.
Postcard from Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Herceg Novi is an easy 30 minute drive from Dubrovnik airport just over the Croatian border. You can fly there with Easy Jet in summer and British Airways throughout the year.
Pumpkin Scones
Scones are best on the day they are made but if kept in an airtight tin, a quick 15 seconds in the microwave will send them back to that just out of the oven softness.
Ground Pistachio Macarons with Chocolate Quark
This was me on Sunday morning. Slightly wonky and untidy, a bit crushed after too much excitement but just about still managing to put in an appearance.
Grinding pistachios was a rip roaring success, they ground down far more effectively than pecans producing a wonderful bright green fine powder.
